Jul 16, 2024 City Council

ANYTHING FROST? >> NO, SIR.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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>> IT IS AFTER 6:00. IS THERE A MOVE TO OFFICIALLY ADJOURN? OKAY. WE WILL ADJOURN AND MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR REGULAR MEETING.

I CALLED TO ORDER AUBURN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JULY 16, 2024. WE WELCOME EVERYONE WHO HAS JOINED US IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AS WELL AS WATCHING THROUGH OUR STREAMING SERVICES ON YOUTUBE AND FACEBOOK. ROLL CALL?

>> OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF

SILENCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> PLEASE BE SEATED. EARLIER

[4. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS]

YOU CAN GO TO THE AUBURN DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE IF I BELIEVE. SOMEONE CAN CORRECT ME DOWN IN FRONT IF I AM WRONG ON THAT. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE IT IS TIME FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL, BUT IT IS. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THE LEE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY IS HAVING A FUNDRAISER. THEY ARE DOING A RAFFLE FOR THE AUBURN AND OKLAHOMA GAME, TWO TICKETS, THIS IS TO SUPPORT THE GREAT WORK THAT GOES ON AT THE HUMANE CENTER. I WANT TO REMIND YOU WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ALERTS RECENTLY ABOUT HOW FULL THEY ARE. IF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING A PET NOW MAY BE A GREAT TIME FOR YOUR SELECTION. WE THINK THE HUMANE CENTER. WHAT A GREAT AND TOUGH JOB THEY HAVE. A WEEK FROM FRIDAY CHEERS ON THE QUARTER, ONE OF THE SUMMER EVENT THAT OCCURS IN OUR DOWNTOWN. THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANT ASSOCIATION IS IN CHARGE OF THIS EVENT. IT HAS BEEN FUN FOR MANY YEARS NOW. CERTAINLY CITY DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS THIS AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. HOPEFULLY WITH GOOD WEATHER WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT AS WE DID EARLIER IN JUNE WITH THE SUMMER NIGHTS DOWNTOWN. IF YOU ARE IN TOWN NEXT WEEKEND CERTAINLY COME AND ENJOY THE TIME WITH US. LOOKING FORWARD TO A WEEK FROM SATURDAY NIGHT. THE GREATER PIECE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL BE HAVING THEIR ANNUAL ROAST. I AM THE PERSON GETTING ROASTED THIS YEAR. BETH WITTEN WILL BE ONE OF MY ROAST USE. THEY HAVE A GREAT CAUSE WITH WHAT THEY DID TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY. AND CLIFFORD JONES HAS BEEN A POWERHOUSE OF A SERVICE IN -- SERVANT IN BOTH OF OUR CITIES FOR A LONG TIME. SHOULD BE A GREAT TIME. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED GO TO THE WEBSITE. I'M SURE THERE ARE TICKETS AVAILABLE AND WE CAN HAVE SOME FUN AND RAISE MONEY FOR A GOOD CAUSE. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO

ANNOUNCE? >> THE NIGHT OUT

>> HOLD ON ONE SECOND. DO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY?

>> YOUR DATE IS CORRECT. THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS NOT THE EXACT SAME ONE WE DID YEARS AGO WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. WE SEPARATED THOSE TWO EVENTS AND THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE HOUSING AUTHORITY EVENT AT A LATER DATE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION. WHERE WILL THIS ONE

BE LOCATED? >>

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAD INCORRECT INFORMATION. I

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SOMETHING I SAID EARLIER? >> I WOULD LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON ONE THING YOU SAID. FOR THE SALES TAX HOLIDAY FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES THIS COMING FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, PARKING WILL BE FREE IN DOWNTOWN AUBURN ON FRIDAY. IF I HAVE THAT CORRECT.

>> YES. >> EXCEPT FOR THE RIGHT STREET

PARKING. >> THERE IS CONFUSION ABOUT DOWNTOWN PARKING AND WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR DOWNTOWN PARKING IS WHEN WE ANNOUNCE IT IS FREE IT IS FREE, BUT IT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH WHEN UNIVERSITY IS IN SESSION. IT IS NOT A HOLIDAY. IT IS UNIVERSITY IN SESSION. THEM NOT IN SESSION WITH THE BE THE ONLY REASON IT IS NOT. IT IS A LISTED HOLIDAY IN OUR CITY CODE, BUT WE HAVE HAD CITIZENS COMPLAINING THAT THEY THINK ALL OF SUMMER IS A HOLIDAY AND IT IS NOT. I NEED TO CAUTION EVERYBODY THE ONLY REASON WE TICKET DOWNTOWN IS TO TURN OVER SPACES TO PATRONIZE OUR MERCHANTS. THIS IS THE DAY TO PURCHASE -- PATRONIZE THEM -- AND IS NORMALLY NOT FREE. WE WILL GET A COMPLAINT TOMORROW

[5. AUBURN UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS]

>> ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH AUBURN

UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS. >> THIS WEEK WE ARE FINISHING UP CAMP REGAL WHICH MEANS STUDENTS COME BACK REALLY SOON.

