 One minute to air, the live stream has started. 30 seconds. Good evening to everyone in the chamber and those of you watching at home. It is Monday, May 16th, 7 o'clock PM. And I'd like to officially call to order this meeting of the Durham City Council for the purpose of faithfully conducting the business of the people of Durham. On tonight, our collective hearts are broken. Along with people of goodwill all over this country. In the wake of an absolutely despicable, cowardly, disgusting act of racial hatred and murder. Tonight, this entire city stands in total solidarity with the residents of Buffalo, New York to Mayor Brown up there and to our colleagues on the city council there in Buffalo. We send our condolences, but more of what we send our strength and our power. Who knows what the root cause of evil and hatred and racism is. But whatever it is, we will remain undeterred and dissuaded to form a more perfect union. In this city tonight, let this tragedy cause us to redouble our efforts to carve out a shared space. In which no matter what you look like, who you love, how much money you have, whether you pray or don't pray, it does not cause for insult and certainly let alone not cause for murder. We will be undeterred and dissuaded to create a more perfect union and a beloved community that Dr. King spoke of. So as we have a moment of silence tonight, I ask that you would join with me in solidarity with the people of Buffalo and the people of Goodwill all around this country. Love will win every time and hate will lose every time. Please join me in a moment of silence. Thank you. We are all residents of Buffalo tonight. I asked if you would join me in rising if you're able and it's not a hardship to salute the flag and engage in our 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. Some of you may notice that I am not Elaine O'Neill, not even close. I'm Mark Anthony Middleton, Mayor Pro Tem, and I will be presiding at this meeting tonight in light of her honor's absence. After we call the roll, we will take care of matters of excused absences. So I'm going to ask Madam Clerk, if you would please call the roll. Mayor O'Neill is absent tonight. Mayor Pro Tem Middleton. Present. Council Member Caballero. Here. Council Member Freeman is also absent tonight. Council Member Hyman. Here. Council Member Johnson. Here. Council Member Williams. Here. Thank you. Colleagues on tonight, it's obvious Mayor O'Neill is not here. Her honor has been traveling and she is going to need an excused absence tonight. We don't have our electronic devices. There's some technical issues going on. So I'm going to ask the clerk to do a roll call vote when the time comes. But I'll ask now for a motion to grant an excused absence to the mayor. So moved. Second. Motion by Council Member Caballero. Second by Council Member Williams. Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll. Mayor Pro Tem Middleton. Aye. Council Member Caballero. Aye. Council Member Hyman. Aye. Council Member Johnson. Aye. And Council Member Williams. Aye. Thank you. Thank you that motion carries unanimously. Council Member Freeman is also traveling today on business for the city. I'm going to ask that we entertain a motion to grant her an excused absence as well. So moved. Second. Heard a motion from Council Member Johnson and a second from Council Member Caballero. Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll. Mayor Pro Tem Middleton. Aye. Council Member Caballero. Aye. Council Member Hyman. Aye. Council Member Johnson. Aye. Council Member Williams. Aye. Thank you. On tonight we have two very special ceremonial items. And the first item will be read by Council Member Williams. And it is Memorial Day proclamation. And it'll be presented to Mr. Jonathan Crooms. This is good. Just tall. All right. Proclamation for Memorial Day here. Whereas Memorial Day each year serves as a solemn reminder of the scourge of what and is bitter at the math of sorrow. And whereas on Memorial Day America undertakes its solemn duty to remember the courageous men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our nation and the calls of freedom around the world. And whereas on May 5th 1968 Major General John A. Logan established Decoration Day as a time to decorate the graves of war dead with flowers. And whereas in 1971 the U.S. Congress declared Memorial Day a federal holiday and decreed that it be observed on the last Monday of each May. And whereas as we honor those who have died in our nation's service so that war might end we understand and appreciate the values of patriotism, citizenship, commitment, honor, and duty. And whereas we must pledge to never forget the names of the 375 known soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen of Durham County who gave the ultimate sacrifice in defending our freedoms. Now therefore I in Lane M. O'Neill, Mayor of the City of Durham, North Carolina, do hereby proclaim May 30th, 2022 as Memorial Day. And Durham and urge all citizens to observe Memorial Day 2022 by displaying respect and gratitude for our veterans, both living and deceased, participating in remembrance ceremonies and observing a moment of silence at 3 p.m. during the national moment of remembrance. Witness my hand and the corporate sale of the City of Durham this the 16th day of May 2022 in Lane O'Neill, Mayor of the City of Durham. Thank you. Mr. Crooms, represent this to you. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tem Middleton, and fellow council members. My name is Jonathan Crooms and I'm a veteran service officer with Durham County Department of Veterans Services. Our office, which is composed of a team of five, helps the nearly 15,000 veterans of Durham County, their dependents, and their survivors with accessing VA state and local veterans benefits. On behalf of our director, Lois Harvan Raven, my colleagues, and Durham's veterans, we thank you for adopting this Memorial Day proclamation. Memorial Day is a special holiday in which we remember those military personnel who have died at war while defending our nation. It is a time to remember that we enjoy our precious rights and liberties because of the sacrifices of a few, the men and women who serve in the United States military. It is also a time to remember the families of those killed, whose lives have been forever changed by the loss of their loved one, and we should never forget them or the grief that they carry. Durham County has 375 known military personnel who died while at war, dating from World War I to the present time of the Gulf War era, and we will honor them with a roll call at our annual Memorial Day program on Monday, May 30th at 9 a.m. on the steps of the old County Courthouse, also known as County Administration Building No. 1. The program is one of my favorite programs that our office puts on because we invite the public to come up and read with us the names of each of these 375 individuals. We extend that invitation to each of you and to the entire community. We also have a special guest delivering our remarks of remembrance. Paul Cruz, who is the former Director of the Durham VA Health System and the current Executive Director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network 6 will be our guest speaker. The old County Courthouse is located at 200 East Main Street and we will be there rain or shine. If anyone has any questions, they can contact our office at 919-560-8387. Thank you again for your ongoing commitment to Durham's veterans and their families. Thank you. Mr. Cruz, thank you so much. Those wonderful words and we indeed will remember those who gave the last full measure of their devotion service to this country. Our next very outstanding proclamation for Period Poverty Awareness Week will be read by Council Member Caballero and presented to Michelle, old CEO and founder of Diaper Bank of North Carolina. Good to see you. I am short unlike Council Member Williams. Good evening everyone. Thank you for this honor. I'm very pleased to read the proclamation this evening on behalf of Period Poverty Awareness Week. Whereas approximately half of the population will have a period every month for decades of their lives, period supplies are a necessary product each month for millions of people across the country and whereas national surveys and research studies report that one in four menstruating individuals struggle to secure enough period supplies to meet their needs each month due to a lack of income. This lack of period supplies known as period poverty can adversely affect the health and well-being of menstruators and whereas national surveys also report that one in five women and girls miss work or school due to a lacking to lacking a sufficient amount of period supplies and whereas period poverty exacerbates the vicious cycle of poverty by forcing menstruators to withdraw from daily life losing pay or missing education opportunities and whereas menstruators struggling with period poverty risk infections by using proxy products such as socks or toilet paper or not changing products as often as needed. And whereas the people of Durham recognize that period poverty is a public health issue and addressing period poverty can lead to economic opportunity for Durham's residents and improved health for women and girls menstruators thus ensuring all people have access to the basic necessities required to thrive and reach their full potential and whereas Durham is proud to be the home to trusted community-based organizations including on the spot a program of the diaper bank of North Carolina that recognize the importance of period products in ensuring health and providing economic stability and thus distribute period products through various channels. Now therefore I Elaine Emoniel mayor of the city of Durham North Carolina do hereby proclaim the week of May 23rd through 29 2022 as period poverty awareness week in Durham and thank the period supply banks their staff volunteers and donors for their service and encourage the residents of Durham to donate generously to period supply banks product drives and those organizations that collect and distribute period products to those struggling with period poverty. Witness my hand in the corporate seal of the city of Durham this the 16th day of May 2022 Elaine Emoniel and I would now like to invite a very good friend and neighbor Michelle. Thank you. I founded the diaper bank of North Carolina here in Durham from my kitchen table we now provide nearly four million products statewide we have four warehouses across the state and we distribute over a half a million period products across the state hundreds of thousands of those are coming into the Durham community to make sure that girls and menstruating individuals do not have to miss work or school just because they have their period. We believe that dignity is not a privilege and that people should not have to make a certain amount of money or be a part of a certain socio-economic community to be able to provide the most basic needs for themselves and for their children and family. We also started the program on the spot here in Durham that is now statewide and that provides period products in public schools and we provide period products in all of Durham public schools as well as homeless shelters and other community programs that are working with families living in poverty. We believe that period supplies are school supplies and that students should not have to make the choice between going to school and having their period and so this is something that I am most proud of