 Why are you coming back? Yeah, that's one conversation that my wife says we like to re-evaluate. Thank you. Don't even start from this conversation. Well, I'm really proud of you. It's supposed to re-evaluate where you guys live. You need to go ticker up there in January, you know? 43 seconds. When the wind blows you sideways? I had a wrong week. I was a week ahead of her. Well, yeah, it's a marathon. She still needs 745, but yeah, it's fine. Wow. So were you timing yourself so now? Leave if you got to leave. Do you have a runner watch? Is that what you're doing? He's called, so I managed to... That's great. That is something to call. Good evening. We'll call the Durham City Council meeting to order Monday, March the 16th at 7 o'clock 1 p.m. and I certainly want to welcome all of you that are with us this evening. If we could just take a moment for silent meditation, please. Thank you. I ask Councilman Brown if you would please send a pledge. 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. Madam Clerk, may we call the roll please? Mayor Bill. Present. Mayor Pro Tem Cole McFadden. Councilmember Brown. Here. Councilmember Cattidy. Here. Councilmember Moffitt. Here. Councilmember Shul. Here. Councilmember Davis is requesting an excused absence. Second. It's been proper to move in second. All in favor of the motion. Indicate by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed, the motion passes unanimously. Thank you. For the first, you know, creek week. And would ask Ms. Laura Webb Smith, the Public Education Coordinator for Public Works Department, Stormwater GI Services, if she would join me. Our formation speaks to the fact that where is Durham is rich in natural resources and beauty, whereas water is a basic and essential need for all life, whereas trash and pollution fouls our waterways, as well as our landscapes and whereas every resident should contribute to keeping our environment clean and healthy by working together to preserve clean water and the natural beauty of our surroundings, whereas creek week has been celebrated in Durham since 2009 with 1,046 volunteers collecting over 101,210 pounds of trash to date, whereas creek week provides opportunities for Durham residents to discover and explore local streams and lakes through educational programs, recreational activities, and to do their part to protect waterways through volunteer projects. Now, therefore, I, William B. Bilbell, Mayor of the City of Durham, North Carolina, do my proclaim March the 21st through March the 28th, 2015, as creek week in Durham and hereby urge all the citizens of Durham to observe this week in recognition of the value of clean and healthy waterways and to do their part to restore the beauty and functions of our lakes, streams, and landscapes by participating in creek week volunteer cleanup events and educational activities. With my hand, Corporate City of Durham, North Carolina, this is the 16th of March, 2015. I'm going to present this to Laura and introduce other persons that are with her. Thank you, Mayor Bell. I'd like to introduce Tanya Dautlich of Keep Durham Beautiful and Nathan Lee Williams of the Public Works Department. We have about 18 partners for Creek Week and just a couple are here represented tonight, but it is a community-wide event. So, thank you for issuing the Creek Week Proclamation and for the opportunity to tell you about this great series of events. First, a little history. Seven years ago, four people sat around the table brainstorming about what we could do about the trash barge where Ellerby Creek enters Falls Lake. We wanted to do more than just another cleanup. We wanted Durham residents to be aware of our water resources and their importance in providing drinking water sources, fish and wildlife habitat, and fun activities like hiking, swimming, fishing and canoeing. We formed a partnership that today stands at 18 members strong. This year, Creek Week kicks off with a Connect with the Creek event at Durham Central Park Saturday, March 21st from 2 to 5 p.m. Durhamites of all ages will enjoy parading with the Bulltown Strutters, going through a hydrilla maze and many more activities to help us learn about our creeks. To help us connect with the creeks through art, we have amazing contributions of hand-painted cisterns and murals by students at local schools. And it is Durham, so yes, we will have food trucks, along with a place to compost your organic waste. The week continues with stream clean-ups, educational programs, tours at our water and wastewater treatment plants and nature walks. We encourage residents to get involved in learning about and protecting Durham's creeks, rivers and lakes. The website, DurhamCreekWeek.org has all the information you'll need to participate. On behalf of all of our Creek Week partners, we thank you Mayor Bell and members of the Durham City Council. Let me shake your hand, since you stood over here so patiently. Thank you. Next we have our annual Hunger Walk Day proclamation. I'm going to ask Bob Nuland, the Treasurer of the Durham Hunger Walk, if he would join us. And I know all of us are familiar with this event, but it speaks to the fact that whereas at the end of World War II, many people wanted to share our country's abundance with European war victims, and Crop's first purpose was to gather wheat and other crops from U.S. farms for shipment to Europe. And whereas today the Durham Crop Hunger Walk is an important part of community life, bringing together people of different