SO IT WILL BE A LOT BUSIER IN A FEW WEEKS. THE ALSO MEANS FOOTBALL SEASON IS STARTING SOON. WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE UNIVERSITY SOLD OUT ALL PUBLIC SEASON TICKETS AND

[6. CITIZENS’ COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS]

ABOUT THAT. >> WE ARE TOO. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. OUR STUDENTS COME BACK TO TOWN IN A FEW WEEKS. CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. I WILL ASK UNDER ITEM 10 A THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING WITHOUT DETERMINATION TONIGHT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO SAY TO THE COUNCIL THAT I DON'T WAIT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE TIME. ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT THAT. COME FORWARD, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO

SPEAK. >> MY NAME IS CHUCK --. HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 98 1, HEMARD ANNEXATION. I LIVE AT 350 LEE ROAD 25. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS IF I COULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE REQUESTING THIS ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 4.45 ACRES. IT IS OUR PRIMARY RESIDENTS. THE -- WE BASICALLY WANT ACCESS TO CITY SCHOOLS. IT IS A UNIQUE CASE. PART OF MY LAW IS WITHIN THE OPTIMAL BOUNDARY AND PART OF IT IS BEYOND GET A JASON TO BUT BEYOND. START PLANNING DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT EXTENDING THE OPTIMAL BOUNDARY TO INCLUDE THIS LOT AS PART OF AN UPDATE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS MY UNDERSTANDING. HOWEVER THIS IS A TIMELY SORT OF ISSUE FOR MY FAMILY. MY DAUGHTER WILL CHURN EIGHT A WEEK FROM YESTERDAY AND SHE WILL BE STARTING THIRD GRADE. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE TRANSITION FROM SECOND GRADE TO THIRD GRADE IN THE CITY WOULD BE INTO A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING AND FOR HER IT WOULD BE MOVING INTO A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING WITH A BUNCH OF NEW PEOPLE SO IT IS JUST A GOOD TIME FOR US TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT. ALSO, THE PROPERTY TO MY WEST WHICH WAS BEYOND THE OPTIMAL BOUNDARY WAS ALLOWED INTO THE CITY IN I BELIEVE EIGHT MONTHS AGO, NOVEMBER 2023. JUST LIKE WITH THAT ONE I COMPLETELY, FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT NOT ALL THE CITY SERVICES WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON OUR STREET. I THINK THE MAJORITY OF HOUSES ON OUR STREET ALREADY HAVE GARBAGE SERVICE THERE, BUT WE ARE ON A WELL, ON SEPTIC, AND DO NOT EXPECT SCHOOL BUSES TO COME DOWN OUR DIRT ROAD. THAT IS ALL. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

>> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ABOUT

[7. CITY MANAGER’S COMMUNICATIONS]

>> I WOULD LIKE TO BE ANNOUNCE THE ONE VACANCY ON THE GREENSPACE ADVISORY BOARD FOR TERM BEGINNING AUGUST 8TH, 22

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

>> I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM EIGHT B3.

[8.b.(3) Foresite Group, LLC. Professional Services Agreement. Beehive Road Widening Project. $72,300. ]

>> ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. EIGHT B3.

>> AUTHORIZES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FORESITE GROUP LLC FOR THE BEEHIVE ROAD WIDENING PROJECT

IN THE AMOUNT OF $72,300. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A

SECOND. MR. MOREMAN? >> ASSOCIATE WAS A BIT COMPLEX I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE KNEW THE BACKGROUND ON IT THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF EARLIER TODAY AND YESTERDAY. BEEHIVE ROAD IS, I BELIEVE, A COUNTY ROAD. LEE ROAD 10. MOST OF THE FUNDING IS NOT COMING OUT OF OUR BUDGET.

THE DOLLARS ARE MOSTLY FEDERAL,, AND COUNTY FUNDS . AS I UNDERSTAND IT. SO THESE ALL MY SUPPOSITIONS. THESE FUNDS ARE MANAGED BY AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE MPO, METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM LEE COUNTY, RUSSELL COUNTY, POSSIBLY OTHERS . SEE MCLEAN COUNTY, RUSSELL COUNTY. YES. KEEP ON.

>> AS I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE VOTING ON AUBURN'S PORTION OF THESE FUNDS OR IS AUBURN RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DESIGN COSTS. THAT IS MY FIRST QUESTION.

>> LET'S CLARIFY. THERE IS A GREATER PROJECT WHERE BEEHIVE ROAD, ALSO KNOWN AS LEE ROAD 10, CURRENTLY STARTS AT COX ROAD EXIT 50. LONG AGO IT WENT FURTHER, BUT WE WILL GO THERE TODAY. TERMINATES UP NEAR -- HIGH SCHOOL. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SECTION BETWEEN WYATT ROAD AND COX ROAD. A BLEND OF COUNTY AND CITY ROAD BASED ON RECENT ACCEPTANCE BACK IN FEBRUARY. WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS ROAD IS THERE IS A NUMBER OF THINGS GOING ON. IT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF RESURFACING.

THERE IS NOT. AND THERE IS A CAPITAL PROJECT IN THE BUDGET APPROVED LAST SUMMER THAT TALKS THROUGH A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD SOME OF THIS RESURFACING. THIS PARTICULAR PIECE WE ARE REFERRING TO THAT YOU ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT, BECAUSE YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS IN THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS COMING IN AUGUST FOR THE GREATER PROJECT AS WE FLUSH IT OUT MORE AND WHAT CONTRIBUTION OF FUNDS ARE. THIS IS JUST A DESIGN PIECE FOR A SECTION ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE -- BRIDGE NEAR AUBURN TECHNOLOGIES PARK WEST. IT GOES 400 FEET WEST OF BALTIMORE LANE THAT HAS TO DO WITH WIDENING. WIDENING CONFUSED SOME FOLKS.

THAT MEANS WE ARE ADDING SOME TURN LANES. TO ROLL THIS INTO THE OVERALL RESURFACING PROJECT WHICH IS A BIGGER CAPITAL PROJECT THAT WILL BE DONE ALL AT ONCE WE NEED TO GET THIS DESIGN PIECE DONE. THE CITY IS ON THE HOOK FOR ALL OF THIS MONEY FOR THE DESIGN. THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING TONIGHT. IN THE BUDGET WE WILL TALK HEAVILY ABOUT EVERYONE'S CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS YOU HAVE IN THE EMAIL I SENT YOU. COUNTY CONTRIBUTE MATCHING FUNDS, CITY CONTRIBUTE MATCHING FUNDS, ALL EVERYBODY'S MONEY AND SOME OTHER THINGS WELL NORTH OF $3.6 MILLION GREATER PROJECT. YOU'LL APPROVE MORE ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE NEXT STEP, BUT WE NEED TO GET THIS DESIGN DONE TO GO ON TO THE GREATER PROJYOU VERY ADDITIONAL THING ON THAT, IT WOULD BE DASHING THE DESIGN WILL REFLECT AUBURN STANDARDS.