being a part of Durham because there are many communities across the state that are not willing to recognize the one and four administrators that cannot afford hygiene items and I commend you as a city council member and our mayor for announcing this and proclaiming it because it's important that we acknowledge it and that we work together to alleviate this so thank you very much. Michelle thank you so much and please convey the path from the entire city to everybody at the diaper bank our continued profound thanks for the absolutely heroic and vital work you've done and continue to do in our city. I miss coming to the breakfast COVID has kind of shut our gatherings down but absolutely fantastic work you do and thank you so much it's good to see you. Mayor Proctor. It's a really great point of person privilege please. I have to say this on the record I remember you during the McDougal terrace crisis you were busting sweat every day with us thank you. Absolutely two wonderful proclamations and ceremonial items tonight thank you a council member Kabir on thank you council member Williams for presenting those for us. All right we turn now to announcements by the council I want to on tonight before I yield the lectern say that this is this is a pretty special night for us because six now become seven although one of us isn't here tonight marks I guess kind of an official unofficial end of the sojourn and travels of council member Charlie Reese on our board and we again thank him wherever he is in the world tonight for his his great and distinguished service in keeping faith with our responsibilities and and our obligations under our charter and state law this council engage in the selection process after council member Reese announced his his resignation and let me again on behalf of the entire city thank those 20 some odd individuals who stepped forward and presented themselves for service for no other reason than love for this city and concern for our city we thank you but alas we had to make a decision and that decision was made and for her first time tonight Dr. Monique Halsey Hyman is council member uh Hyman Halsey Hyman and she sits on the dais tonight and I want to welcome you on behalf of her honor the mayor and your colleagues in the entire city congratulate you on your assumption of leadership and service and I'm going to yield to you uh for any comments you may have in the announcement you may have for the first time tonight well thank you good evening everyone thank you mayor pro tan middle tan to my city council members and team um and to the mayor nail who was not here I just want to say thank you again for this opportunity um and it's a humbling opportunity and for no other reason than I that I seek this was for for me to actually serve the people of Durham and so I'm very excited to to be here tonight um in my first day as Mayor Neal always talks about uh boots on the ground I have my boots on this morning and I went to one of the first uh the the coalition for affordable housing and transit meeting this morning um and I just want to do a shout out if I can can I do a shout out to them who are doing wonderful work around affordable housing so it was a roundtable today and it was really good for me to go as a new council member to kind of just see what people are doing grassroots in the community so I want to say thank you to the work that they're doing and I look forward to going to some more of those meetings so for announcements uh today is this month is national foster care month and so this year's theme of foster care month is kind of strengthening the relatives in kinship so there are over according to child welfare information gateway there are over 407,000 children in youth in foster care um 37 34 of those children live with relatives in kinship so I just wanted to definitely um announce that and also um it's called young achievers of tomorrow month and so leaders of tomorrow month it's also called young achievers month is to celebrate this year every year in May um looking at the goals of leaders for children and so what I'm going to ask all of our Durham residents to do is to kind of pave the way mentor and not just this month but throughout the whole year but specifically this month really kind of reach out to a youth and try to kind of talk to them about their goals and empower them to uh do some things that are outstanding in terms of their growth so thank you again and I don't know if I said the Durham residents because that is really who I'm serving I want to thank them also so thank you me important thank you councilmember any other announcements from council members councilmember johnson if councilmember cabillero is not going to uh do the voter election announcement I'll take it um just want to remind everybody tomorrow is election day here in Durham polls are open from 6 30 a.m to 7 30 p.m across the city if you need help um finding your your polling place you can visit the Durham county board of elections website and just want to encourage everybody to get out and vote tomorrow um and if you are voting absentee tomorrow is also the deadline to mail your ballot has to be postmarked by tomorrow and received by the 20th so just wanted to remind everybody don't forget to get out and exercise your your right to vote tomorrow thank you councilmember any other announcements councilmember williams yes um tomorrow is election day did she say that already okay all right so what she said uh but you know hillside high school just celebrated 100 years of providing quality education in the city of Durham one of the oldest historical high schools in north carolina and indonesian and uh i had the honor of speaking on behalf of mayor anneal who graduated from hillside high school uh and my first job at shepherd middle school was also assistant van director at hillside high school uh so i uh it was it was like coming home again i also had the honor of speaking to the students as the guest speaker at hillside high school on friday at the induction of the national honor society i remember getting inducted in middle school and high school myself so that was uh a bit nostalgic um so uh but after the actual honor society program i stayed behind to attend the hillside high school band concert and one thing we often talk about and the phone calls that i get from the media my friends in the media about what's happening in Durham are the gunshots and the gun violence but we aren't talking about the solutions that are available get your kids in the band get your children in the arts get your children in after school programs get your children involved and engaged keep them busy too busy to get in bad trouble busy enough to stay in good trouble get them engaged and it was just really really really nostalgic being able to attend the band concert and see those students on the stage and not out in the streets but hillside band used to be about 140 students when i was there and now it's about 30 and those kids were somewhere we've lost them it's time to get them back southern high school every high school in this high in this county has a band program in several arts programs get our kids back engaged thank you thank you council member any other council members all right thank you uh council member williams you you took off my need to say anything about hillside so go horn is congratulations to hillside um i do i'd see chiefs all those in the chamber i was gonna shout out the Durham fire department some of you may see a brand new uh fire engine from house 13 uh moving around the streets i hope you don't see it because it's responding to a call at your house but you just see it on the way to the gym or to the supermarket or something like that but um went to a wonderful pushing in ceremony uh when a new engine comes online they they push it in uh to the fire house and was with a bunch of residents and a bunch of kids and we got a chance to to crawl all over that new fire engine that's uh incorporated all the new ergonomic kind of innovation so firefighters aren't all six five and strapping there's all they come heroes coming all shapes and sizes so we've got fire engines now that will accommodate all shapes and sizes of heroes and some new innovations so when they congratulate Durham fire department i know we've got a few more engines that are going to be coming on line as well and i'm going to try and make as many pushing in ceremonies uh as i can so shout out to the Durham fire department congratulations on the new equipment and to our fleet uh management as well for for keeping our vehicles um state of the art and ready to respond when we need them here in the city that's all i'm going to say with respect to announcements and colleagues of no other announcements we're going to move forward uh now at this time i'm going to be good evening to our city manager and recognize her for any priority items she may have good evening mr mayor pro tem members of the Durham city council i do have one priority item for you this evening it is agenda item number five interlocal agreement renewal for Durham city county strategic youth initiatives a presentation was made at the may 5th 2022 city council work session and section number one of attachment number two was updated to include regular updates to the city and county managers or their respective designees and at least annual updates to city council and the board of county commissioners that is all i have for you this evening thank you madam manager a madam city attorney good evening and i'll yield to you for any priority items good evening mayor pro tem middleton members of the city council it's good to see you all the city attorney's office has no priority items thank you madam clerk good evening to you and i'll yield to you for any priority items you may have this evening good evening mr mayor pro tem and council members i the city clerk's office has no items this evening thank you very much i think your microphone is still not yet there we go at this time i'm going to read into the record items on our consent agenda consent agenda items on the consent agenda are items that this council has already had opportunity to do a deep dive on and to consider at a previous work session all of these items can be passed with a single vote by members of the council however any item can be pulled by a member of the public or a member of the council for further consideration or commentary uh at this time i'm going to read our consent agenda items item number one Durham bicycle and pedestrian advisory commission appointments item number two mayor's hispanic latino committee appointment item number three Durham historic preservation commission appointment item number five interlocal agreement renewal for Durham city council Durham city county strategic youth initiatives item number nine second amendment to contract 17430 supplemental supplemental agreement number two with kim lee horn and associates Durham county transit plan item number 10 2022 through 2025 transportation on-call contract number 18920 supplemental service agreement number one us 70 access and connectivity study item number 11 award of a service contract to tailor meter technologies for the large meter inspection and testing services project item number 12 proposed water and sewer rates for fy 2022 through 2023 item number 13 contract agreement for services with made in Durham item number 14 fiscal year 2022 through 23 agreement to fund economic development programs and services operated by downtown Durham Inc using city of Durham funds item