faiths, diverse cultures and all age groups. Whereas in the last 41 years, Durham Crop Hunger Walks have raised over 3.82 million help and hope to hunger people in need around the world and in the U.S. Whereas each year, Durham Crop Hunger Walk helps local agencies such as Meals on Wheels, Urban Ministries, Housing for New Hope, Threshold Clubhouse, Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, St. Andrew's Society and Church Food Pantry to provide food to neighbors in need. Whereas the Durham Crop Hunger Walk raised $145,000 last year, enough to add double bucks to the list of recipient agencies. Whereas the Durham Crop Hunger Walk is working to raise enough money to be able to support two additional local agencies this year. Whereas the Durham Hunger Crop Walk is the oldest fundraising walk in North Carolina and will hold its 41st annual Crop Hunger Walk on Sunday, March the 22nd. Whereas the Durham Crop Hunger Walk helps the community become aware of and concerned about hunger and its causes. Whereas the Durham Hunger Crop Walk is the third largest walk in the nation, out of more than 1,300 walks, demonstrating tremendous compassion and altruism of Durham citizens. Whereas the Durham Crop Hunger Walk will raise funds to help stop hunger, both locally and globally. Now, therefore, I, William B. Bilbell, Mayor of the City of Durham, North Carolina, do my proclaim, March the 22nd. 2015 is the Durham Crop Hunger Walk Day in Durham and hereby I urge all citizens to take special note of this observance with my hand in the Corporate City of Durham, North Carolina. This is the 16th day of March 2015. I know most of you know that it kicks off at Duke Chapel. Now, assume this is the same. It's going to happen again this year, right? Duke Chapel at 2.30 on Sunday will step off and head out past East Campus this year because it's on World Water Day. We'll have a special water display. Water is crucial to eliminating hunger in the world. Good water available so that people don't have to walk and collect it and so there will be a lot of extra festivities and if all goes well and we earn a little bit more, we will pass the one million dollar mark in terms of the amount that we have provided over the years to Durham, things like urban ministries and our new one this year, the SNAP double program at the farmer's market and we have here our t-shirt which has a drop of water for this year. This is designed by an NCCU student and we have sufficient t-shirts for everyone here. If that's your size, that's yours. If it's not your size, I have a box over here that has all the sizes. Thank you very much. Thank you. One of the things I noted in the information I've gotten is that while it steps off at 2.30, the event, the people gather at 2 o'clock. Is that one too small for you? How old are you? Extra large. Did you say that one's too small? Yeah, I think it is. I think you can have it. Not too old car. I wanted an extra large. I asked for a medium. Thanks Bill. Yep, that would be me. Small. Medium. Do you want me to pass them out now? One of them. Extra large. While that's going on, let me ask in the comments by members of the council. No, thank you. I would like to congratulate Councilman Shul for having completed the marathon yesterday and qualified for the Boston Marathon. Awesome. No crutches. No crutches, but everything hurts. That's great. That's great. Okay, any other comments? That's fine, thank you. That's the city manager for his prior items. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Good evening, everyone. No priority items from the manager's office this evening. Thank you. Likewise, city attorney. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. No priority items. Likewise, city clerk. No items, Mr. Mayor. In that case, we proceed with agenda. First item being the consent agenda which can be approved with a single vote. Unless an item is pulled by the council member or someone in the public and then we discuss that later in the meeting. The first item is number one on the housing appeals board appointment. Item two is confirmation of civilian police review board members. No. Item three is award of dedicated housing funds to Durham community land trustees, Inc., DCLT, and Woodland Associates, Inc., Woodland for the preservation of existing rental housing, Morehead Glen Apartments, West Park Apartments, Mutual Manor, and Rockwood Cottages. Item four is annual property accounting insurance plan for 2015-2016. Item five is joint city county economic development strategic plan. Item six is the I'm sorry, I should have pulled item two. And item six is renewal of police department software agreements with Sun Guard Public Sector, Inc. Item 10 can be found on the general business agenda and public hearing. Okay, 10 is going to be pulled too. Item three accept a motion for the consent agenda with exception of consent agenda item two. Second. Second. All in favor of the motion indicate by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed, the motion passes unanimously. We move to the general business agenda public hearings. Item 10 is consolidated annexation for Brow Creek assemblage. Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of council, public hearing items before you tonight have been advertised in accordance with the provisions of law and their affidavits to that effect on file with the planning department. What's before you tonight is a request by MI homes related to the requested annexation of approximately 115 acres of property in Durham and Wake County, south of Andrews Chapel Road known as a Brow Creek assemblage. Excuse me. The first item is a utility extension agreement which has been requested to serve the development with city water and sewer utility services. The public works and water management departments have performed utility impact analysis and determined that adequate capacity is available at this location. Secondly, a voluntary petition for annexation has been submitted by the property owners for this site. The budget management services department has performed a fiscal impact analysis with the assumption of 132 homes, single family homes which is the maximum that would be allowed under their requested zoning. And this analysis projects that estimated revenues would exceed estimated expenditures in the fourth year after annexation. Finally, the council would be required if the first two actions are adopted to apply an initial zoning to the site. Staff's recommending an application of the rural residential RR zoning district which as I mentioned earlier would allow up to 132 single family homes. This is the least intense zoning permitted in the suburban development tier. The applicant does intend at a future date to upzone the property to a more intense development but that's not under consideration today. This would just be the initial zoning which would bring it into the city at the lowest possible density RR. The planning commission recommended this action at their September 9th meeting by a vote of 13 to 0. And staff recommends the council approve these items and happy to take any questions. Thank you. We've heard the staff report. This is a public hearing. The public hearing is open. Let me first ask the other questions or comments by members of the council. If not, we have one person that has signed up to speak. Let's draw Edens. Edens? Is it anyone else that wants to speak on this item? It's not even been a public hearing. If not, you have five minutes. Good evening. Jared Edens with Edens Land Corp. I'm just hearing in case there are questions. I'm here representing the developer. Are there questions at the representative of the developer? I have one question. Do you have an idea? Can someone tell me about who will be the projected population if this unit is completed? Based on tonight it's based on the 132 units on the current zoning. We have a rezoning in process that should come before you at your June meetings. Which would be a total of 450 units at the June meeting. There are probably less than a thousand people. The reason I ask the question I'm always telling people that Durham is growing because people want to move here because we don't annex but we might have to change that. We don't annex people already here. People already here, that's right. Any other comments or questions? If not, I'm going to declare we're going to be closed as a matter of fact before the council. Second. It's been properly moved and second. Any further questions here and then I'll call the question. All in favor of the motion it can be said aye. Aye. As opposed the motion passes unanimously. Move the consistency statement. Move the consistency statement. There's two parts. Yeah, okay. Did you move that? It's been properly moved and second. All in favor of the motion it can be said aye. Aye. As opposed the motion passes unanimously. We move back to item two which was pulled. This is confirmation of civilian police review board. Rafiq Zahi. You have three minutes on the sign. Good evening. My name is Rafiq Zahi. I'm the assistant minister here in Durham, North Carolina, but a nation of Islam. Tonight I come to speak in terms of the confirmation for the five apartments PR 10299. I'm not going to be here alone just a few seconds because I have served the city manager and attorney, city attorney with copies of my request which is in front of them now. If they just turn over to the first page we said request for public records from the herald sun and you will see attention Thomas J. Bunsfield, city manager. In close attention to a notarized affidavit of Rafiq Zahi requests that are pursuant to North Carolina general statute section 132-B and others. In my presentation in this petition you will find also other freedom of information acts and public requests that I am making. Since the city attorney and the city manager both have a copy of what I'm referring to on a public form I'm asking that the request be answered in a very timely manner. I bring your attention in my conclusion since I only have three minutes. To my affidavit, notarized affidavit is second to the last page in that document. Failure to provide complete and specific information as requested or a denial of saying by head of agency maintaining the documents that are sought. A letter of appeal to file sighting if possible court rulings explaining why the agency decision to hold the information is in a profit. If the agency denies the appeal the individual which is myself may seek judicial review of the agency's actions on any questions. I think it's pretty self-explanatory but it's to the manager and city attorney we have copies of it. Thank you. Thank you. Entertain a motion on this item. Motion brought to the move is second. All in favor of the motion and can be seen. Aye. Aye. Those opposed. Motion passes unanimously. Are there any other items to come before the council this night? We adjourned at 7.20pm. Thank you all for coming. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.