IT WILL BE DESIGNED TO OUR STANDARDS BECAUSE IT TOUCHES AUBURN CITY LIMITS. IT IS EXPECTED, I GUESS, MAYBE ONE DAY SURROUNDED BY AUBURN CITY LIMITS. BUT CERTAINLY TOUCHES

IT NOW. >> THE AREA WE ARE DESIGNING IT IS PRETTY MUCH 100% AUBURN CITY LIMITS. YOU HAVE SOME PRIVATE INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN WHICH YOU HAVE CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL ON YOUR AGENDA OUT LATER THAT IS DABBLING IN SOME PUBLIC -- UNIQUE PROPERTY TIED IN. ALL IN ANTICIPATION OF DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE. YOU HAVE A LONG-STANDING BUSINESS YOUNG'S PLANT FARM THAT HAS LONG BEEN RUNNING TRUCKS FROM THE INTERESTED IN BILTMORE ALL THE WAY INTO THE CITY. THE ONLY WAY IN AND OUT.

PART OF THE REASON FOR ALL THE TURN LANES IS IN ANTICIPATION

OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. >> THAT IS ONE REASON IT WOULD

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>> RIGHT. THIS IS FOR 100% OF WHAT WE ARE DESIGNING IS WITHIN CITY LIMITS AND IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. IT WOULD BE A IN OUR RESPONSIBILITY BASED ON OUR AGREEMENT IN FEBRUARY WHEN

WE TOOK THE SECTION ON. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING EIGHT B3? WE

[8. CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA]

[9.a.(1). Hemard Annexation. Approximately 4.45 acres. Property located at 315 Lee Road 025 (Hillandale Drive).]

FORWARD. ORDINANCES. >> UNDER ORDINANCES IS THE MAIN ITEM NINE A1 IS REQUESTED TO ANNEX APPROXIMATELY 4.45 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 315 LEE ROAD 25 ALSO KNOWN AS HILLANDALE DRIVE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE OPTIMAL BOUNDARY.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION FAILED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ANNEXATION BY 3 TO 5 AT THE JULY MEETING.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 17TH.

>> AND A SECOND ON THAT? MOTION AND A SECOND TO RESPOND UNTIL

SEPTEMBER 17TH. DISCUSSION. >> I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE SITUATION CONSIDERING. THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF ANNEXATIONS ON THE AGENDA THE OTHER NIGHT FOR WHICH WERE INVOLVED IN THAT DISCUSSION WERE OUTSIDE THE OPTIMAL BOUNDARY AS IT CURRENTLY SITS. I KNOW THIS BODY AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WE ARE VERY CLOSE

WEEKS, MAYBE MONTHS -- >> WEEKS, AS QUICKLY AS YOU

WANT TO GET IT SCHEDULED. >> -- TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OPTIMAL BOUNDARY. THE DISCUSSION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION THE OTHER NIGHT POSTPONED THREE OF THESE ANNEXATIONS CURRENTLY OUTSIDE OPTIMAL BOUNDARY. I THINK THIS WORTH ONE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AT THE SAME TIME AS THOSE AFTER WE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THE OPTIMAL BOUNDARY . HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND SEE WHERE WE ARE NOT PRIOR TO LOOKING AT THESE ANNEXATIONS. I THINK IN FAIRNESS TO ALL FOUR APPLICANTS THAT IS THE WAY WE NEED TO PROCEED IN DOING THIS. I SPENT -- CERTAINLY EMPATHIZE WITH YOU, MR. HEMARD, ON YOUR SITUATION. I'M SORRY ABOUT IT BEING THIS CLOSE TO DISCUSSION ON THE OPTIMAL BOUNDARY I THINK IT IS BEST TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE AT THE SAME TIME WHEN CONSIDERING THEM. DUE WITH THIS

BE A VOICE VOTE? >> ABSOLUTELY. AND HAS NOT EVEN BEEN FRUSTRATING AND IT IS IN ORDER TO POSTPONE FIRE TO VOICE

MEETING. >> ALL IN FAVOR OF RESPONDING TO SEPTEMBER 17TH PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED ? ONE DAY.

MOTION CARRIES. >> IT IS NOT INTRODUCED BECAUSE

[9.a.(2). Kell Annexation. Approximately 2.06 acres. Property located at 350 East Farmville Road ]

982, KELL ANNEXATION APPROXIMATELY 2.0 PSYCHIC IS PROPERTY LOCATED ON 350 EAST FARMVILLE ROAD. UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED CONSENT. SWIMMING MOTION AND A SECOND. ANYONE HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH A BOW ON THIS THIS EVENING? HEARING OR SEEING ON ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES

SIR? >> I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY WE ARE VOTING ON THIS AS ONE PARCEL OF 2.06 ACRES WHICH WOULD COME IN AS RULE WHICH MEANS ONE HOUSE.

>> I WOULD CLARIFY THE PLAN DIRECTOR. CURRENTLY THREE PARCELS PART OF A SUBDIVISION, BUT THE TOTAL ANNEXATION SIZES 2.06 ACRES. THREE PARCELS AS OUTLINED IN YOUR PACKET.

>> BUT COMING IN AS RURAL, IT IS TREATED AS ONE PARCEL?

>> NO. IT JUST HAS THE RURAL ZONING DESIGNATION.

>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. COULD YOU CLARIFY?

>> IN RURAL IF YOU REZONE YOU NEED THREE ACRE MINIMUM LOSS.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME THIS PROPERTY WAS SUBDIVIDED AND ALLOWED TO BE INTO THREE SEPARATE PARCELS IN THE COUNTY LESS THAN THAT. THAT ALREADY HAPPENED AND OVER AND DONE.