number 15 national league of cities hispanic entrepreneurs program grant award and grant project ordinance item number 16 contract amendment for st-317c utility locate services item number 17 contract sw-86 public works street maintenance repairs 2022 item number 18 street and infrastructure acceptances item number 19 sw-89c project management and inspection services that ends the reading of our consent items on general business agenda tonight we have much anticipated fiscal year 2022-23 proposed budget and fiscal year 2023 through 28 capital improvement plan cip and a presentation will be made tonight by our city manager under general business agenda public hearings item number 21 consolidated annexation and your avenue apartments and item number 22 fy 2023 storm water rates that is the end of our agenda for this evening at this time i'm going to entertain a motion from any council member for our to receive our consent to move our consent items so moved second i heard a motion from council member williams in a second from council member caballero madame clerk would you please call the roll mere protan middleton i vote i councilmember caballero hi councilmember hyman hi councilmember johnson i and councilmember williams hi thank you thank you that motion carries unanimously at this time i'm going to yield to our wonderful city manager for her presentation of the 2023 proposed budget and fiscal year 2023 through 28 capital improvement plan good evening mayor mayor o'neill in her absence mayor pro tim middleton and city council members staff and residents of Durham i am honored to present to you my proposed budget for 2022 2023 for the city of Durham as your city manager i am honored this evening to present to you my proposed budget for fiscal year 2022 2023 as you know when i became city manager with more than 30 years of experience in local government i was not a novice and this evening i am proud to say serving as your city manager for more than a year has deepened my appreciation and my love for local government and for Durham over the past two years faced with so many challenges we as a city have risen to these challenges our community and employees have responded to every high and low during the darkest days of the global pandemic our business community pivoted to keep their businesses alive especially restaurants as they struggled to keep their businesses afloat and their employees working while continuing to feed their customers and food insecure residents in our community when residents when restaurants were closed or had limited hours we learned to order our dinners online pick up and go and even eat curbside when waiting for covid to reduce this grip and thanks to our good hygiene practices wearing masks our vaccines and boosters we can now once again be seated in restaurants as we fellowship in person with our family our friends and our business associates there have been other challenges in addition to the pandemic but through it all we dealt with them we responded to them appropriately and learned from them most importantly all while doing what we needed to do to provide services our residents expect as with past budgets i appreciate the guidance and support of our city's elected leaders mayor elaine o'neill mayor pro tem mark anthony middleton and Durham city council members i also want to welcome our newest city council member dr monique holsley hyman to her first city budget presentation during this budget cycle city council and staff spent time working together discussing and setting priorities at two separate retreats we also heard from many residents who have made very clear their needs and their priorities for this budget as i began this evening with the reflection on this past year i have to celebrate and say thank you to our more than 2,500 city employees each and every one of them has been the driving force in keeping high quality services for our city's residents you've probably heard it said show me your budget and i'll show you what you value well this year i want to make it very clear that i value our employees not just for their input and work and helping to shape this budget proposal but for what they do every day in service to the residents of Durham here are just a few of the faces who provide city services just take a look at them many of whom worked on the front lines during COVID-19 sworn police and fire personnel providing essential public safety services street maintenance employees keeping our streets repaired water management employees ensuring high quality drinking water and Durham parks and recreation employees who always remind us to play more many have been working behind desks tethered to a phone or a computer or even sitting behind steering wheels for most of their work day or work night as they perform their jobs i could go on and on but you get the picture throughout this presentation you will see how city employees make a difference every day at the same time i will show how my proposed uh how my proposed fiscal year 2022-23 budget supports many vital needs of our community from addressing public safety including police fire emergency communications and community safety to improving and maintaining our city property like streets recreation centers green spaces and infrastructure to continue to provide good and safe drinking water this budget also supports other important efforts including helping to provide affordable housing and services for Durham residents who need it most supporting Durham's youth through paid career exploration opportunities and positive recreation and social experiences and activities as well as creating equitable opportunities for shared prosperity for Durham businesses and rest and residents let's take a look at fiscal year 22-23 by the numbers the total proposed budget for fiscal year 22-23 is 568.9 million dollars compared to 529.7 million for the 2021-22 budget an increase of 39.2 million dollars and includes the city's general fund as well as other funds that are highlighted here that you will hear more about during this presentation the proposed general fund budget which covers core services is 255.5 million dollars and represents a 14.9 million dollar increase compared to fiscal year 21-22 of 240.7 million the general fund supports many of the services that the city provides such as maintaining city streets or public safety including our police fire community safety emergency communications and parks and recreation the proposed property tax rate is 55.77 cents per 100 of assessed value which is 0.6 cent above the fiscal year 21-22 rate of 55.17 cents the tax rate increase of 0.6 cent is a 2.4 million dollar increase to the general fund to help support pay increases for general employees pay raises and other funds remain the same as last year this tax increase means that the owner of a house valued at 235.133 which is the median home taxable value in Durham will receive a city tax bill of about $1,311 next year or the equivalent of about $109 per month let's talk about the city's primary sources of revenue which are property and sales taxes as you can see here a penny on the tax rate generates about four million dollars and you can see that real property value has grown in Durham while unstable economic conditions persist Durham has continued to experience revenue growth throughout this global pandemic and instability in the economy overall driven by this growth Durham's economy over the past year has been strong resulting in a better than projected rise in revenue sales tax is projected to increase more than 13 percent for 22-23 compared to the previous year's budget we have budgeted 83.5 million dollars which is projected to generate an additional 10.2 million as compared to last year's budget reflecting a strong and sustained economic recovery other sources of revenue are projected to increase as well such as occupancy tax and state shared revenues while we remain cautiously optimistic about the city's economy and its impact on city finances we do recognize that the positive financial indicators in our economy do not mean every resident in Durham is benefiting from these positive indicators we see and hear from residents who continue to need housing they can afford and jobs earning family sustaining wages and we will continue to hear these voices and see these faces as we lead in the creation of a more equitable city for all who call Durham home to cover increasing operational costs improve aging water lines and support other capital needs we're proposing a modest increase to water and storm water rates these rate changes were discussed at city council's last work session and are on tonight's agenda for consideration these new rates include an average rate increase of 3.9 percent for water and a 93 cent increase per month for storm water effective effective July 1st also you will see here that increases which were delayed during the throws of the pandemic are now updated and proposed for implementation to support the city's parking fund the parking fund continues to operate at a loss and these rate increases are proposed to help cover debt service on parking structures and equipment proposed general fund expenditures include increases for personnel costs including new positions restoration of merit pay increases and the cost of providing excellent and competitive employee benefits operating expenditures are projected to increase by a little over 6 which amounts to about 2.6 million dollars due to consistent effective management of the city's resources and the city council's policy on the use of fund balance or savings the city has access to a strong fund balance I am proposing a 7.5 million dollar appropriation from fund balance for the following one-time costs that are listed here in addition to allocating four million dollars for street maintenance and 2.1 million for departmental projects I'd like to note that I am proposing transferring 900,000 to complete the city's one million commitment to fund the safety and wellness task force and finally 500,000 to acquire land to expand existing open space and trails this is a good time to let you know that the city of Durham your government is only one of 35 cities in the country that have received a triple rating from all three rating agencies Moody's Standard and Poor's and Fitch what this means is that the city can borrow money or issue bonds for major projects at lower interest rates saving taxpayers dollars our complete budget document covers every detail of our revenue and spending for the upcoming fiscal year this includes our core municipal services such as solid waste roads water parks and public safety as well as other projects and initiatives that further our strategic goals we have used a strategic plan developed with input from our employees our residents our elected officials and other key stakeholders to guide our budget priorities in tonight's presentation I will focus on several key priority areas for our organization and community here are the city's top priorities that are featured in this year's budget they are employee compensation public safety shared prosperity and our capital improvement plan because we can't cover every aspect of the budget tonight I encourage you to review the complete proposed budget that is now available on our website at Durham NC gov slash budget our employees are essential if we are to implement the vision set forth in this budget and we want to show these dedicated employees that we value their work and contributions to our organization and the community these