 One minute till air time, one minute till air time. Mr. Mayor, we do have Joan Pelletier from Dementia Inclusive, Inc. to accept the proclamation tonight. Yes, we do. All right, title sequence is going to begin now. Good evening. I wanna call this meeting of the Durham City Council to order at seven o'clock on Monday night, September the 20th, 2021. I certainly wanna welcome all of my colleagues here tonight, our staff, members of the public, and all those who are watching this meeting in some form or another, and just wanna say how glad that we are to have you with us tonight. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Mayor Schuyl. Mayor Schuyl. Here. Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Here. Council Member Caballero. Here. Council Member Freelon. Here. Council Member Freeman. Present. Council Member Middleton. I'm here. Council Member Reis. Here. Thank you. Thank you very much, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, we'll begin tonight. I don't see a moment of silence on our agenda. I'm sorry, we do, we have it. Sorry, that's an agenda momentarily, and I'm sorry. Colleagues, we've had a terrible couple of days in Durham. We've had three homicides, terrible, terrible events, tragic events, and these are events that are unacceptable in our city. This gun violence that is ravaging our city must stop and we need to do everything we can to stop it. But even as we do that, we remember those who lost their lives in this terrible gun violence and their families and their friends, and our hearts go out to them. And we think of all of the victims of these shootings, the, not only those people who were themselves killed in these terrible incidents, but all the people that looked. We also had another tragedy in the city this week where we lost one of our members of our fire department, fire driver Jeremy Clem, who succumbed to COVID-19 after a long battle, a member of our city of Durham family, and we remember him, our hearts go out to his family, to the members of our fire department, his brothers and sisters in the fire department who have worked with him over the years, over the 15 years that he has been with us. And we wanna say on behalf of the city that we are grieving with his family and friends. So colleagues, with that in mind, please join me now in a moment of silence. Thank you. Council Member Reyes, can you please lead us in the Pledge of the Flag? Hello, Mr. Mayor, good evening colleagues, city staff and everyone watching the meeting virtually, I will now recite the Pledge of Allegiance. 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. Thank you very much, Council Member. And because I got things a little out of order, we've already had the roll call, thank you Madam Clerk. And now we'll move to the ceremonial items. We have three great ceremonial items tonight. And for the first one, I'm going to ask Madam Clerk to make David Beicher, the president of the Fox Family Foundation, available to be heard. And I'm going to be presenting this first proclamation to the Fox Family Foundation. And then we will hear a few words from Mr. Beicher. This proclamation reads, whereas Fox Family Foundation was created in September 1991 by Dr. Francis Hill Fox and is celebrating 30 years of generous philanthropy. And whereas Dr. Fox was joined on the original board of the foundation by her children and other community leaders devoted to improving the quality of life in Durham and the surrounding area. And whereas Fox Family Foundation has since its inception contributed to the work of 73 Durham based nonprofit programs and organizations across arts, community services, education and health through grant awards totaling almost $7.4 million. And whereas Fox Family Foundation is dedicated to listening for and responding to shifts in the community, organizational priorities and new opportunities. Now, therefore, I, Steven M. Schulmeyer, the city of Durham, North Carolina do hereby proclaim the week of September 27th, 2021 as Fox Family Foundation 30th anniversary week in Durham. And do hereby commend Fox Family Foundation's commitment to practical, carefully targeted philanthropy through its mission to support and engage with partners in making a positive difference in our community and its continuing vision for greater Durham where all people's lives are enriched and improved. Witness my hand, this is the 20th day of September, 2021. And I just wanna add before Mr. Beischer speaks, our gratitude to the Fox Family Foundation for all the amazing work they have done in Durham over the years. Mr. Beischer, your family's foundation has truly been an incredible partner to so many of our nonprofits and so many of the good causes in Durham that you all have supported. So thank you. Mr. Beischer, are you able to be heard now? Yeah, so thank you so much for that wonderful proclamation. And as president of the Fox Family Foundation and on behalf of the Foundation's board members and staff, I would like to thank the mayor and council members for your proclamation of Fox Family Foundation 30th anniversary week. Durham is fortunate to have such a vibrant nonprofit community, one that spans from critical support of vital needs for our most vulnerable community members to a very strong and creative visual and performing arts community to wonderful museums and gathering places. Durham features so many worthy organizations. Since the inception of the foundation over three quarters of our total grant making has been provided to Durham nonprofits with a large portion of those funds earmarked for operating support as we have tried to be mindful of the operating challenges faced by all nonprofits. By your proclamation tonight, you are also honoring the important work of all of the diverse organizations we have supported for the last three decades. As we look to the future, the Fox Family Foundation intends to continue to learn with to listen to and to support our Triangle nonprofit community with a continued emphasis of support for Durham nonprofits and look to encourage collaboration between organizations who are improving the quality of life in our greater Durham community. Thank you again for honoring the foundation this evening. Thank you so much, Mr. Bychoo. We really appreciate you and we appreciate the foundation and we look forward to many more years of you all contributing in this wonderful way to our city. Thank you so much. Thank you. Colleagues, we'll now move to our second ceremonial item, which is Diaper Need Awareness Week Proclamation. This proclamation will be presented by Kelce River Freelon and it will be presented to Michelle Oles, who is executive director of the Diaper Bank of North Carolina. I can't help but say that I remember when the Diaper Bank of North Carolina and visiting Michelle in a tiny room with a few diapers, well, not quite a few, but not very many. And now they have become just an amazing powerhouse of supporting so many good, so much such a huge necessary need in our community. Council member Freelon. Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Whereas Diaper Need, the condition of not having a sufficient supply of clean diapers to keep babies and toddlers clean, dry and healthy can adversely affect the health and well-being of infants and their families. And whereas national surveys and research studies report that one in three families struggle with Diaper Need and 48% of families delay changing a diaper in order to extend their supply. And whereas the people of Durham recognize that Diaper Need is a public health issue and addressing Diaper Need can lead to economic opportunity for families in the community and improved health for children, thus ensuring all people have access to basic necessities. And whereas Durham is the proud home to the trusted community-based organizations, including Diaper Bank of North Carolina that recognize the importance of diapers and ensuring health and providing economic stability to families. Now therefore, I, Stephen Shul, the mayor of Durham, North Carolina, do hereby proclaim the week of September 27th through October 3rd, 2021 as Diaper Need Awareness Week in Durham. And hereby, thank the aforementioned Diaper Banks for their service and encourage the residents of Durham to donate to Diaper Banks and organizations distributing diapers so that all of Durham's children and families can thrive and reach their full potential. Witness my hand on this 20th day of September, 2021, Stephen Shul. Ms. Ohl, are you available to be heard? I am here, I'm sorry, I wasn't sure. Thank you so much to you mayor and council members for recognizing Diaper Need Awareness Week. I started the Diaper Bank in 2013 from my kitchen table here in Durham. We now distribute over four million diapers