RURAL HAS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ABOUT THE TYPES OF USES I CAN

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>> ALSO THEIR INTENTIONS ARE NOT UNLIKE OTHER PEOPLE WHO BRING ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY WITH AMBITION TO DEVELOP.

TIMELINE IS JUST DIFFERENT. WITH THESE AMBITIONS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO REZONING AND FINAL PLAT ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT IT IS BREAKING UP. THAT WILL HAPPEN IN TIME. THE FUTURE LAND USE OF THIS PROPERTY IS MEDIUM DENSITY SO IT IS NOT LIKE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE RURAL BECAUSE IT IS NOT ON THE FRINGES OR ANYTHING. THEY WILL ANNEX IN, FIGURE OUT LOT LAYOUT, THEN COME FORWARD WITH REZONING. THEY ARE NOT REALLY BOUND TO THE CONDITIONAL LOT MEMO NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH RURAL WITH THE THREE ACRE LIKE SOME OTHER AREAS. EVENTUALLY SUBDIVIDED INTO SMALLER PARCELS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING.

>> BUT BECAUSE THE PARCELS ALREADY EXIST THEY ARE LEGAL SUBDIVIDED PARCELS THEY COULD PUT HOUSES ON THEM AS THEY SAID TODAY. THAT IS FINE. THIS IS THE RURAL ZONING DESIGNATION THAT IS AUTOMATIC DUE TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. WE HAVE NO

CHOICE HERE WHEN WE ANNEX. >> IN THE WAY WE ARE CONSIDERING THE ANNEXATION OF THREE PARCELS?

>> YOU COULD LOOK AT IT THAT WAY ABSOLUTELY. AND ALL WE LOOK AT IS IT IS 2.06 ACRES OF PROPERTY COMING INTO THE CITY LIMITS NO MATTER IF IT IS 50 PARCELS IN THAT OR THREE. THE ENTIRETY OF TOTALITY IS 2.06 ACRES OF NEW PROPERTY.

>> AND IT WILL BE ZONED RURAL AND THAT MEANS ONE HOUSE PER

THREE ACRES. >> NOT ENTIRELY.

>> IT'S AUTOMATIC DESIGNATION YOU RECEIVE UPON ANNEXATION.

NORMALLY WHEN PEOPLE HAVE AMBITIONS TO DEVELOP THE REZONING ACCOMPANIES THE ANNEXATION REQUEST. THEY HAD AMBITIONS TO DEVELOP. THEIR TIME IS LONGER THAN

TRADITIONAL. >> THEORETICALLY THEY COULD BUILD HOUSES OUT THERE THEY MET SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. LOTS CONSIDERED NONCONFORMING BY THE ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT THEY CAN DEVELOP THE MEETING ALL RULE ZONING DESIGNATION CRITERIA FOR SETBACKS AND IMPERVIOUS SURFACES AND THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED. YOU CAN PUT CULTURAL FEED STORE IF YOU WANTED. RIGHT NOW THEY COULD BUT A CHICKEN PLUCKING PLANT ON ALL OF THEIR 2.06 ACRES IF THEY WANTED. THEY COULD ALSO DEAL ALL KINDS OF THINGS 24 HOURS A DAY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN CITY LIMITS. I AM I SAYING THEY ARE INTENDING TO, BUT IT DOES NOW HAVE SOME ZONING ORDINANCE TEETH TO AND IT WILL SIT AS A HOLDING ZONE UNTIL THEY DECIDE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO.

>> AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO DO

REZONING? >> ABSOLUTELY. EVERY ZONING HAS

TO BE APPROVED BY . >> JUST SO I UNDERSTAND BY RIGHT THERE COULD BE THREE HOUSES THERE?

>> IF THEY COULD MEET THE CRITERIA.

>> SINCE THAT IS NOT THERE PLAN WE HAVEN'T REVIEWED IT FOR THAT. I DO NOT WANT TO CONFIRM THAT. THERE IS SOME REGULARITIES WITH SOME LOTS. THREE HOUSES AS OF RIGHT NOW.

YOU STILL HAVE TO MEET SETBACKS, FRONTAGE, ET CETERA.

>> I KNOW IT IS COMPLICATED BECAUSE USUALLY YOU DO NOT SEE THIS TYPE OF THING AND PLANNING COMMISSION DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO WAIVE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND PROBABLY DID YEARS AGO TO ALLOW A FAMILY TO SUBDIVIDE IN A CERTAIN WAY.

>> A FOLLOW-UP, I SUPPOSE, TO MR. MOORMAN'S QUESTION. I AM CONFUSED THOUGH BECAUSE IT SAYS IN THE DISCUSSION HERE THAT THE PETITIONER REQUESTING ANNEX ONE EXISTING LAW OF RECORD. BUT THERE IS ACTUALLY THREE EXISTING LOTS OF RECORD.

>> WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH A LOT OF IRREGULARITIES IT HAPPENED IN THE COUNTY THAT THE CITY INHERITS IS REGROUT IN SOME OF THESE AREAS EVEN THOUGH WE ONLY HAVE ONE DEED AS IT IS DRAWN IT LOOKS LIKELY, BUT IS JUST ONE.

>> IS IN THERE INTENT TO HAVE IT RESURVEYED INTO A SINGLE

LOT? >> NO. THEY WILL HAVE IT SUBDIVIDED HOPEFULLY TO EIGHT LOTS. THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO

DO. >> THEY CANNOT DO THAT WITHOUT REZONING SO THAT IS MORE TO FOLLOW.

>> NORMALLY ALL OF THIS WOULD COME IN UNDER ONE. IT WOULD BE THE ANNEXATION, REZONING, AND PRELIMINARY. THAT IS STANDARD.

BUT THIS IS THEIR AMBITION AND THE SCALE THEY ARE WORKING ON.