employees have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic during the critical work that keeps our city running from emergency response to water and sewer management to solid waste collection and more let's talk about employee compensation Durham has not been immune to what has been called the great resignation like many cities across the country we've seen our vacancy rate increase considerably as employees decide to retire pursue other interests or remove themselves completely from the job market either temporarily or permanently for various reasons to move for it as a city taking care of city employees must be a high priority public as well as private sector employers are having to improve employee compensation to focus on the three Rs recruitment retaining and rewarding employees last year due to unknowns resulting from the impact of COVID city employees received minimal market adjustments and one-time bonuses this year to reward and fairly compensate city employees I am proposing a market adjustment of three percent for employees additionally I am proposing restoring the pay for performance marriage system which amounts to an additional four to six percent for general employees if you'll recall earlier this year adjustments were made for the city's police and fire employees who are sworn in January sworn police received the 15 percent market pay increase while sworn fire personnel received the 14.7 percent market pay increase while their market increases have already taken place the 22-23 budget accounts for a full year cost of these market adjustments and a return to pay for performance merit budgeted at five percent all proposed pay increases are supported by the proposed tax increase amounting to 2.4 million dollars the Durham minimum livable wage will also be adjusted from its current $16.92 per hour to $17.60 per hour effective July 1st to meet the growing needs of our organization and the community this proposed budget also includes the addition of 60 new full-time employees positions in several areas some of the departments that must grow to continue to adequately support the needs of the community and support other programs include the ones listed on this slide of note three new trainers and two firefighters in the fire department are included six additional transportation employees which will be covered later five community development positions supported by the dedicated housing fund to support program activities and project delivery including the homeless services team to manage their growing workload as the city's lead agency for the Durham County continuum of care two additional planning positions are proposed seven community safety employees to support their pilot programs that are scheduled to get underway this year and 14 water management operational positions are included in this budget proposal i want to recognize and thank all our essential public safety employees who work around the clock to keep us safe every day including throughout this pandemic the police department fire department and emergency communications 911 center this is not a small task it takes great strength and courage to step up day in and day out to protect and serve our community and i commend all of you for rising to this challenge during these very difficult times one of the highest priority areas we think about and we work on daily is how best to keep all of our residents of this city safe and well it is no secret that there's great concern about violent crime in Durham like many other cities in america at the same time there are concerns about the history of policing in our country and the impact on people of color Durham has been a leader in finding new equitable and innovative ways to keep our community safe and well we continue to lead in public safety reform we work collaboratively across multiple public safety agencies daily to do this work and improve outcomes for all of our residents in Durham the community safety department continues to make progress to deploy alternative response teams to select calls for service in our community three of the pilots crisis call diversion the community response teams and care navigation are set to launch in late june our crisis call diversion pilot will embed clinicians in the 911 center to assess the needs of callers who might have behavioral health concerns the community response teams will respond to calls for behavioral health needs and other quality of life issues while the care navigators will follow up with persons who've been assisted to connect them to community-based services they need currently nine of the department's 13 full-time positions are filled and my budget proposes adding seven new positions to support more robust pilots of these programs over the next year along with funding for vehicles and equipment needed to transport those in crisis to appropriate care facilities or organizations as needed funding for three fire trainers and two firefighters are also included in this budget and in the police department i am including funding for a one-year pilot of the shot spotter program to locate and address gunfire in the city also the police department will be reclassifying two positions to create two new latent print examiner positions to enhance their investigative capabilities creating and promoting strategies and programs to ensure that all of the city's residents share in Durham's prosperity continues to be a top priority for the city the city continues to make progress in our efforts to provide affordable housing my but my proposed budget of 13.6 million dollars is 6.7 a 6.77 percent increase over the fiscal year 21 22 budget of 12.7 million funded with a tax appropriation of 3.38 cents of the property tax two cents totaling approximately eight million dollars is included for affordable housing projects and services and 1.38 cents generating 5.4 million dollars will be used to pay debt service for the 95 million dollar affordable housing bond this year's budget also includes 500 500 thousand dollars for the durham county long-time homeowner grant tax grant program forever home Durham is our 160 million dollar program creating affordable opportunities for renters and homeowners through new construction property repairs and essential housing services we're building a more inclusive and livable community over the next several years the 95 million dollar affordable housing bond combined with local and federal funding will be used to invest a total of 160 million dollars to reach affordable housing goals established for the program on the slide you can see our progress through the numbers the last two years open everyone's eyes to the necessity of having access to the internet it is absolutely vital that equitable access is available let me give you some idea of how important it is at every level level first globally the united nations passed a resolution that declared that access to the internet should be considered a human right if you don't believe me just google it at the national level just last week president biden took a major historic step to provide internet access to millions by covering the cost of the service now some 20 leading internet providers will offer eligible households high speed internet for no more than $30 per month you can find out if you qualify by visiting acpbenefit.org also governor roi cooper joined us commerce secretary jeena romando at crampton institute right here in Durham last week to announce the biden harris 45 billion dollar investment in affordable reliable high speed internet with significant amounts going to states including north carolina while this will make a huge dent in providing access to so many i want you to know the that providing internet service to all Durham residents is a priority for this city over the past two years the city of Durham in partnership with duke university have been hard at work to provide free high speed internet to eight housing authority communities Durham housing authority communities i am proud to let you know this evening that this project is almost complete now residents of those communities particularly Durham public school students will be able to attend school and work remotely when needed and cares act funded much of this project to continue to address needs right here in Durham the city along with many of the local organizations participated in a multi-year initiative aimed at ensuring all Durham residents have access to and understand how to use technology mainly mainly the internet to help put that plan into action i am proposing funding for a digital inclusion program manager in this year's budget two other important ways the city is creating opportunities for shared prosperity are through our Durham youth works program and by supporting local businesses our Durham youth works program continues to be a way to engage youth to give them skills that they'll need to enter the job market i want to make sure that every teenager who wants a summer job experience can have one i am proposing an additional four hundred thousand dollars to support this possibly life-changing program local businesses and entrepreneurs continue to look to the city for advice as they get started as they recover from the impact of COVID-19 funding is being provided for three programs the momentum 360 financial academy training program to provide coaching mentoring and training that will advise businesses as they recover from the impact of COVID-19 shutdowns this program will provide multimodal teach multimodal coaching mentoring and education training targeted toward entrepreneurial support the hispanic ecosystem an outreach program partially supported by a national league of cities grant is aimed at developing a marketing outreach and technical assistance program that specifically targets hispanic entrepreneurs and to help and to help continue Durham's legacy businesses i am funding a program to retain expand and transition Durham's long-standing small women and minority owned businesses the program includes succession planning and targeted technical assistance we know that being able to travel is important whether it is to your job doctor appointments or to get groceries i am pleased to share that go Durham will continue fair free service through june 30th 2023 continued federal support of about 12 million dollars through the american rescue plan has provided gap funding throughout the pandemic for transit operations and this support along with state funding of 3.6 million dollars is is expected to continue this upcoming fiscal year additionally the city has already received federal awards this year including awards to improve Durham station for the rails trails project and the rails trails project totaling about 20 million dollars the city is continuing to prepare for and to apply for more grants to improve transit in Durham as you saw earlier 3.75 cents of a of the tax rate combined with grant and other funding all totaling nearly 41 million dollars will support core transit services in the coming year this includes expanding service and improving on-time arrival and route frequencies which are all part of the short-term transit plan i am proposing six additional fte's primarily to work on and manage capital infrastructure projects and programs in addition to adopting the proposed budget city council will also soon adopt our capital improvement plan which guides our long-term capital projects such as infrastructure and facilities while the proposed cip update will be presented during the upcoming budget work