statewide. Durham gets our largest distribution. We distribute nearly two million diapers a year into Durham community and we still are not fully meeting the need. We have seen a 400% increase in requests for diapers in Durham since the beginning of the pandemic. And it is something that we are proud that we continue to meet the need but there is still so much work to be done. One in three families experienced Diaper Need. There's no assistance for diapers. WIC and food stamps do not cover them and they cost up to $100 a month. There's a lot of talk about food insecurity in our community which is so so important but it's also important to know that 100% of the time if a family is struggling for diapers then they're struggling for these, I'm struggling for food then they're struggling for these needs like diapers, period products and adult and content supplies. So we are very grateful to Durham for recognizing the need and the community and for your support. Ms. Oh, thank you so much. Thank you for the amazing work that you all do in our community. We are so grateful. Two million diapers a year is just an incredible, incredible number. And it's just amazing what you're doing. And we're really grateful. Thank you, Council Member Freeland and thank you very much, Ms. Oh. Thank you for being here. And now we'll move to our third ceremonial item, World Alzheimer's Dementia Awareness Day. And this will be presented by Council Member Freeman presented to John Pelletier who is here from Dementia Inclusive Durham, a board member of that organization. Council Member. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just wanna note that as a parent of twins, just how expensive those diapers can be, just acknowledging that was 12 years ago and I believe we spent about 40 bucks a week. It can get quite expensive. And so I'm grateful for that previous proclamation. So moving forward, the proclamation, whereas September 21st is World Alzheimer's Day, World Alzheimer and Dementia Awareness Day. And whereas dementia is a syndrome in which there is deterioration in memory, thinking, behavior, and the ability to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia. And whereas dementia is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, and sixth leading cause for North Carolina. And whereas there is no known treatment currently available to cure dementia or to alter its progressive course, care and support can be given to enhance the quality of life and the wellbeing of persons with dementia. And whereas the city of Durham supports the vision of a dementia inclusive community where all persons with dementia are valued and fully supported in their pursuit of a quality of life and wellbeing. And whereas the city of Durham invites you to join in partnership, collaboration, and advocacy efforts to promote wellbeing, inclusion, and health equity for persons with dementia. Now, therefore, I, Stephen M. Shul, I'm sorry, we have a kitten issue here. Mayor of the city of North Carolina do hear by proclaim September 21st, 2021 as World's High Alzheimer's and Dementia Awareness Day and Durham and hereby commend this observance and urge everyone to join with dementia inclusive, with a dementia inclusive pink. Really? To honor the older adults with dementia on September 21st and throughout the year. Witness my hand, the corporate seal of the city of Durham. This 20th day of September, 2021. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you, council member. That's been a request to see the kitten. Let everyone, can you bring it back now so everyone can see who's been climbing all over the keyboard knocking the lights over. She's hiding. Okay. Wait, hold on, hold on, you might get a good glimpse. All right. There we go. There we go, say hello. You just never know what's gonna enter into the public policy debate at the Durham City Council. Yes. Council member, thank you very much. Yeah. And thank you for that important proclamation. And Ms. Pelletier, are you with us and can you be heard? Yes, I am, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. You have a camera. And from one cat lover to another, thank you council member Freeman, excuse me, and other members of the council. On behalf of the approximately 6,000 Durham County residents who have Alzheimer's disease or other dementias and their remarkable informal and formal care partners, thank you for this proclamation of honor, community inclusion and engagement. Few of us have not been impacted by this progressive disease. While I'm here today representing board of directors of the new private nonprofit dementia inclusive Inc. whose mission it is to build a culture of wellbeing, inclusion and health equity for persons living with dementia and their care partners. I believe I can also speak on behalf of the developers of the master aging plan and other collaborative organizations in Durham that serve with dedication, this vulnerable population. And those include the Durham Center for Senior Life, Meals on Wheels, the Duke Dementia Family Support Program, Department of Social Services, long-term care facilities and home care agencies, Triangle J Area Agency on Aging and even the Nashner Museum of Art. They and others work to foster holistic wellbeing for those with dementia and see the person, not just the disease. Again, thank you for adding the city of Durham's voice to the expressed goal of a truly dementia inclusive Durham. Thank you so much. We appreciate your being here. We very much appreciate the work of this really important organization. Thank you. Also want to thank council member Reese Ford for introducing that resolution into our process tonight and to thank council member Freeman for presenting the proclamation. Thank you both. All right, colleagues. We will now move to announcements by members of the council. Council member Freelon. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just wanted to echo your comments and offer my condolences to the families of the victims of gun violence that have rocked our city over the past few days as well as our beloved staff member who we lost to COVID-19. It was a reminder for me about the need for continued vigilance as we faced the dual pandemics of violence in our communities and coronavirus. And when we got the alert from city manager page that North Carolina Central University's campus was on lockdown during the football game, I just thought about the thousands of fans and students who were trapped in that stadium not knowing what was going on. And I looked up the two young men on Facebook, a Shamory Brown and Tavis Rhodes. These were young kids. They were 18 and 21. And they were both hillside kids, both wearing football jerseys themselves and their Facebook photos. And I know the hillside community in particular has dealt with a lot of loss this year. You may remember earlier in April, we lost another hillside student, Joshua Garner, to senseless gun violence. And these historic black institutions, these are North Carolina Central hillside high school. This is black Durham. And these institutions have nurtured and educated and produced some of our nation's greatest artists and civil rights leaders, athletes, policy makers. And this loss to me feels incalculable. We've lost the next, you know, Polly Murray, the next Ernie Barnes, Shirley Caesar, Andre Leon Talley to these streets to gun violence. And specifically like our black boys are the ones being gunned down. So I just wanted to share with the community, as my colleagues already know, but just to share again that I'm working on a strategy for black boys with the office on youth. It's been slow moving because it's a collaboration with the county and interlocal collaboration can take time. It's been particularly frustrating on days like today when families are grieving and people in the community want answers. But I met this morning with, or spoke to Laura Khalil and the other members of the office on youth and we're moving forward with deliberate speed on putting a team together to develop that strategy for black boys. And the other thing I also met this morning coincidentally with the back in the black coalition and city staff to get their guidance on our rubric for the American Rescue Plan Act funds. And I think there's real opportunity and unprecedented one in Durham's history with this influx of $50 million plus, you know, to make an investment in black Durham. And I just want to name that black Durham is the space that needs this investment. And I see a direct correlation between the violence that we saw this weekend and I've seen all the year and last year as well, you know, it didn't just come out of nowhere. We got an email from a brother, Minister Paul Scott today where he just broke it down. This violence