>> CERTAINLY CONFUSING THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN UP HERE. ONE LOT

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OF RECORD. >> IS THAT ONE DEED?

>> YES. THAT IS WHY IT IS NICE AND CONFUSING. SOMEHOW ALSO GOT SUBDIVIDED. THE MAC THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. WE WILL

CLOSE DISCUSSION. WILL CALL? >>

[9.a.(3). Shuman Annexation. Approximately 3.89 acres. Property located west of the Society Hill & Moores Mill intersection. ]

>> NINE A3 REQUEST FROM SHUMAN TO AMEX 3.89 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT MOORES MILL ROAD. REQUESTED APPROVAL AT --.

UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY. TO MAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OKAY. LINDSAY?

>>

[10.a. Conditional Use. Beehive Distribution Center, LLC., Commercial support use (warehouse and distribution center). Property located at 3010 Beehive Road (Lee Road 10) in the Industrial (I) zoning district. Public hearing required.]

PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT ITS JULY 11TH MEETING. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I WILL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC. SEEING NO ONE WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE . ANY OPPOSE?

[10.b. Contract. Vortex Services, LLC. Auburn Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project (Willow Creek and Auburn University Sewer Basins). $1,574,024.75.]

MOTION CARRIES. >> 10 B AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH VORTEX SERVICES LLC FOR THE AUBURN SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION PROJECT IN THE WILLOW CREEK AND AUBURN UNIVERSITY SEWER BASES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,574,024.75.

>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY COMMENTS OR

QUESTIONS? >> I WOULD LIKE TO GET HER TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS.

>> I WILL HAVE ERIC EXPLAIN. >> COMPLETED A SANITARY SEWER EVALUATION STUDY RECENTLY ON THOSE CYCLE IF YOU WILLOW CREEK AND AUBURN UNIVERSITY. IDENTIFIED MANHOLES AND SEWER LINES SHOWING SIGNS OF INFILTRATION TAKING UP CAPACITY OF THE SEWER PLANT. THIS IS A BID FOR REHABILITATION OF SEWER MAINS LEAKING INTO OUR SYSTEM.

>> THAT MEANS STORM WATER IS GETTING INTO THE SYSTEM WHICH JUST TAKES UP CAPACITY NEEDED FOR SEWER WATER. WE WORK HARD TO KEEP THAT OUT SO WE ARE SENDING THOSE TWO THINGS TO

THEIR RIGHTFUL LOCATIONS. >> THAT IS CORRECT. WE DO SEWER EVALUATIONS EVERY ON DIFFERENT BASINS AND AS A RESULT DESIGN REHABILITATION PROJECTS AND GIVE THEM TO YOU ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. TRY TO KEEP GOOD MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> YES, SIR. LOOKING AT THESE MAPS IT IS KIND OF DIFFICULT TO SEE WHERE THE LAKE IS IN RELATION TO THESE VARIOUS MANHOLE COVERS OR IN RELATION TO PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES. THE ONES THAT GO ALONG THE LAKE THERE, ARE THE MANHOLES BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE LAKE AND THE PROPERTIES, THE HOMES? OR ARE THEY UNDER THE WATER? WHERE ARE

THEY? >> WRITE UP ON THE EDGE OF THE LAKE. SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY ON LITTLE PENINSULAS BUILT OUT

TO THE LAKE YEARS AGO. >> WHAT LEVEL OF DISTURBANCE WILL THE RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE THROUGH THIS PROCESS?

>> THE MANHOLE REHABILITATION SHOULDN'T BE TOO BAD. IT WOULD JUST BE SOME SMALL EQUIPMENT. MAY BE A PICKUP TRUCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY SET EQUIPMENT ON TOP OF THE MANHOLE AND SPRAY A POLYMER LINING INSIDE THE MANHOLE. THEY WILL DO SEVERAL MANHOLES A DAY WITH MINIMAL DISTURBANCE. SOME OF THIS SEWER MAIN REHAB FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST OF WILLOW CREEK WILL BE A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED . EXPECT A MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS OF WILLOW CREEK, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME, BUT OUR COMMUNICATION TEAM WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE WILLOW CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MINIMIZE ANY DAMAGE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> WORKING INSIDE OF OUR

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EASEMENTS. >> THAT IS CORRECT. MANY LINE OF ENTRIES FROM SOME PROPERTY OWNERS TO MARRY CARRY EQUIPMENT DOWN THERE SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO BRING EQUIPMENT ALL THE WAY DOWN THE EASEMENT TO SIMPLIFY THINGS. WE DEAL WITH THEM ON A

CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ? WE HAVE A

[12. CITIZENS’ OPEN FORUM.]

MOTION CARRIES. >> ALL THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS WE HAVE THE SEATING -- THIS EVENING.

>> WE OPEN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ANYTHING. COMFORT, GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND WE ASK ADDRESS COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. YES, SIR.

>> ROBERT WILKINS, --. I AM DISAPPOINTED IN THE ENTIRE .