sessions some of the new proposed capital projects are noted on the next three slides the capital improvement budget includes over 145 million dollars for new projects and to complete existing ones this funding includes 28.7 million dollars for important general government capital needs these projects were prioritized using an equity lens or screening questions to determine who would benefit from the improvement who may be burdened from the improvement and the assessment also looks at unintended outcomes of the proposed projects here's a short summary of our enterprise capital projects including our water and sewer our stormwater and our solid waste projects i am also proposing that we continue our capital commitments for our fleet replacement program and for street maintenance and repaving in addition to these projects the city is continuing our commitment to green and equitable infrastructure a half set tax generating approximately two million dollars a year is included in this budget for projects important to neighborhoods that have historically received fewer resources or investment to make them better this money will be added to funding already set aside from last year's budget to allow the city to borrow more money for these important projects after we get ideas and input from those communities we will present more information about our green and equitable infrastructure plan to the city council during our budget briefing on may 25th now that i presented highlights from the proposed budget it's time for our elected leadership and our community members to take a closer look city council and staff will review the details at next week's budget work sessions on may 25th and may 26th beginning at 9 a.m each day right here in council chambers in addition to being open to the public to attend in person they will also be live streamed to Durham television network and to our youtube channel to enable as many people as possible to watch our departmental budget presentations our residents are encouraged to share their thoughts at our budget public hearing which will take place during the June 6th city council meeting beginning at 7 p.m we remain committed to transparency in the budget as well as in our total operations therefore the complete proposed budget is now available for your review on the city's website at Durham NC dot gov slash budget we continue to be a destination of choice for new residents while we acknowledge our challenges as a community Durham is still a dynamic city in fact tomorrow u.s news and world report will release its best places to live for 2022 2023 and i was told that the Durham Raleigh metro area has earned a top placement among the country's 150 50 largest metro areas based on how well we meet residents expectations for where to live based on affordability the quality of life and desirability i am not surprised that so many consider Durham a best place to live there are many reasons that we all love living here we know we are nowhere near perfect but by working together government large and small businesses nonprofit organizations educational institutions and faith-based organizations legacy residents and those brand new to our community we can continue to make this city the best that it can be you can learn more about my proposed budget and city operations by following the city on our social media channels we work hard to communicate what we're doing on these pages and want to keep you informed on our work and our progress on these channels i'd like to thank city departments for their contributions to the fiscal year 22 23 proposed budget it could not have been done without you and your heart for public service thanks to the budget and management services department under the leadership of director john allure for not missing a step despite operating with fewer staff than normal finally thank you mayor who's in her absence and mayor pro tem and city council for your leadership on behalf of the residents of our great city thank you you're here matter manager on behalf of the residents of our great city let me thank you and your entire team for this wonderful piece of work this work product that we now look forward to sinking our teeth in two at our next work sessions and i want to make sure that i stressed that all of you watching at home in the chamber that you come on out make your voices heard either here in the chamber or virtually on june 6 at the public hearing we know we'll be getting emails from you we look forward to them but this is a wonderful document for us to have conversations about who we are and where we're going as a city so my congratulations to you matter manager and and i know i look forward i know i speak for my colleagues when i say we look forward to digging in and ultimately adopting a budget that works for all of us here in Durham congratulations friends we're going to break for five minutes uh it's 805 i'm going to recess us until 806 i'm going to recess us until 811 and then we'll come back and discharge the matters that we have before us we're in recess to 811 but i know that you're exploring the possibility of uh actually starting something called social districts in downtown talk about that tell me what that is and what's the advantage so the social district program was something that was passed by the general assembly late last year it is a program that allows cities to designate areas with a specific boundary as social districts and within those social districts individuals can have an open container open container of alcohol so you basically can go into an establishment and sit down have a beer or have some wine and then if you want to leave that establishment and you can put that in there to go pop that is marketed as being of that social district and what the boundaries are and then you can move throughout that district with an open open container as you're making your plans for the summer you'll want to be sure and save two saturday evenings each month for the rock the park concert and movie series the series takes place in parks throughout the city and features one concert and one movie each month between june and august both activities are free and open to the public food vendors will also be on site and food will be available for purchase the concerts will take place on saturday june 11th at forest hills park july night at rock quarry park and august 6th at southern boundaries park the movies on saturday june 25th july 23rd and august 20th will all take place at Durham Central Park bringing your own blankets and lawn chairs is encouraged but alcohol and smoking are not allowed more information about this summer's rock the park series can be found at dprplaymore.org slash 318 and by following Durham parks and recreation on social media have you experienced changes in Durham that negatively affect your everyday life many in the community have the city and county of Durham want to correct those issues and ensure the future changes work for the entire community they're listening and want to hear your ideas for making Durham a place where everyone thrives that's why the city and county of Durham are inviting all members of the Durham community to take part in the creation of the new comprehensive plan which will determine the vision for growing Durham over the next 30 years this collaboration between the city and county of Durham the Durham community is the result of the new engaged Durham initiative which seeks to ensure that all community stakeholders are involved in the shaping of city and county projects help build a Durham that works for everyone here's some tips to ensure that your garbage and recycling gets picked up one your cart should be put up for collection before 6 a.m on your collection day two your cart should be at least three feet from all other objects such as mailboxes telephone poles fire hydrants trees and other carts three your carts should be no more than three feet from the curb four no vehicles should be blocking your carts the mechanical arms on our trucks need direct access to your carts and cannot reach around vehicles to find more information about garbage and recycling pick ups go to this web address effective friend if the chamber will be in order it's 8 11 thank you it's 8 11 we will resume with the business of the council again i want to thank city manager page for a wonderful presentation of our proposed budget at this time we turn now to general business public hearings item number 21 this is a consolidated annexation case and your avenue apartments and at this time i will yield to the staff yes okay great thank you michael sock with the playing department thank you and before i begin like to note that all required notifications for the playing department public hearing items have been have taken place and are on file for review bdg 21 0004 and z 21 0005 which is a consolidated item before you is a voluntary annexation request for non-contiguous annexation and zoning map change request for four parcels located at 37 23 37 29 and 36 85 and your avenue and a portion of 3801 and your avenue so this is a little bit unique so of the four parcels the annexation petition applies to two parcels parcel 163009 which is 37 29 and your avenue and a portion of 3801 and your avenue the two other parcels 37 23 and your and 36 85 and your are already within the city limits so the rezoning request straddles those four parcels to a portion of it is in the county and thus the annexation request the zoning map change the request for that entire site from residential suburban 20 or rs 20 and residential suburban multifamily with a development plan rsmd two residential suburban multifamily a new development plan to allow for 521 apartments the portions of the site currently in the county are zoned rsmd and the portions already within the city jurisdiction are zoned rs 20 and rsmd the site is also within the falls jordan district b watershed overlay which is the fjb watershed overlay but there is no change proposed for that overlay the properties are currently designated low medium density residential and commercial on the future land use map of the comprehensive plan the proposed rsmd zoning is inconsistent with the designated future land use designation if the proposed zoning is approved staff recommends a change to the future land future land use designation to medium high density residential the planning commission failed to recommend approval by a vote of 1 to 10 at their February 8th 2022 meeting and at the planning commission meeting the applicant added commitments for donations to the dedicated housing fund and to Durham public schools subsequent to that hearing the applicant will read into the record a change to the proffer to provide actual affordable units instead of a monetary donation to the fund the no the donation to dps is proposed to remain as a reminder three actions are requested at this time first is an action to consider adoption of an ordinance annexing and your avenue apartments into the city of Durham effective june 30th 2022 and to authorize city manager danderton to a utility extension agreement with kelly development company llc and if that passes then to consider adoption of the zoning map change and adoption of the appropriate statement of consistency the applicant is available to answer any questions and thank you very much michael thank you so much good evening it's good to see you thank you i'm going to declare this public hearing open but before i go to any proponents or opponents i'm going to see if i'd like to see if any of my council