is a ghost. It's the legacy of public policy decisions that have robbed black folks of opportunities to participate in Durham's growth. When you have thriving black neighborhoods and then bulldoze them to build a highway and move working class black folks into housing projects as if they're disposable, that is a form of violence. And the violence of urban renewal, the current poor condition of our housing, public housing, the concentration of poverty, the lack of opportunity has trickled down to the steps of North Carolina Central and Hillside High School. And I think we have an opportunity with these American Rescue Plan funds to reverse course on some of this historic violence and injustice. And I'm looking forward to supporting proposals and reading them, learning more about them that revive and pour back into the black community and black resiliency and not just charity but economic investment in the black communities. That's what we need to address violence in our community. We need youth programming, education, mental wellness. Wellness, yes, but also black wealth and black power-based building. That doesn't just make our communities more safe but it just makes Durham veteran more vibrant. So that was on my heart to share today, Mr. Mayor. Thank you for your time. And yeah, that's all I got. Thank you so much. Other announcements? Council Member Freeman. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And thank you, Council Member Freelon for calling out that violence that has been shaping and deteriorating our community. I do wanna also add my sincerest condolences to the families that lost their child, family member on Saturday night. And then I also wanna just extend a heartfelt like sigh and acknowledgement that all of those folks who were in the stadium experienced just what the children and the folks in the community right around the corner at McDougal Terrace experienced each and every time that these shootings occur and just acknowledge like this is where we have to dig deep and figure out how to address it in a way that actually does something today and tomorrow. And I really look forward to having the conversation around what that looks like, acknowledging that we have had this conversation around racism being in the public health crisis and acknowledging that COVID and how the impact of all of this is tied together into the history as Council Member Freelon mentioned to that public policy ghosts. We have a chance to actually address this in a way that I think I'm almost ready to like speak to, but I really wanna have a in-depth conversation with my colleagues around because it's just my heart just continues to break. And I can tell you, I spent a lot of time crying on this one because it's just too much and consistently it is black men. And so I appreciate Council Member Freelon speaking to both initiatives that he's been working on and I just know that we can do some, we can do more. We can do more. And I know that my colleagues here are ready to do more. So I did wanna know that early voting has started and it is currently at the five library locations. And so I'd encourage you to check your County, the County Board of Election website to get times and exact locations that are closest to you and to verify whether you're registered or not. And I'm mindful that these are very, these are very interesting times. And I do wanna say that I have a note that the part that really rises up for me is acknowledging just how much we have to pour into these conversations around more than just the gun violence, but the actual violence that's been occurring. And so I really wanna hear, I really wanna hear from folks and I just wanna make a space for that. And so I wanna encourage you to reach out and to say what it is that's on your heart and to say what it is that you're thinking because I think now it's kind of really put that out into the ether. And I thank you. Thank you very much Council Member, Council Member Middleton. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Good evening, sir. And good evening colleagues and friends and everyone watching. I too wanna celebrate the wonderful ceremonial items we had this evening. Each of them were wonderful in their own right. And we particularly thank my friend, Council Member Reese for offering the resolution for World Alzheimer and dementia awareness. I heard it said not many families haven't been touched. And I couldn't help thinking about the long goodbye we said to my mom, who was so pivotal in me being where I am tonight and then to have to become memory for her. And that's oftentimes what caretakers and families have to do. We must become collective memory for each other. And that's an act of love. So thank you so much for offering that and thank you, Council Member Freeman for reading it really, really great ceremonial items tonight. Everything that appears, you said, Brother Amen. Everything that you said, Council Member Freeman, Amen. Everything that you said, Brother Mayor, Amen. And to all of us, all my colleagues have from time to time things that we've said about this issue. I affirm all of it. What a painful, painful night. Had opportunity to send directly to families, condolences but I want to use this platform and perch to again send condolences to the families of those young men who were taken from us. The heartbeat of an entire city beats with them and for them tonight. I also want to send condolences and peace and power to brothers and sisters at North Carolina Central University and Dr. Akinlea who I know is leading the very challenging times. Historically, black colleges and universities are sacred places. Not only for the development of our intelligence but a feeling of dignity and safety as well. I'm a product of an HBCU. My love for politics and history, my love for organizing, my love for encyclopedia of greeting was fostered on an HBCU campus. It was sacred ground but it wasn't just the intellectual pursuit. It was a feeling of safety, literally of sanctuary. Almost an impenetrable kind of vibranium tight shell around that place that kept you safe. And it was violated. It was violated last night while folk were at a football game. And we know that this underscores that there is no neighborhood. There is no zip code. There is no place in our city that is exempt from this problem. And I couldn't help but think that this is happening. And Pierce, you said it primarily the young black men and we know our brown brothers and sisters are dealing with a lot of the same issues. And we're still making lists. The city is still being heralded as one of the best places to be. And that's very, that's stark to me because what it says to me is that we can get along while this is still going on. We have figured out an equation. We have figured out a recipe to still be the second best place to live in the city while our children are jumping in bathtubs at night. While black men are being killed in the street. We figured out a dual path. I used to be afraid, as I've said that one narrative would overtake the other. Now I'm thinking that we're training ourselves to keep pamphlet Durham alive while less than two miles from our city center, this stuff is going on. I'm fearful that we will train ourselves to be desensitized to this. To just think of it as part of a normal course of life for a certain segment of our city, for a certain segment of our population. And I am saying with everything that is in me this will overtake all of us at some point. This will visit all of us at some point, God forbid in our neighborhood and every zip code if we don't tackle it and address it as a state of emergency that it is. Here's whatever you need on your agenda, your initiative. And I know some other brothers and sisters talking about some other things we're gonna be hearing about in a few days. But this is city hall, we're the government. We are the elected representatives of the city. I'm asking this body as my government, as my elected representatives, as the folk who many I voted for on this screen. To do everything we can to add not only our moral authority, but our ingenuity, our creativity, our resources in partnership across this community to attack this issue strategically and tactically. At the root, yes, root cause and then every area of entry to stop the blood flow and to dismiss discourage. When COVID passes and it will pass, when we're all vaccinated, there will still be black kids jumping in bathtubs, brown kids jumping in bathtubs at night. That COVID will not pass. It'll still be here. And while the rest of us move on with our lives, we cannot forget those that are left behind and wallowing in this type of danger every night. As long as I have voice in office, out of office, I don't care where I am. As long as I have voice, I will never shut up about this. I will never be quiet about it. I will never allow it to receive into the background of our public square, of our public discussion. It is an imminent threat to the wellbeing of our city. It is a clear and present danger. And it's happened again. And it'll probably happen again. So again, my condolences to the family. My heartfelt support to the people of North Carolina Central University and to people of every neighborhood, whatever we can do as a government. I hope you will unapologetically and ask for it. And I hope that we will boldly face it and do everything within our power to save our children's lives. We're their government, if not us who. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you very much, Council Member. Council Member Caballero. Thank you. Good evening. I wanted to thank my colleagues for all their words. And especially Council Member Middleton, what you just shared, I don't speak about it often. I think every single one of us on the screen have had intimate, we have all been in harm's way of gun violence. I don't think you can actually be a resident of this country without it. Last week, Jordan was put on lockdown on Friday because a student had threatened to come to school and shoot it up. That is the fourth, if I'm not mistaken, attempted, we had two, one in New Hanover and Forsyth County. And then we had a close threat here at home. And that is unfortunately what we've decided to do about gun violence in this country. It is painful, it is sad. And I'm committed to doing everything possible but it is extremely frustrating to be in this seat knowing we do actually have tools and resources that other countries have implemented that we do not implement in this country, which is to actually pass comprehensive gun reform. I wanna commend our response to the shooting that Durham PD was there quickly. They worked quickly with Central. And I'm sure that the students on Saturday evening were terrified as well as the spectators. It's very hard to be an elected leader and to know that so many folks are facing such imminent threat. So thank you so much to all my colleagues for your words. I do also wanna acknowledge that Hispanic Heritage Month began last week on September 15th. The reason we celebrate from September 15th to October 15th is because the of several Latin American countries fall, including Chile, which is the country I was born in. And so there was reason to celebrate and then also reason for a lot of grief tonight. Thank you. Thank you very much, Council Member. Council Member Ruiz. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I wanna thank all my colleagues who spoke in tonight, who've given voice to a lot of the frustration that many of us feel right now. And I hope that all of us can continue to work together to find new innovative ways to make a difference and the scourge of gun violence. I wanted to talk about two other things tonight. First of all, there are municipal elections happening right now and turnout is low. Folks need to get out and vote. I wanna give y'all the information about where to go to vote during this month's, the primary, which is this month and beginning of next month, Monday through Friday. The hours are Monday through Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday and this Sunday. Saturday is 8.30 to 1 p.m. Sunday is 12 to 4 and then the last Saturday of early voting October 2nd will be 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you're not registered to vote, you can vote same day and vote same day during early voting, but not on the primary day itself. As I believe, Council Member Freeman mentioned, there are three of our local, or four of our local libraries, North Regional, East Regional, South Regional, and the main library downtown. Beautiful to be built in that way. And of course, the North Carolina Central Turnwall Building are all early voting locations. Please get out and vote. These elections are hugely important to the future of our city. I hope folks will do that. The other thing I wanted to mention is to thank Council Member Freeman for reading the proclamation about Alzheimer's and dementia awareness. This is an issue like Council Member Middleton. I think many of us have had some encounters with dementia and Alzheimer's. My, about four or five years ago, my grandmother was living at home alone in a trailer parking in St. Salem and had to have some minor eye surgery. And when we brought her to Durham to help care for her after that surgery, we began to understand how quickly dementia had already begun to overtake her. She stayed with us for a number of months until we could find a good place for her memory care facility in Bend, Oregon, where my mother lives. And was able to visit her there a number of times in the intervening years. Unfortunately, she passed away last month, directly as a result of complications from her dementia. But fortunately, thanks to the kindness of my colleagues, you were willing to grant me an excused absence so I could fly out to Oregon on very short notice and be there with her when she passed. All of which is to say that all of us either have been or are going to be touched by dementia and or Alzheimer's. It is an issue that we're all gonna have to grapple with in one form or another. And it's an area of scientific research that is woefully undeveloped right now. There are no treatments for dementia. There are only palliative care options and trying to make folks comfortable. And I hope that together as a community, we can change that. That's why I serve as Vice Chair of Dementia Inclusive and Corporate of the Board that Ms. Pelletier also serves on and represented tonight. We're gonna be working on this in, I hope we can count on your support. That's all I wanted to say, Mr. Mayor, look forward to the rest of the meeting. Thank you very much, Council Member. Any further announcements? Mayor Pro-Tam. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just wanted to echo the condolences of my colleagues to the families who have been impacted by gun violence and Durham recently and also to the family of the firefighter who we lost to COVID-19. And I just wanted to give a special recognition to Council Member Freelon for the work that he's been doing with the Office on Youth and also with the We Are the Ones Fund. Pierce hasn't been on Council for that long, unfortunately, won't be here with us for much longer. But the work that he has done particularly on this issue of gun violence has been really impactful. And I just wanted to appreciate your work and how willing you've been to really jump in and make a difference in the time that you've been here. And I think it's gonna have a lasting impact on our ability to impact the situation in Durham and to help people and save and change people's lives. So thank you. And thank you, everyone, for your words tonight. Thank you very much, Council Member. And I definitely second that. And I really am glad that you offered that appreciation. All right, colleagues, any further announcements? I think that Bob does it. We'll now move to priority items and we'll first ask if any priority items by the city manager. Good evening, Mr. Mayor, Madam Mayor Pro Tem and members of the Durham City Council. I do have two priority items for you this evening. Agenda item number seven, the American Rescue Plan Act, ARPA, Pursuant to Council's request attached, met number four, has been added. And agenda item number 27, which is Stormwater Infrastructure Repairs, SD-2021-04, Pursuant to Council's request, attachment number three was updated and attachments four and five were added. That is all I have. Thank you very much, Madam Manager. When I move to our city attorney, Madam Attorney, any prior to items tonight? Good evening, Mr. Mayor, Madam Mayor Pro Tem and members of the Durham City Council. It's good to see you all this evening. The city attorney's office has no priority items tonight. Thank you very much, Madam Attorney. Thank you. Madam Clerk, any items tonight? Good evening, Mr. Mayor, Madam Mayor Pro Tem and city council members. The city clerk's office has no items this evening. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Madam Clerk. Colleagues, we will now move to our consent agenda, the consent agenda can be approved by the single vote of the council. It consists of items that the council has previously worked on at previous work sessions. Items can be pulled from the consent agenda by members of the council or members of the public and then will be heard at the end of the meeting. I will now read the consent agenda. Excuse me, item one, approval of city council minutes. Item two, Durham Housing Authority Board of Commissioners' Appointment. Item three, Housing Appeals Board Appointment. Item four, Mayor's Hispanic Latino Committee Appointments. Item five, Workforce Development Board Appointments. Item six, Police Body Warned Cameras Performance Audit dated June, 2021. Item seven, American Rescue Plan Act, ARPA. Item eight, Amending the Bylaws of the Council Adopted Boards, Committees, Commissions, and Task Forces related to member compensation. Item nine, Resolution and Support of the Durham Digital Equity Plan. Item 10, Boards, Committees, Commissions, and Task Force, 2021 Annual Attendance Reports. Item 11, excuse me, Fourth Amendment to lease agreement with ATC East Commercial LLC for the Durham Performing Arts Center DPAC Presidents Club. Item 12, Approval of the Multifamily Housing Facility known as Crescent Drive Apartments and financing with multifamily housing revenue bonds. Item 13, Approval of the Multifamily Housing Facility known as 330 East Main and financing with multifamily housing revenue bonds. Item 14, Approval of the Multifamily Housing Facility known as JFK Towers and financing with multifamily housing revenue bonds. Item 15, A Member to the Purchase Contract with Gill Lake LLC for the purchase of eight diesel buses. Item 16, A Member to the Purchase Contract with Gill Lake LLC for the purchase of six electric buses. Item 17, A Member to the Professional Engineering Services Contract with CDM Smith, Inc. for the Miscellaneous Water and Sewer Rehabilitation Project phase one. Item 18, A Member to the Professional Engineering Services Contract with CJS Conveyance PLLC for the West Main Street and North Elizabeth Street Water Lounge Replacement Projects. Item 19, A Member to the Professional Engineering Services Contract with Kimley Horne and Associates, Inc. for the Lakewood Avenue Sewer and NC 54 Water Lounge Replacement Projects. Item 20, July 2021 Bid Report. Item 21, Design and Build Services Contract with Salmon Corporation for Lion Park. Item 22, Donation of 12 Vacant Parsons by the Association for the Preservation of the Inner River Valley Incorporated. Item 23, Lease Extension with Duke University and Duke University Health System for the Emergency Communications 911 Backup Center. Item 24, Proposed Sale of Property located at 1310 Stadium Drive. PID number 128431 to Larry C. Smith and Tammy B. Smith. Item 26, 2021 National Police Athletic League Mentoring and Initiative Grade Project Ordinance. Item 27, Stormwater Infrastructure Repairs, SD 2021-04. Item 28, Amendment Number 7 to Service Contract Number 5 dash 270 dash 02 with Central Carolina Holdings LLC. Item, those are the items on the consent agenda and I will now accept a motion for their approval. So moved. Second. Moved by Council Member Freelon, seconded by Council Member Middleton that we approve the consent agenda. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Mayor Schuyl. Aye. Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Aye. Council Member Caballero. Aye. Council Member Freelon. Aye. Council Member Freeman. Aye. Council Member Middleton. Aye. Council Member Reese. Aye. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The ayes have it, the motion passes unanimously. We'll now move to the General Business Agenda Public hearings and the first agenda item is item 32, zoning map change 1908 Cedar Street and we'll now hear the report from staff. Great, good evening Mayor Schuyl, Madam Mayor Pro Tem Johnson and Honorable Council Members. I'm Alexander Cahill with the Planning Department and I'm happy to be here with you tonight. First, I do want to state for the record that all planning department hearing items have been advertised and noticed in accordance with state and local law and affidavits of all these notices are on file in the planning department. Planning received an application from Eric Luce, private property owner and local resident who proposes to change the zoning designation of one parcel of land that they own totaling 0.855 acres and located at 1908 Cedar Street. The current zoning is residential suburban 20 and Mr. Lewis is proposing to change this designation to residential urban five. The property is currently designated medium density residential on the future land use map as seen in attachment four. The proposed residential urban five zoning would be consistent with the designated future land use if it approved tonight. The applicant is seeking to divide the property into two lots. The existing residential suburban zoning lot size and setback requirements would not allow the applicant to subdivide the lot in order to construct another residence. The zoning map change request to the residential urban five district would allow for the construction of another single family residence after the property is subdivided. Since the agenda items were noticed and published staff did receive two additional emails, one from a neighbor adjacent to the property owner and one from a neighbor directly across the street both in support of the proposal. As a reminder, two motions are required for this application this evening. The first is to adopt an ordinance and the second is to approve the consistency statement. Thank you for your time this evening staff and the applicant are both available for questions tonight. Thank you very much, Mr. Campbell. Colleagues, you have heard your report from staff. I'm now declare this public hearing open. And before I ask for questions for staff, Mr. Cahill, could you come on the screen for a moment? Most definitely. Thank you, Mr. Cahill. Just I think the staff should give a little thought to whether or not you report to us that you've received emails from individuals about a case. I'm not sure that is the wisest course of action. You might have received emails. We receive all kinds of emails as do you. I think it might be better to encourage those folks to send those emails to us council members. We got a lot of emails. I don't know that it's the wisest course of action to give two emails that you've received from neighbors undue weight by citing them. So I'll just ask that you and the staff give that some thought. No, thank you. Yeah. Colleagues, any questions for staff at this time? Council member Reese. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Andrew, can you come back for a second? Sorry, Alex. I don't know why I said Andrew, it makes no sense. Why does this need to be approved by the council? Again, you gave us like half a sentence in there. Can you give me a little more color on why we have to be involved in this? Seems pretty minor. Yeah, that's a great question. And I will attempt to answer it. I'm sure Ms. Young has anything additional to add, she will. So her state statute, all zoning map changes do need to be heard through a public hearing by the city council. Even when it is a small acreage for a single lot such as this case, it does have to be heard by the city council at this time. I do believe that staff has been looking at ways to see if there's other ways to get through this process. We understand the burden that can be put on a homeowner or individual resident by going through this process, both in terms of time and finances. But as such, as of now, our understanding is that it does need to be heard by the city council and that is why. Even if it seems small in nature, even if the acreage seems small, it is how the process has to go, unfortunately, per state statute. And there's no provision that would allow for subdivision without coming to the city council. There is for subdivision. Unfortunately, the size of these lots doesn't allow for it to be subdivided. It would create a non-conforming lot that would not be buildable. And that's why the zoning ordinance has to be changed. Okay. Thanks, appreciate it. Well, I'll just add to that. I appreciated council member Reese's question and I think that having our staff look at that and think about, perhaps there will be times when it is sensible to create that non-conforming lot to build on. But I know our staff could give that some consideration. Other questions for staff at this point, colleagues? All right, seeing none, I'm going to ask if there are others who would like to be heard on this item. Is there anyone else that would like to be heard on this item tonight? If so, could you please raise your virtual hand? I see that Mr. Eric Lewis would like to be heard. Mr. Lewis, welcome. Before I get to you, Mr. Lewis, is there anyone else that would like to be heard on this item? Could you please raise your virtual hand? All right, Mr. Lewis, looks like you're it. Okay. Can your comments be held to three minutes? Yep, definitely. I can probably save you a little time as well. So again, thank you really just for hearing. As Alexander actually mentioned, current desires, I am