MAYBE AFTER I SPEAK SOMEONE WILL SPEAK ABOUT IT. I SEE THIS FLAG OVER HERE THAT I BELIEVE IN SO MUCH AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU BELIEVE IN. I REMEMBER IN 1962 COMING TO THE UNITED STATES FROM GERMANY AND WHEN I CAME HERE A YEAR LATER I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO BACK TO BE WITH MY MOTHER IN 1963 ON NOVEMBER THE 21ST. THE NEXT DAY, AS I WAS ON THE BUS, JOHN KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED. IT WAS A HORRIBLE DAY. I WAS STUCK IN A HOTEL. I DON'T KNOW WHO PAID FOR. FOR OVER TWO WEEKS. IN THAT HOTEL ALL I WATCHED WAS JOHN KENNEDY. SINCE THEN I REMEMBER REAGAN, WHEN HE GOT SHOT. AND NOW WE HAVE A FORMER PRESIDENT AND WHO WILL LIKELY BE PRESIDENT AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY TYPE OF SILENCE OR ANYTHING FOR DONALD TRUMP. I DO NOT KNOW IF WE HAVE GOTTEN WOKE IN THIS COMMUNITY OR WHAT IS GOING ON BUT I THINK IT IS SAD. I THINK IT IS SAD. THE PRESIDENCY IS THE MOST REVERED POSITION. GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS ASKED TO BE EMPEROR AND HE SAID NO, WE HAVE A COUNTRY THAT IS OF THE PEOPLE. AND THE PRESIDENCY IS SO, SO IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US AND I THINK THAT WHEN THIS SESSION OPENED ORDER THIS COUNCIL MEETING OPENED I THINK IT SHOULD'VE BEEN IMMEDIATE. I AM DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE A LOT OF YOU I HAVE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR. REALLY. I MAY TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. I ME TALK ABOUT THINGS I THINK NEED TO BE IMPROVED. SOMETIMES YOU ALL ARE ACTUALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH ME.

BUT THIS IS ONE TIME I AM DISAPPOINTED. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE NOT AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT A FORMER PRESIDENT WITHIN A CENTIMETER OF A BULLET WOULD'VE DIED. WE WOULD'VE BEEN DOING FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS, PRESIDENTIAL PARADE TYPE THING. IT IS A SHAME. I AM JUST

DISAPPOINTED. THANK YOU. >> WHO WILL BE NEXT?

>> MARTHA CHAM, THROUGH 07 CAMELIA DRIVE. YES, I APPROVE OF THAT MESSAGE ALSO APPEARS TO EXCUSE ME. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN IN THE AUDIENCE.

>> YES. I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND THAT A RIGHTEOUS, BEAUTIFUL AUBURN WAS HERE IN 1975 FOR ME. I CAME HERE AS AN AUBURN UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND WAS BORN AGAIN AND SAVED. AT THE AUBURN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN 1975 IT WAS A PURE CHURCH HONORING GOD'S WORD. ABOUT 30 YEARS LATER AUBURN UNITED METHODISTS BOUGHT OUT THE ST. MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC SEMINARY BESIDE AND ST. MICHAEL'S BUILT A LARGE, LOVELY NEW CHURCH. BY THEN, 30 YEARS LATER, WITH 141 ACRES OF PRIME LAND ACROSS FROM ASHTON PARK ON NORTH COLLEGE BY THE FISHERIES. I SOLD IN 2007 FOR $2.02 MILLION AND I TIED THAT AMOUNT TO VARIOUS MINISTRIES, -- ALONG WITH PROVIDENCE PRESBYTERIAN OVER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND MANY OTHER

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ALL OF MY CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM A THEN EXCELLENT AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL. TWO OF THEM WENT OFF TO AUBURN UNIVERSITY. ONE WENT TO HUNTINGTON. THEY ARE ALL SUCCESSFUL, ALL PROSPERING.

MY SON JOINED THE ARMY IN 2007, FOUGHT IN IRAQ. HE TRAINED OFF OF FORT BENNING, NOW FORT MOORE. CAME HOME IN ONE PIECE, HALLELUJAH, PRAISE GOD FOREVER, AND HE IS PROSPERING. JOY FILLED OUR LIVES HERE IN AUBURN, ALABAMA, AND I AM GRATEFUL. WE LIVED AMONG MOSTLY WORLD PEOPLE WITH CLEAN MINES IN CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN VALUES IN THE CITY. I REMEMBER THE -- HOUSE NEAR THE FORMER ANDERS WINDSTORM -- AUBURN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CLAPPED AND SHOUTED AND SANG AND THEY WERE FULL OF JOY. YOU COULD HEAR OUT THE WINDOWS ON MAGNOLIA AVENUE WHEN HE WALKED BY. THE JOY OF THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH AND WAS THEIR STRENGTH. GOD LATER TAUGHT ME TWO TIMES AND ALSO TAUGHT ME IF YOU HAVE A GREAT NEED SO A GREAT SEED. IF YOU HAVE A GREAT NEED SO A GREAT SEED. BRINGING GIVES A RELEASE AND A SIGN OF SIZE AND MIRACLE. --

>> THANK YOU. WHO WILL BE NEXT? WE WILL CLOSE CITIZENS OPEN FORUM. IS ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY AS WE FINISH UP TONIGHT?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING STREETSCAPE AND UPKEEP. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THAT?

>> NO, MAN. I RESPONDED TO THAT EMAIL AND AS A PACKET MEETING, RESPONDED TO YOUR CONSTITUENT THAT THE MEETING WOULD BE HAD BETWEEN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE CONTRACTOR.

I DO NOT KNOW THE RESULTS OF THAT MEETING. WE HAVE NOT RESOLVED THAT. I WILL EXPLAIN, WHEN A PROJECT -- I WILL LIKEN THIS TO LIPOMA OR ANYTHING ELSE -- EVEN IF IT IS ON CITY PROPERTY WHEN WE DO CONSTRUCTION PROPER JACKS -- PROJECTS IN THE CITY ALL AREAS OF AUBURN ARE TREATED EQUAL TERMS THE CITY CANNOT GO ON TO ITS OWN PROPERTY AND JUST MOW GRASS OR PICK UP GARBAGE OR DO ANYTHING ELSE. THE SITE AT THAT TIME IS UNDER CONTROL OF THE CONTRACTOR AND WE HAVE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WITH THEM SO WE CAN PUSH THEM TO DO THINGS CONTRACTUAL IN NATURE, BUT WE DO NOT TREAT ANY PROPERTIES DIFFERENTLY WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER OUR OWN PROPERTY UNLESS WE WANT TO REACH OUR OWN TRUCK CONTRACT. THIS IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE ALSO HOLD THE CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FROM A LIABILITY STANDPOINT IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT, SOME THINK IT'S BROKEN OR TAKEN OUT.