fellow council members have any questions for staff i have a quick question it this is somewhat of a direct translation direct translation plus because part of it none of it is actually the current rsmd zoning has a different development plan than what is currently being proposed so although it's going to rsmd to rsmd they are two different it would wind up being a different development plan and thus a different zoning district in and of itself that if approved yeah and that was my second question is there a development plan that this will supersede yes it would it would supersede any current the current development plan that's on the site now would go away if the zoning is approved tonight got you and that would be a zero five forty five the attachment v current zio correct all right um that's all i have for now colleagues any one else questions all right this is a public hearing um i understand that mr johnson the proponent uh is he in chamber or virtual hey how are i'm sorry mr johnson how much time do you anticipate needing for your case up 10 minutes or so but i guess it depends upon you know questions from council sure i'll put 10 minutes on the clock if you don't exhaust all of it we'll keep it in reserve before you want to respond to any i don't want to belabor any point so i'll make it as close as yours and i've been in your position before i've been a council member so i know how that is oh well welcome you have got 10 minutes thank you very much um my name is tom johnson i'm an attorney with the law firm of williams mylon riley here on behalf of bonaventure who is the actual applicant for this rezoning request jp highland with bonaventure is here in the audience with me here tonight um he made the trip down from the dc area to be here for the meeting tonight um bonaventure is an apartment developer um i did have you you have a slideshow right if not i can just go through it i can put it up i can put it up on zoom if you'd like that visible that's it yeah thank you um if i get to the next slide mike um you know bonaventure is a you know full service real estate development investment firm founded in 1999 they're a multifamily developer and transaction specialist in a top 20 multifamily development pipeline they do residential sites in virginia maryland alabama georgia north carolina and south carolina and these numbers will of course change all the time but approximately two and a 2.25 billion in transactions 800 million in hud loans and 600 thousand i mean excuse me 6000 residential units owned bonaventure focuses on long-term investments in the communities where it develops meaning that it is a long-term holder of these developments um they're next slide mike they're fully integrated firm with investment services development property management design construction and shared services and i will point out not only is bonaventure coming forward with this project but is committed to durham and that actually has another application pending in the pipeline for additional housing in durham so i didn't want to make you aware of that so they're they're a long-term holder and they're committed to the community of durham currently have a project coming out of the ground in the carry area so they are committed to this region of the state and particularly durham as part of the process in going through this approval we of course had the required neighborhood meeting um we had several people attend it was virtual during these times of covid we had no objection to the project the residents were primarily concerned about getting sewer to their area this area of durham off angier avenue and this project does provide a sewer extension into this area that doesn't currently exist we had a second neighborhood meeting um as well because we made some changes to the plan and staff recommended that we have that additional meeting which we did um and again had similar same participants and they were again concerned about sewer primarily for their residents in the area but had no objection to the multifamily coming into this this location um we've had other comment um mr. highlands talked to them we've had i've had additional contact with these individuals throughout the process um and again it's been the same discussion about how sewer going to come and we've shown them where the sewer extension would occur as part of the project um yes as was read into the record you know we did not um get a favorable recommendation from the planning commission but we heard them and we listened to them um so the adjustment that mr. stock mentioned was changing from a monetary contribution to affordable housing fund to actual affordable units which make a difference and so and as part of that too the other part we kept hearing was we don't want a bunch of one-bedroom units or distinguishable units if they're affordable we want affordable units for families more than one bedroom and that sort of thing so we heard that as well so i wanted to read into the record the additional condition that we added to address affordable housing and if i may go ahead and read that into the record uh 10 percent of the apartment units shall be designated as affordable housing dwell at unit droiling units affordable units as defined in section 17.3 of the Durham Unified Development Ordinance for rental units including compliance procedures contained in the definition the affordable units shall be dispersed throughout different buildings and shall not be distinguishable for market rate units throughout or through the location grouping unit size interior finishes or exterior design phase one will have 31 affordable units and phase one will has 306 total units it will have 31 affordable units consisting of six one bedroom units 19 two bedroom units and six three bedroom units phase two will have 22 affordable units but the mix will be determined based upon market demand and the experience from phase one in terms of what's needed there will be no city subsidies no city subsidies shall be provided for this these affordable units that are being built they're being built at Bonaventure's expense and also Bonaventure will accept housing choice vouchers as part of it in addition to the affordable units that are being created this project has a lot of commitments associated with if you could go well let me go first to this transportation wise and this side shows and this is from the TIA traffic will be dispersed evenly pretty much with this project there are five driveways so not just one driveway going in and out there actually five there will be an extension of Laurel Road with dedication of right-of-way and construction by Bonaventure at their expense which connects to Highway 70 there is a DOT project for an overpass for Glover Road at this location that the right-of-way for part of that project is being donated by this developer to allow for that project to be done and that's an advantage this project has locationally it is where that overpass is going which is important so the distribution also will go down towards South Miami Boulevard as well go north to Pleasant Drive you know go east to Laurel Drive and then go west via Glover Road so there is a pretty even percentage-wise distribution of traffic related to this project go the next step it's a lot if you couldn't like the other advantage of this project is it's very centrally located it's located such it has easy access to Highway 70 has easy access to the east end connector to the Durham Freeway and point south toward RTP for those that are working in RTP and we already know and as this map shows the large employers that are in this area that would have easy access for housing at this location but in addition to that there are a lot of commercial establishments that are nearby as well what other improvements what other conditions and Mike if you could go the next slide if you don't mind so in addition to the affordable housing condition we have other commitments that we have made and are contained in the development plan there's the contribution to the Durham Public Schools which remained we put that on at the planning commission level and that will continue there will be a transit stop at this location that will be funded by the developer and built to the city of Durham go Durham standards there's a greenway trail that will traverse the property part of the Glover Road green trail greenway trail project that's on the city's plan it will go through that along one of the streams through the project there was there was some mention in in some of it that this is a 35 acre project I think at the planning commission with these units so it's a pretty big piece of land but it's really not there are two streams that go through the property with the stream buffers there's really not as much land as it would be at first blush so I did want to make that aware and the greenway trail is part of that and using that that um buffer and that will be constructed at the expense of the developer in addition to the right road right-of-way dedications and construction that I originally mentioned there's several improvements in conjunction with NC DOT and the city of Durham transportation that will be done one at Andrew Avenue and Rotan Road it will there will be the installation of a traffic signal um should it should the warrants be met by NC DOT um at site driveway one there ingress egress lanes and a westbound left turn I mean excuse me right turn lane on Andrew Avenue and an exclusive left turn lane on Andrew Avenue at site driveway one site drive very true again ingress and egress lanes at site driveway two with the appropriate storage and taper at rural tan road and um the project at site um drive three it will be limited to right in right out which is request by Durham transportation which we are meeting and including constructing a concrete median to DOT standards consistent with the right in right out requirement and Laurel drive extension as I mentioned it goes directly out to highway 70 and it will be extended and paved it will end in a um uh cul-de-sac because of the Glover Road project but but um that will be constructed as well earlier it was asked about the development plan and how that worked it was originally another development plan on this site and it's a little convoluted when you look at some of the zoning changes on here and I did want to explain those um it says in part of it that we're changing some cg zoning um that was because the prior development plan for some reason didn't follow the property line and so we're doing part of a parcel that's currently zoned cg to help staff address that development plan and clean it up that's why we're doing that little corner of cg is to clean up the old development plan and put a new development plan in place that's probably going to end up being open space related to the other um Madam clerk you add another 10 minutes to the clock please you can proceed I'm sorry I know attorneys can be long-winded I'm trying to keep it now um but that will that's a commercially zoned piece of property that the um landowner who sold this property to Bonaventure is retaining for commercial development which makes sense with the residential going in there and the commercial development being there and and and a likelihood that small sliver of that property that's that's being rezoned as part of this development plan it's slated to be open space so it'll likely just be open space tree save area to support that commercial development is what it will end up being um and obviously ultimately that one will be