a Durham resident. I do reside at the property now, been born and raised in here in Durham, excited about the growth that we're actually seeing in our great city. With that, again, have a rather large single dwelling lot that I am looking to provide additional housing in the downtown Durham area, which would again, I think the important part here is still conform with those surrounding areas. So just very quickly, my current home resides in Faces Cedar Street. Be no actual changes there. I do have street frontage on Kent as well. That's where I'd be looking to actually add an additional home, as Alexander actually mentioned. Have talked to surrounding neighbors and in an alignment to create another conforming lot that maps very similar to what's currently on Kent. So with that, knowing I'm the only one, I'll say thank you for the consideration. And I'm hoping it's a positive transition from to RU-5 designation. Thank you very much. Mr. Lewis, I appreciate it. Let me say in terms of what I was talking about the emails. Mr. Lewis wanted to present a question. Hey, Steve, we can't hear you that well. I'm sorry, how about now? That's a little better. It sounds a little bit like you're underwater. Okay, not good. But when you're closer, it's better. I'll try to get closer. Thank you for telling me that. Nathan had told me that was a problem earlier, and I apologize. I'll try to speak louder. How about now? Is that pretty good? Yeah, my apologies. I will just say again, in terms of what I said earlier about the emails, if Mr. Lewis wanted to let us know that emails had come in support, or if those people wanted to email us themselves, or if the planning department wanted to send us emails, all the emails that they had received on this item, I would feel comfortable. Just not privileging certain emails that come in. Those are my thoughts. Okay, colleagues, any other questions, comments, or on this item? If not, I'm gonna declare this public hearing closed, and the matter is now back before the council. I'll accept a motion to adopt an ordinance amending the UDO. But thank you. Mr. Mayor, the clerk is seeking recognition, I think. Madam clerk, sorry. Yes, Mr. Mayor, we have a speaker under the attendees, James Shackleford. Okay, thank you, and thank you for spotting that. Mr. Shackleford, are you available to be heard? Mr. Shackleford, can you be heard? Can you unmute yourself, please? Thank you. You also have three minutes, Mr. Shackleford. Yes, sir, and as a representative on the gentrifiedminds.org, I'd like to know that all these onies that are taking place when you're pushing people out as a necessary means to create space, building apartment buildings and things of the sort of that nature, we have to take into account that there's a lot of violent going on around the downtown area and taking into consideration that in order to combat the violence, what we've got to do is bring back funding to not only the police department, but create community-based incentives where citizens, ordinary citizens like myself can also promote more safety as a safety net and not only to save lives, but innocent lives. If you're gonna build up in downtown Durham, you most definitely wanna create a sense of security for outside investors that wanna come in and invest in downtown Durham. Nationality is a growing city, but what's also growing is the amount of violence that is taking place. With all the necessary and essential means, in order to combat that safety, we have to enact an ordinance where ordinary citizens like myself can set up community-based programs for victims of violence, parents of victimized kids who have lost their lives in the census acts of violence. So that being stated, while we as a public servants, so-called servants give these people rewards and incentives, gift cards for group interactions, patrol in the neighborhoods, mandatory dog sniff searches down at risk areas, why don't we do that? Why don't we set up a curfew during the week and on the weekends, have that open and place roadblocks on major streets? I just had a cousin that lost their life in an act of violence, and this grieves me, it sadly grieves me. And not only am I a Durham resident and been born here and raised all my life, I've seen the growth that is going on, but what's also growing is the violence and the amount of guns. There have been 279 guns stolen from cars, cars. And if any of you on this city council and you, Mr. Mayor, Mr. Shul, if you put yourself in the shoes of the public servants or the public eye, you will also see if you put yourself in our shoes, why this is taking place. And I appreciate you guys for hearing what I had to say and I hope this most definitely rings bells, ring bells and open your ears to what needs to be done. I hope this creates a sense of solutions for you guys and I was just trying to share some so I could just help you guys, but as the war going on outside, then no person safe from. And in order to most definitely stop this senseless violence, so we've all got to come together and all minds are essential. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Shackleford. We really appreciate your comments and I want to just offer my condolences to you for the loss in your family. I know that's a terrible thing and we very much appreciate you being with us tonight and offering those comments. We have one more person who now wants to be heard on this item, Ms. Brenda Pollard. Madam Clerk, could you make Ms. Pollard available to be heard, please? Ms. Pollard, welcome. And you also have three minutes. Can you hear me, Mr. Mayor? Yes, we can, Ms. Pollard. Okay, I just wanted to address the item that Mr. Lewis was talking about. I have lived in the neighborhood for 36 years and it's a great, great city we live in. Mr. Lewis has made an inquire and talked to every neighbor that he could and community leaders and done a lot of research on what he would like to do in his property. I support that and wanted to encourage you to consider his proposal because he's an excellent neighbor and his family and just thank you for the opportunity to address the city council and the honor and privilege to do so as a citizen of Durham. And thank you all for what y'all do and your leadership in listening at this public hearing. But Mr. Lewis and his family have been wonderful neighbors and we hope that that agenda item will move forward. Thank you. Ms. Pollard, thank you so much for being with us tonight. Thank you for your comments. All right, is there anyone else that would like to be heard? All right, seeing none then, I will again declare the public hearing closed. The matter is now before the council. The first motion we would need to adopt would be to adopt an ordinance of mending the UDO by taking property out of the residential suburban 20 or as 20 district and establishing the same as residential urban five, RU five district. So moved. So moved. Made by council member Reese, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Mayor Schuyl. Aye. Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Aye. Council member Caballero. Aye. Council member Freelon. Aye. Council member Freeman. Aye. Council member Middleton. Aye. Council member Reese. Aye. Thank you. Thank you, Madam clerk. The ayes have it. The motion passes unanimously. We'll now move to the second motion to adopt the consistency statement is required by NCGS 160 D dash 605. So moved. Moved by council member Reese, seconded by council member Freeman. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. Mayor Schuyl. Aye. Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Aye. Council member Caballero. Aye. Council member Freelon. Aye. Council member Freeman. Aye. Council member Middleton. Aye. Council member Reese. Aye. Thank you. Thank you, Madam clerk. The ayes have it. The motion passes unanimously. Mr. Lewis, thank you. And thanks for the others who were here tonight. We appreciate you. Mr. Lewis, we're looking forward to you doing something on that property that's really good for the city of Durham. And I think we all agree as our planning commissioners did that this is kind of infill is very good for our city. All right, colleagues. We'll now move to the second public hearing item. Item 33, zoning map change, 2301 South Miami Boulevard. And first we'll hear the report from staff. Hey, good evening again, Mayor Schuyl, Madam Mayor Pro Tem Johnson, honorable council members. Alexander Cahill here with Planning Department. Planning received an application from Mark Cukendol of Good Work Architects PLC who proposes to change the zoning designation of two parcels of land totaling around 0.9 acres and located at 2301 South Miami Boulevard. The current zoning is commercial neighborhood. The applicant proposes to change this designation to commercial general with a text-only development plan. The existing use motor vehicle sales and service is a non-conforming use in the current commercial neighborhood district but would be permitted subject to limitations in the proposed commercial general rezoning. The property is currently designated commercial in the future land use map as seen in Attachment 4. The proposed commercial general zoning is consistent with the designated future land use. The zoning request without a text-only development plan was heard by the Planning Commission on February 9th, 2021 where the commission failed to recommend approval by a vote of six to seven. Subsequent to the Planning Commission hearing on February 9th, the applicant resubmitted the proposal as a text-only development plan that rezones to commercial general and limits the site to the existing use only. As a council doesn't see a lot of text-only development plan, staff wanted to quickly run through what a text-only development plan is. A text-only development plan per the UDO limits applications that proffer commitments that specify limit or prohibit uses within the zoning district that's requested. This text-only development plan limits the use to the existing auto sales and service use and allows for the expansion of the existing footprint of the site. The rezoning would bring the existing use into conformance with UDO standards while allowing the business to expand its operations. The language for the text-only development plan may be found in both the zoning ordinance, which is seen in Attachment 11 or in Attachment 7, which is the text-only development plan application. As a reminder, there are two modes required for this application as well this evening. The first is to adopt the zoning ordinance and the second is to approve the consistency statement. Thank you for this time. Both the staff and the applicant team are available this evening for questions. Thank you very much, Mr. Cahill. Colleagues, you have heard the report from staff. I'm now going to declare this public hearing open and first I'm going to ask you if there are any questions for staff by members of the council. Can you hear me okay, guys? Better? Okay. Any questions for staff at this point? Council Member Middleton. Thank you, Mr. Marin. Thank you, Alexander. Good evening, keeping you busy tonight. Just so I'm clear, so expansion within the existing footprints means you can do what you're already doing at a larger scale. You just can't do something different than what you're already doing. So you can't sell ice cream in addition to serving the servicing vehicles as this. Is that correct? But you can do what you're doing at a larger scale. That's correct, yes. They wouldn't be able to change the use anything other than the auto vehicle sales and service. But it can get bigger within the future. Guys, all right. Thank you. That's it, Mr. Marin. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Council Member. Other questions at this point for Mr. Cahill? Council Member Reese. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'm just going to stick with Mr. Cahill so I don't get your first name wrong. Yeah, we'll stick with that. By and large, the written comments from the planning commissioners who voted against recommending this item to the council for approval were focused on their concern that without any kind of development plan that the commercial general zoning would allow for a whole range of uses that they deemed might possibly be incompatible with the proximity of this lot to a residential neighborhood. Does the, specifically with respect to that concern, does the text-only development plan that's been submitted since the Planning Commission's consideration address that specific concern? That's a great question. Thank you for asking it. Mr. Council Member Reese, we believe to the best intent of what the Planning Commission was requesting, it addresses that concern by limiting to just one use and as you said, instead of the whole range of possible uses that could go under commercial general. That's exactly what I wanted to hear from you. Thank you, Mr. Cahill. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. That's all I have. Thank you, Council Member. Any further questions for Mr. Cahill colleagues at this point? All right, thank you. If not then, we'll hear from members of the public who would like to be heard on this item. I see a couple of people's names listed by this item. Mr. Mark Cuckendall, Mr. I have bet you a million dollars I've got your name wrong. And Mr. Rusty Long, and I apologize. I expect I have Mr. Rusty Long's name right, but I'm not sure about the other one. Mr. Cuckendall, if you could let me know how much time, are you and Mr. Long both members of the development team together? Yes, sir. All right, how long do you think you all will need for your presentation? It's pretty short and sweet. Should be no more than a minute or two. Okay, well that is short and sweet. All right, and you could maybe tell me how to pronounce your name. Yes, it's Kirkendall. Kirkendall, my apologies. Mr. Kirkendall, please go ahead. Sure, so thank you, Mr. Mayor and staff and members of the council. Speaking to you this evening on behalf of our client, Alex Memorque, who was unable to be here this evening. Mr. Cahill put it pretty plainly that we're requesting the zoning change in order to be able to expand the existing use on the site and bring the current use under compliance with zoning and the UDO. Thank you very much. Mr. Long, do you have anything to add, sir? I think Mark summed it up nicely. We're not looking to expand the uses on this site to alternatives, we're trying to find a way to help our client expand an existing business on their current location in Durham and maintain compliance with the new regulations in the new. Thank you very much, Mr. Long. Is there anyone else who would like to be heard on this item? Is there anyone else who would like to be heard on this item? All right, if not, then I will ask if there are any other questions or comments by members of the council. All right, then I'm gonna declare this public hearing closed. The matter is back before the council. It requires two motions. The first will be to adopt an ordinance amending the UDO by taking property out of the commercial neighborhood CN district and establishing the same as- We're on our, I believe, our colleague, council member Reese and the clerk were seeking recognition, sir, sorry. They both were, either that or they're dancing. Thank you, madam clerk, that I miss you. Mr. Mayor, I was trying to get your attention for council member Reese. Oh, thank you. Clearly that was necessary. Council member Reese. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just wanted to mention briefly that had the text only development plan not been added to this proposal, subsequent to the planning commission, I may very well have voted against it. I thought commissioner Miller's remarks, as they often are, were pretty persuasive, but this is exactly the reason, exactly the kind of case where we have the possibility for this text only development plan. So that a small project like this can go forward without the five figure expense of doing a whole development plan. So thank you to our staff and the developer for putting this together and be happy to support it. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. That's a great point. These and kudos to our planning commission to helping us get to this, to the developer for doing it. And as council member Reese said to our staff for developing these text only plans, they're really great. All right, I'll start again, motion one to adopt an ordinance admitting the UDO by taking property out of the commercial neighborhood C and district and establishing the same as commercial general with the text only development plan, CGD district. So move. Second. Move by council member Caballero, seconded by council member Reese. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll? Mayor Schuyl. Aye. Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Aye. Council member Caballero. Aye. Council member Freelon. Aye. Council member Freeman. Aye. Council member Middleton. Aye. Council member Reese. Aye. Thank you. Thank you, Madam clerk. The motion passes unanimously. We'll now move to motion two, the consistency statement. So moved. I can't. Move by council member Reese, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Madam clerk, please call the roll. Mayor Schuyl. Aye. Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Aye. Council member Caballero. Aye. Council member Freelon. Aye. Council member Freeman. Aye. Council member Middleton. Aye. Council member Reese. Aye. Thank you. Thank you, Madam clerk. The ayes have it. The motion passes unanimously. Mr. Kirkendall and Mr. Long, thank you for being here. And we hope that you and your client will put something on this property that Durham can be very proud of. Thank you so much. We'll now move to item 34, zoning map change for the wine outlet. And I will ask first for the report from staff. Good evening, Mayor Schuyl. Madam Mayor Pro Tem Johnson and city council members. Dandy culture here with the Planning Department tonight. This is a request for zoning map change. It was received from Cliff Cradle, Cradle Engineering Company, that who is the applicant, representing B.J. Vettacuti of Zvasti Holding LLC, who is the owner, for two parcels of the land, sold in 1.22 acres and located at 4823 and 4827 Hopson Road. The site is presently zoned, Office and Institutional or OI and Commercial Neighborhood with a Development Plan, CND, is located within the Compact Neighborhood Development Tier. The applicant proposes a change in zoning designation to only Commercial Neighborhood with a Development Plan, for retail sales and service use with the maximum floor area of 12,180 square feet. The properties are currently designated commercial in the Compact Neighborhood Development Tier on the future land use map or flume and seen in that attachment four. And the proposed zoning is consistent with the designated future land use. The Planning Commission voted unanimously 12-0 at their July 13th, 2021 meeting to recommend approval of this request. There are two motions required to approve the zoning map change item. Motion one would be to adopt an ordinance amended in the Unified Development Orders, excuse me, by taking the property out of the Office, Institutional and Commercial Neighborhood with a Development Plan Districts and establishing the same as a Commercial Neighborhood Development Plan District. And the motion two would be to adopt a consistency statement as required by NCGS 160D-605. Staff determines that this request is consistent with the comprehensive plan, including the future land use map is in the public interest and is consistent with other adopted ordinance plans. Staff has made this determination based on limited impacts as zoning map change would have on it. Existing infrastructure and the positive economic benefit created for the intersection, bring a jobs and investment in the area. Thank you very much. And staff and the applicant team are available for any questions. Thank you very much, Mr. Kaltra. Colleagues, you've heard the report from staff. I'm now going to declare this public hearing open and I'll first ask if there are any questions for Mr. Kaltra by members of the council. All right, seeing none. Is there anyone that would like to be heard on this item? I see Mr. Cliff Creedle. Mr. Creedle, would you like to be heard? Yes. Go ahead, sir. All right, thank you, Mr. Mayor. And thank you for everybody taking a look at this tonight, the council and also Ms. Mayor Pro Tem. I really appreciate this. This has been going on or this has been a project that we've been working on for quite some time with the planning department and also NCDOT. So we're really looking forward to get this building up and running again, get it more in line with what's currently out on this intersection. And I'll go ahead and tell you, this building was out there by itself when we first started this project. And now it feels like it's in town. So I am the engineer and I worked on this from the beginning. So I am here for any questions but we're really excited about getting this project up and moving. Thank you very much. Mr. Creedle, thank you very much for being with us today. We really appreciate it. All right, colleagues, I'm now going to ask if there are any more comments or questions. I see council member Reese. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Creedle, thank you for joining us. Can I ask you what the ingress and egress plan is for this project? Making sure I was unmuted there. Yes, sir. This is, that's a good question. By the looks of the plan when it was submitted, it looks like it's a one lane road through there of which it would have both ingress and egress onto Hopson Road. Since then, DOT and the project next door have started the expansion of this road to its five lane standard template which is similar to the other side of South Miami. So road improvements are underway and that was part of one of the reasons we gave or went ahead with the right of way dedication. I want to say currently it will end up being right in right out designation for this because there will be a median in front of us from basically the intersection of South Miami and Hopson all the way across the frontage of our site. But that is why I was asking. Yeah, because right now that left on the development plane, the entrance to the left, the median stops right before there and I was wondering if that was gonna stay there but you're telling me that NCDOT is expanding this roadway to extend the median further so you're only gonna have right in right out? Yes, sir, yes, sir, that is what's taking place and yeah, it was kind of a dangerous area and I can tell you in low traffic we would very much like to be able to take that left but I've seen people take the left during high traffic and that is highly dangerous, especially since it'll be four lanes now. We would like it some option in the future when people are leaving much later at night to be able to take the left out but that's gonna be a DOT decision and right now, today the current plan is everything will end up being right in right out. Yes, sir. Right, well I can tell you that I was there in a low traffic situation earlier this weekend, that left turn, it's definitely not a good idea so glad to hear that. We'll also tell you that when I got out there I definitely, this is one of the many times I asked myself the question, am I still in the city of Durham right now? And for sure enough, I was. It's that part of Durham that is growing on the other side of RTP, so good times. Anyway, thank you for answering the question. Happy to support the item. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Councilman Reese, this is Danny Kulture again too and can I speak to that as well? That was one of the tax commitments that NC DOT required that as well when those road improvements were made. They also required that that will be a right in and right out only on the development plan. Thank you, Mr. Kulture. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you Council Member. Thank you, Mr. Creedle and Mr. Kulture. Colleagues, any other questions or comments? I should have said this on the first item. I want to again thank the planning staff that for those items that have come to us since the introduction of the public interest statement I've really appreciated seeing those statements and very, very glad to have them. All right, colleagues. I'm now going to declare this public hearing closed the matters back before the council. The first item would be to adopt an ordinance amending the UDO by taking property out of office and institutional OI and commercial neighborhood with a development plan, CND districts and establishing the same as the commercial neighborhood with a development plan CND district. So moved. Moved by Council Member Freeman, seconded by Council Member Reese. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Mayor Schuyl. Aye. Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Aye. Council Member Caballero. Aye. Council Member Friedland. Aye. Council Member Freeman. Aye. Council Member Middleton. Aye. Council Member Reese. Aye. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The ayes have it. The motion passes unanimously and now we'll move to the consistency statement. Is the motion to approve the consistency statement? So moved. Second. Moved by Council Member Reese, seconded by Council Member Freeman that we approve the consistency statement. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Mayor Schuyl. Aye. Mayor Pro Tem Johnson. Aye. Council Member Caballero. Excuse me. Aye. Council Member Freelon. Aye. Council Member Freeman. Aye. Council Member Middleton. Aye. Council Member Reese. Aye. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The ayes have it. The motion passes unanimously. Colleagues, yep, we did it. We have no further business and shockingly and happily I'm going to say good night to all of you good people and all of our wonderful staff who are with us and adjourned this meeting at 821 p.m. See you all at the workshop on Thursday. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This means I get to put my kids to bed, which is very exciting. Good. Appreciate it. Good night. Good night, everybody. Take care. Thank you.