RIGHTFULLY SO CITIZEN IS UPSET THAT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE STREETSCAPE THERE IS WEEDS GROWING IN THE GRASS. WE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH EITHER BUT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH CONTRACTUAL MECHANISMS WORK WITH A CONTRACTOR ON THAT. IN THIS INSTANCE THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES THEY ARE BEYOND THE TIME REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN IS A WE HAVE TO WORK IT OUT WITH THAT WHICH WE ARE HAPPY TODAY. I AM SORRY TO THE CITIZENS WHO ARE UPSET ABOUT IT. IT IS NOT OUR INTENT FOR IT TO NOT BE MODE JUST THE SAME AS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY BUT WE ARE STUCK CONTRACTUALLY RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT.

>> I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION FOR THAT. THE ONLY REASON WHY I BROUGHT IT UP, JUST IN CASE, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ME ABOUT IT IN THAT AREA. I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT THE CITY WITHHOLDING THE UPKEEP OF A, BUT THE CONTRACT. JUST YOU EXPLAINING IT AND MAYBE PEOPLE CAN HEAR THAT OR I CAN RELAY THAT TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY CALL ME . I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT MYSELF AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THOSE FACTS THAT YOU GAVE ME TODAY.

>> ONE OTHER THING, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MAY HAVE TO STAND UP REAL QUICK. MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE IS A MAJOR CORRIDOR INTO THE CITY. THEY GET EXTRA ATTENTION. WE MOTOR MORE FREQUENTLY. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME QUESTIONS FROM SOME CONSTITUENTS WILL THIS BE TREATED THE SAME AS EVERY OTHER CORRIDOR. YES, THIS IS A MAJOR GATEWAY, BUT WE MOTOR MORE FREQUENTLY. CAN YOU SPEAK TONIGHT? JUST GET CLOSE TO A MICROPHONE SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR YOU.

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>> WE OPERATE ON ABOUT A TWO TO THREE WEEK BASIS WITH RIGHT-OF-WAY ROTATION MAINTENANCE FOR ALL OF OUR

MAJOR CORRIDORS. >> SOUTH COLLEGE STREET AND MARTIN THE KING DRIVE AND ALL OF THAT ALL TREATED THE SAME .

CORRIDORS GET SLIGHTLY MORE ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES THROUGH THE CITY.

>> OKAY. GOOD. >> THANK YOU. TO MAKE YOUR

GOOD? OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I PERSONALLY AM VERY, VERY GLAD DONALD TRUMP WAS NOT ASSASSINATED AM VERY, VERY SORRY FOR THE FIREFIGHTER THAT LOST HIS LIFE IN THAT RALLY AND THE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE INJURED. I WILL NOT SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY UP HERE, BUT I BET EVERYBODY FEELS THE SAME WAY. BACK ON CITY BUSINESS JUST FOR A MINUTE, WE APPROVED A COUPLE THINGS TONIGHT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE DID NOT TAKE OFF AND REVIEW INDIVIDUALLY AND THEY HAD TO DO WITH LAKE WOOLMORE. THE KINDS OF THINGS WE APPROVED TONIGHT HAD TO DO WITH FINISHING TOUCHES, I GUESS, ON LAKE WOOLMORE. THE AUDIOVISUAL AND OTHER THINGS.

GETTING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE, I THINK, TO REALIZING A NEW PARK FACILITY. I PROBABLY SHOULD'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR. THE MAC SHE SAYS YOU LOVE WHEN YOU THAT SHE LOVES WHEN YOU ASK HER LOTS OF QUESTIONS. WHY SHE IS RIGHT

AND CENTER FOR THAT. >> WE ARE EXCITED.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO EXPRESS MY DEEP CONDOLENCES TO THE TRUMP FAMILY. IT COULD'VE BEEN MUCH WORSE THAN IT WAS. I DON'T THINK YOU ARE ANY POSITION, MR. WILKINS, HOW I FEEL ABOUT A CERTAIN PERSON OR ANYTHING ELSE. JUST A YOU KNOW I AM VERY MUCH A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN. I WAS WATCHING IT LIVE WHEN HE ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE AND I WAS WATCHING WHEN A FIREFIGHTER DID LOSE HIS LIFE. ANOTHER PERSON IN THE CROWN WHO WAS PUTTING A SHIELD OVER HIS FAMILY WAS SHOT. INNOCENT PERSON SHOULD NEVER BE SHOT. I DON'T THINK OF ANY RIGHT TO STAND UP AND TELL ME HOW I FEEL. I WAS TAUGHT TO PRAY IN THE CLOSET WHEN YOU TALK TO THE GOOD LORD. I DO NOT NEED TO DO IT IN FRONT OF FOLKS. DON'T NEED TO ASK FOR ANY TIME-OUT OR MOMENT OF SILENCE. I REALLY DO NOT LIKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

WE'VE DONE TOO MUCH MOMENT OF SILENCE. WE NEED TO ASK THE LORD DIRECTLY AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT. I DO IN PRIVATE. I DO NOT HAVE TO DO IN PUBLIC. AS FAR AS THE SCHEMPP, INTERESTED IN PLANT A SEED FOR A NEED. I DO NOT NEED TO, THE LORD MEETS MY NEEDS. ALWAYS HAS. SINCE I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD I'VE ALWAYS HAD MY NEEDS MET BY THE LORD. I DO NOT NEED TO GIVE MONEY TO TV PREACHERS TO GET RESULTS IN MY LIFE. HE DOES NOT NEED MY MONEY. JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK TO THE CITY ABOUT, FINE. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT.