annexed into the city as well and it was a little different on this one as was mentioned part of this property was already annexed into the city we're just annexing the balance which is kind of different kind of strange but we're again cleaning that up as mentioned in the manager's report this is a positive revenue generator for the city with this annexation the the revenue generated will far exceed the expense for services to this project in addition I did have two letters distributed to you a big part of what we do for the community is we bring residents to an area to support the businesses that are there the two letters that I we got these from adjoining businesses one is the 10 federal self storage that's next door that owner supports this development because this development will support the use of his business the other is from a teacher at the little people daycare in in favor of the project because it will positively impact her business in providing daycare adjoining the project there was another question raised by transportation during the project and I think it was may have been mentioned at planning commission about sidewalk along Andrew Avenue as I mentioned there's a commercial development or commercially his own property that's in front of this development a couple other single family homes at frontal Andrew Avenue that are not part of this project there's a gap in the sidewalk because we're doing sidewalk as traditionally is done in front of your project so we're doing those uh beneficiaries is paying for that sidewalk we were hesitant to do anything in front of the other property because we don't own that property and if there's not enough right of way for the sidewalk we don't have any way to get the property to do the sidewalk if you know I've talked with my client they're willing to commit to building that sidewalk as a conditional condition if they're sufficient right of way if there's not sufficient right of way we can't condemn we can't do any of that but we're willing to do it if there's enough right of way and I don't know if Mike knows whether there is or not transportation would know whether there's sufficient right of way but we'll just say if there's sufficient right of way because we realize the importance of the neighbor of connectivity to the neighborhood an additional thing I didn't mention earlier is we are doing an additional pavement for a bike lane on Andrew Avenue now the other ends of that bike lane aren't completed but we're completing our portion along Andrew Avenue I'm available to answer any questions you may have I know that Mr. Highland is here available to answer any questions as developer but I will tell you that Bonaventure is committed to the communities it's a part of and there this is a commitment to Durham to provide necessary housing including affordable units and again they're in the process of another nearby project in this area to provide additional residential housing for the citizens of Durham and the region thank you attorney Johnson Mr. Highland you've got some time to clock out I don't know if you wanted to add anything and I'm available to answer any questions you may have at this point as is Mr. Highland if he if there's a question colleagues if you don't mind I'm gonna I'm gonna query if this is a public hearing if there's anyone I don't have any cards from the clerk Madam clerk is there anyone in the queue virtually who wishes to speak on this item nope okay anyone in the chamber this is a public hearing that wishes to speak on this item all right this time I have a couple of questions but I'm gonna yield to my council colleagues who the great thing about this council is most of your questions will get asked if you just let them talk that's fine that's what I'm here for counselors I'm sorry Michael thank thank you for entertaining two clarifying question or one clarifying point there there's no rezoning from CG the the future land use oh I'm sorry I was wrong it's it's a corner of that property but it was zoned RSMD yes it's part of a split zoned piece of property yes that little portion that he was referencing as CG was actually part of the underlying development RSMD portion and it just happened to be part of a different property but just that corner of that property that's why we mentioned a portion of in my presentation so I just want to make sure that's on the record there's no rezoning from CG I didn't mean to mislead anybody it's okay the second point of clarity is and I didn't quite catch it is the proffer to if there is enough if there's sufficient right away to construct sidewalk along all the parcels along Anger from between your two points and there's right I believe I'm seeing it's from where it'd be basic five parcels I believe right okay and we can get that wording down there there's there's wording that we have that transportation as a use so we can get that down but I just want to make sure that's clear from along and or between the two points correct there okay thank you Michael thank you for that I was going to ask you to catch her I don't know if the council queries my occasion any any more so I was going to ask you to to kind of recap for us at the end absolutely so much for that I probably still will colleagues anyone council member hyman yes thank you for your presentation I just have two questions I think you talked about the first phase in terms of the one bedrooms and then right and then kind of the spin down in terms of the new development I just want to go on record to say that in that area while I know people are going to be coming into that area we need more than one bedrooms so we need and I know you said you're going to look at what's going on in the first phase but I want to go on the record saying that we need more than one bedrooms because the families in the area and hopefully will be able to take advantage of this affordable housing would need more than one bedroom and my other statement is or question is I see in the letter that of support that we received that you will be donating to surrounding schools and parks and recreation so what does that look like talk to me about donating how much what you know what does like what like the donation to the schools pull that up $4,600 to the Durham public schools is the commitment can be used at their discretion at their discretion we did not there are no strings attached on that and is that a one-time donation that's a one-time donation based upon and we roughly based it upon what the impact was estimated to be on the Durham public schools is the any consideration of more donation as that development area develops in terms of what you know in terms of the renting and when market bring bought into that area just asking I mean I'm sure over time again Bonaventure is a community partner and I'm you know I'm sure there will be more than enough opportunities to contribute to the community whether it be schools or what it may be I just don't want it to be a one-time right thank you I understand and it you know it's typically not done because typically the view is that this you know part of what you contribute through tax rate and whatever goes to funding the school system but in this case because that was raised at the planning commission meeting we committed to making this one-time contribution thank you thank you council member councilman Williams will you I guess I look like I had a question I'll go ahead and ask um well first of all thank you I I read the planning commission comments and I I understood everything that I read there um having conversations with a few community members reading those comments speaking with some of them I appreciate that you made the proposition better because I part of my priority and you know accepting these these propositions is are you going to be a block that is placed in a community or are you going to sew yourself into being a part of the fabric of that community and as excuse me as we are as far as our infrastructure is concerned it's very fragmented throughout the city and there are if with my fingers crossed and hopes high we're working on something that will hopefully contribute to solving that which I won't speak on right now but I appreciate you you all doing what you need to do to be a part of the fabric of the community there that part of the city is evolving and it is changing and we we want to make sure that you know we build our communities to you know preserve the culture that we have while also proof you know everyone having access to a decent quality of life without pushing folks out and right now I understand that you know we have a housing issue we have an affordability crisis and folks we can't stop them from moving here so we have to build at every level if not people are going to push down and push out and create justification so I just wanted to go on to reckon and say thank you for the the the actual hard percentage on the affordable units I appreciate that so this looks a lot better than what I believe it initially was with the planning commission thank you you're welcome thank you council member anyone else thank you council members mr. johnson thank you for the the commitment of affordable units in this project the 10 5 521 units is that correct correct you can max out at 521 the will they be affordable in perpetuity yeah they're in accordance with the ordinance and the definition of the ordinance which is in perpetuity I said no I'm sorry it's 30 30 years minimum 30 years minimum 30 years I'm sorry okay great that seems like a lifetime yeah it's minimum I mean you could say forever if you ever right thank you we went with the definition that you established in your ordinance absolutely absolutely got you thank you for that the um aside from the affordable units what's the uh the anticipated price points for the other units there I've seen 1300 I've seen 1500 I know it's an imperfect science let me mr. Highland to correct me I think it's 1300 it's a it's a range but it's because we've got a range of units um and let me make sure I've got that it depends on the uh the bedroom type but it would start at 1300 for a one bedroom um I believe in that that sub market two bedrooms would start around 1450 to 1500 and then we had our three bedrooms starting at about 1650 obviously it's a range depending on the day sort of like airline prices that's how apartments are priced now but that generally that's where it averages out to thank you mr. Johnson to um piggybacking off of council member hyman's earlier question did I hear you correctly that you intend on mixing up the affordable units that they won't all be did I hear that correct yes correct and that's in the commitment um that we made in the condition that we are going to provide here they are um six one bedroom 19 two bedroom and six three bedroom units in phase one and we also committed to dispersing those throughout different buildings not to be distinguished distinguishable from the market rate units through the location through location grouping unit size interior finishes or exterior design in phase two we left it open because well first of all it's a phase two so when it's built we don't know and the mix you know it we just didn't know what that mix might be then depending on what the market demand is and one of the flexibility to try to meet the affordable demand just like we're you know meeting you for phase one but we heard the importance in talking to folks in the community the importance of not as council member hyman said just a bunch of one bedroom units because their families