BUT TO COME HERE AND TELL ME I NEED TO PLANT A SEED TO GET A NEED. I DO NOT NEED A SEED TO GET A NEED. MINE NEEDS HAVE BEEN MET AND WILL BE MET. WHILE I'M ON THIS EARTH AND WHEN I GO TO HEAVEN ONE DAY BECAUSE I PUT MY FAITH AND TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST HE WILL WELCOME ME HOME AND IT WILL NOT BE BECAUSE OF THE MONEY I GET BECAUSE I NEVER REALLY HAD MONEY TO GIVE. I GAVE 10% OF MY TYPE, BUT I DO NOT NEED TO GIVE ANYONE ON THIS EARTH A SEED TO TALK TO MY LORD AND SAVIOR.

>> ANYTHING ELSE? >> ONE OF THE THINGS I MOST LIKE ABOUT LOCAL POLITICS IS IT IS LOCAL. I GET CALLS FROM PEOPLE IN MY WARD . I MAY NOT AGREE WITH THEIR LARGER POLITICS, BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP ME FROM REPRESENTING THEIR CONCERNS. I AM VERY MUCH PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THIS BODY DOES ALL IT CAN TO REMAIN NONPARTISAN AND IN SAYING THAT I DO NOT THINK THERE IS ANYBODY UP HERE WHO FELT ANY JOY OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN SADNESS WHEN MR. TRUMP WAS SHOT.

>> I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ON THE SUBJECT TOO BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF OFFENDED THAT WE WERE PUT IN A CATEGORY. I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF ALSO. REGARDLESS WHAT PULLS PRESIDENTIAL

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SOME PEOPLE DON'T PRAY OUT LOUD. THEY HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. I AM QUITE SURE EVERYBODY GOT THEIR MOMENT OF SILENCE ON HOW THEY WANT TO PRAY. MY SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO THE TRUMP FAMILY AND FOR THE ONES THAT GOT KILLED AND THE ONES WHO GOT WOUNDED DURING IT. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE DO NOT SYMPATHIZE WITH A FORMER PRESIDENT. THAT IS MY TAKE ON

IT. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I FEEL YOUR PAIN. I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO NOT HAVE A JOB COMPLETELY FINISHED HAVE PEOPLE ASKING YOU ABOUT IT. I TOLD YOU WOULD BE TWO OR THREE YEARS. ON THE

MAINTENANCE OF MLK. >> OKAY. I GOT YOU.

>> WINNIE WRIGHT A FEW COMMENTS AND WE WILL GET ON WITH OUR EVENING. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EAST ALABAMA HEALTH. RECENTLY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST MATERNAL HOSPITALS IN ALABAMA. RECEIVED FIVE STARS. REPORTED OVER 2000 BABIES A AIRBORNE AT OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR THEIR WORK AND THE NURSES, DOCTORS, ALL THE STAFF OUT THERE. THE CITY OF AUBURN AUBURN UNIVERSITY RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY AN ORGANIZATION CALLED MARKET DEEP. FOR BEING A HIDDEN GEM FOR BUSINESS STARTUPS. I WANT TO READ PART OF THIS ARTICLE. AUBURN UNIVERSITY PROVIDES A ROBUST DONATION FOR STARTUPS AND ACCESS TO RESEARCH, RESOURCES, STUDY TALENT PIPELINE AND STRONG-ARMED RENEWAL PROGRAMS. THE AUBURN RESEARCH PARK AND -- EXCELERATOR OFFERS CENTRAL SUPPORT UNIT MENTORSHIP, NETWORKING, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES COUPLED WITH A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND AFFORDABLE COST OF LIVING.

AUBURN IS AN IDEAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO THRIVE.

AUBURN WAS RANKED 30TH IN THE UNITED STATES FOR BEING A LOCATION FOR BUSINESS STARTUPS. A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO THAT.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY IS A BIG PART OF THE UNDERLYING STORY THERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE SHARING WITH YOU HOW THAT RELATIONSHIP IS GOING TO GROW AND DO BETTER THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THE CERTAINLY THANKFUL WE CREATED A PLACE NOT JUST FOR FAMILIES TO BRING THEIR CHILDREN TO OUR SCHOOLS, NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE TO RETIRE, BUT FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND START A BUSINESS AND FEEL LIKE THERE IS THE KIND OF ECOSYSTEM HERE IN AUBURN THAT CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT THEIR DREAMS ARE AND TO SEE THOSE TO FRUITION. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS TONIGHT.

AND ALL OF YOU WHO SPOKE TO SPOKE FROM THE HEART. I AM GRATEFUL TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU. THIS AFTERNOON I SPOKE TO A YOUNG MAN WHO LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO IS PART OF THE SECRET SERVICE. IT IS A CHALLENGING TIME FOR THEM RIGHT NOW. HE IS A FINE YOUNG MAN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS UNBELIEVABLE . TO SEE THAT ON LIVE TV AND THINK ABOUT WHERE WE WOULD BE TODAY IF THAT SHOT HAD RUNG TRUE. I PRAISE GOD THAT IT DIDN'T. CERTAINLY FOR THAT FIRE FIRE AND HIS TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND HIS FAMILY, THE TOUGH TIMES THEY HAVE AHEAD OF THEM. WE SHOULD ALL BE THOUGHTFUL AND PRAY FOR THAT FAMILY. WHAT HE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT WERE THE SIX OR SEVEN PEOPLE WHO RALLIED AROUND THE PRESIDENT AS HE WAS BLEEDING FROM THE FACE. DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE NECK SHOT WAS COMING FROM AND THEY DIDN'T CARE BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING THEIR JOB. THAT IS ONE OF THE ROLES HE PLAYS, TO BE THAT PERSON ON HIS DETAIL. THE WORLD WE LIVE IN IS A VERY COMPLICATED WORLD AND IT IS A VERY DIVISIVE WORLD. WHAT WE SEE ON TV SOMETIMES RESONATES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SOMETIMES IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITY. I HOPE ALL OF US AS WE MOVE INTO THE FALL AND MOVE TOWARDS NOVEMBER AND MAYBE THE RHETORIC WILL

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