out there that need that housing thank you for that I um I drive it I don't live far from that drive that area all the time uh went by there today um you obviously know there's there's their single family older single family right homes um some of them need to repair right lining the area and and one of the one of the lessons I think it's important for us to take is that you know even even good intention sometimes may have unintended consequences extending sidewalks putting the bus stop out there um what I want to keep I guess in mind on a radar is is the uh and I I think I saw somewhere in the report that we don't anticipate any uh impact on on property values um deleterious impacts on property values because that land is empty now and their apartments but the stuff the other stuff we do in the neighborhood could potentially start to impact uh the neighborhood so I just want to while I intend on supporting this um this development keep an eye towards from lessons we've learned as a city and as a government what some of some of the other impacts that these improvements can have uh even my bus number two goes down that route uh even adding bus stops and sidewalks which we need right by the way but I do want to um and I'm glad you mentioned the uh I saw in the um the community goals report and I had that you you had minutes for one meeting and but it said two meetings so I'm glad you mentioned the second meeting because one of my questions was going to be how many meetings and um to to to just assure those those residents out there that we you know we've learned the lessons uh from the past and as we make things nicer I think Brighton's right down the road starting like 400,000 um that we just just be mindful and keep a keep an eye on the lessons uh from the past but uh I'm thankful for the uh the inclusion of of um affordable units I think developers around the country are are starting to understand their own values and and I congratulate you on that and uh I intend to uh support this development in light of with you know keeping in mind all the other things I've said about watching um what happens to our neighbors out there uh moving forward councilmembers any other questions councilmember copiaro thank you good evening um evening thank you so much for your presentation uh I spent about an hour out there driving the area this afternoon I did not walk the property because once it gets warm I worry about snakes and ticks um if it's been winter I would have been tromping in those woods um and uh I think that a lot of the the proffers that you're making are are are really good for the area I was happy to see the stoplight at ruritan and end year because it is a little tricky when you're trying to go in and out uh I'm glad about the the neighborhood meetings I had been put out you know I was struggling because of the um planning commission vote and knowing that some of our more recent rezonings have made those commitments for affordable units I was looking at some of our older um we recently just passed the carver street assemblage um and that was one of the ones that I was thinking about that had provided actual units on the site and so I'm really really pleased to see that you've made that commitment it is a substantial commitment um it certainly moves us in the right direction and I think it does provide a mixture of housing type out there there are some older single family homes you go down the road there are already some other apartment complexes and then right up the road there's this brand new single family um neighborhood that the homes are starting in the low 400 000s and that's not something I want to replicate too often in Durham and I think a lot of us are really weary about uh large single family homes that are very much beyond most people's reach so I will be supporting um this measure specifically because you did hear our concerns and you came back with something much much better so thank you thank you thanks thank you any other council members councilmember johnson thank you mr. mayor pro tem I'll just echo my colleagues and appreciate the additional proffers especially for the affordable housing that you brought here tonight um I was not excited about this proposal until you started talking and then it just got better and better so thank you for um for making those changes those are all um things that our community really needs especially affordable housing so we appreciate your commitment to um to providing to providing those units um for for our community and I will also be supporting this rezoning tonight thank you very much thank you council member johnson this is the public hearing is there anyone else that wants to be heard on this matter madame clerk anyone in the queue all right I'm going to declare this public hearing closed this matter is back before the council once again any other questions or comments from council members michael you have everything you need you have we captured everything and codified everything on the comment hold on um yes I believe there wasn't any other additional commitments besides the I'll take that back the only additional commitment that was added tonight besides the affordable housing units was the sidewalk uh one and that would just for clarity it will be uh along four parcels along andrew avenue I don't have the uh PID numbers but it's the Mendoza Gonzales Banda and popular guy LLC properties provided the right of way is how do we caught up how do we codify that assuming there's enough right of way to accommodate the sidewalk so if there's if there's not then they would not do it and we'll work with staff to word that correctly but yes that's we have we there's standard language that we will use right all right thanks so much for that colleagues there are three motions are required uh in this manner the first motion is to adopt an ordinance and annexing andrew avenue apartments into the city of derm effective june 30th 2022 and to authorize the city manager to enter into a utility extension agreement with kelly development company LLC I heard a move from uh motion from council member caballero in the second from council member Williams madam clerk would you please call the roll mayor pro tem middleton how about I council member caballero I council member hyman I council member johnson I council member williams I thank you motion carries uh unanimously motion number two is to adopt an ordinance amending the unified development ordinance by taking property out of the residential suburban multifamily with a development plan rsmd falls jordan lake watershed overlay district bfjb county jurisdiction and residential suburban 20 rs 20 residential suburban multifamily with a development plan rsmd falls jordan watershed overlay district b fgb and establishing the same as residential suburban multifamily with a development plan rsmd falls jordan watershed overlay district bfjb city jurisdiction No motion. No move. Second. Easy for you to say. You're in motion from Council Member Johnson and a second from I think Council Member Williams. All right, Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll? Mayor Pro Tem Middleton. I vote aye. Council Member Caballero. Aye. Council Member Hyman. Aye. Council Member Johnson. Aye. Council Member Williams. Aye. Thank you. And the third motion is to adopt a consistency statement as required by NCGS160D-605. No move. Second. I heard a motion from Council Member Williams and a second from Council Member Caballero. Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll? Mayor Pro Tem Middleton. I vote aye. Council Member Caballero. Aye. Council Member Hyman. Aye. Council Member Johnson. Aye. Council Member Williams. Aye. Thank you. Motion carries unanimously. Gentlemen, thank you. Congratulations. Do good work for us. Mayor Pro Tem. Yes, sir. Can I ask a quick question? If that please? Just stating on the record, where can the public find the acronyms for the language here? I'm sorry, the acronyms, what particular acronyms were you referring to? The language we're speaking that we're reading here. The zoning districts? They're all, we write them out and we write them out completely within the staff reports and are also written out completely within the ordinances themselves. And if they also have any questions, they can contact our Development Services Center and we have staff that can explain zoning designations to anyone who calls or emails. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member. I was good to have the teacher in you show up. General Business Item Number 22, and I believe this is our last matter for the evening, FY 2023, Stormwater Rates. We received a presentation on this at our May 5th City Council work session. Purpose now is to conduct the public hearing and receive public comment on this proposed FY 2023 Stormwater Rates. I'm going to declare, well, I'm sorry, let's hear from the staff first. Good evening, Mr. Mayor Pro Tem Middleton and Council. I'm Paul Wipke with the Department of Public Works. This item proposes to raise stormwater rates for fiscal year 2023, effective July 1, 2022. The public hearing was noticed in accordance with the state and local requirements. The proposed monthly increase for residential customers would be $0.45 for Tier 1 residential customers at a proposed rate of $4.20 per month, $0.94 for Tier 2 residential customers at a proposed rate of $8.70 per month, and $1.87 for Tier 3 residential customers at a proposed rate of $17.42 per month. The proposed monthly increase for other residential and non-residential customers is $0.94 for 2400 square feet of impervious surface at a rate of $8.70 per month. There are two motions that the administration recommends that the City Council approve. The first is to conduct a public hearing to receive public comment on the proposed fiscal year 2023 Stormwater Rates and two, to adopt an ordinance to change the fee schedule revising the stormwater rates effective on July 1, 2022. Thank you. Thank you, Paul. Good evening. Good to see you. I'm going to declare this public hearing now open. Before I go to the public, I'm going to ask, are there any questions from members of the Council? All right, Madam Clerk, I didn't receive any cards for this item. Do we have anyone in the virtual queue? No, sir. Anyone in the chamber who should speak on this item? This is a public hearing. All right, with that, I'm going to declare this public hearing closed and the matter is back before the Council. Once again, Council members, any questions or comments about this matter? All right, this matter, we've dispensed of the presentation at the work session. We've conducted a public hearing, a robust public hearing. The only thing left now is to adopt an ordinance to change the fee schedule revising stormwater rates effective on July 1, 2022. And I'll entertain a motion. So moved. Second. A motion from Council Member Williams and a second from Council Member Caballero. Madam Clerk, would you please call the roll? Mayor Pro Tem Middleton. I vote aye. Council Member Caballero. Aye. Council Member Hyman. Aye. Council Member Johnson. Aye. Council Member Williams. Aye. Thank you. Honorable colleagues, by my reckoning, that is the final matter to come before us this evening. If there are no other matters, I want to again take a point of personal privilege by welcoming Council Member Hyman. Thank you for the great job tonight for being with us and congratulations to you again. With that being said, it is 8.53 p.m. Gavel is down. This meeting is adjourned. Good evening. May God bless Durham.