 Good evening. We'd like to call the Durham City Council meeting to order Tuesday, September 2nd at 7 or 2 p.m.. And certainly want to welcome all of you that are present with us this evening We just take a moment for solid meditation, please. Thank you. Ask Councilman Brown if he would lead us in the pledge We have one proclamation that I'd like to read this evening unfortunately Person friend Pharrell was not able to attend But it speaks to Constitution week proclamation It reads whereas it is a privilege and duty of the American people to commemorate the 227th anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America for appropriate ceremonies and activities Whereas public law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year by the president of the United States of America Designating September 17th through the 23rd as Constitution week Now therefore I will envy bill bill mail the city of Durham, North Carolina to hear by proclaiming September 17th through 23rd 2014 as Constitution weekend Durham in order to all citizens to study the United States Constitution And reflect on the privilege of being an American with all the rights and responsibilities Which the privilege involves what is my hand called the silver seat of Durham, North Carolina This is second of September 2014 and we will leave this to be given to Friend Pharrell who is the Regent General Davey chapter daughter of the American Revolution. Thank you As you probably know for the past month the city council has been in closed session For the purpose of evaluating the three employees, which We directly hire the city manager of the city attorney the city clerk We concluded those evaluations this evening in closed session and in that session we all unilaterally agreed to granting three percent raises to each one of the employees effective July 1st 2014 and again, I want to say on behalf of the council To the public they've been very fortunate to have the three city employees that we hired directly They've had challenges that they've had to meet. They met them very successfully They provide a good staff and a lot of the good things that happen in Durham Why is the council may receive some of the credit? most of the credit really goes to Administration of this city council both at the city manager's office the city clerk and city attorney's office I didn't take the motion to approve that It's been popped and moved in second madam clerk, will you open the vote? Close the vote It passes seven is zero madam clerk. You got the first and second on that Okay, thank you Let me ask first are there any comments or questions by members of the council It's not anything prior to items by the city manager. Thank you. Mr. Mayor. Good evening everyone and thank you for that prior Motion also this evening. There are no priority items from the city manager Likewise city clerk No items. Mr. Mayor likewise city attorney. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. No priority items In that case we'll proceed with the agenda As printed and all I need to do is be able to get my agenda Okay the first item of the Consent agenda items which may be approved with a single motion If a council person or member of the public chooses to pull one of the consent agenda items We'll discuss that item later in the agenda Again, I'll just read the heading of each one of the consent agenda items On the item one is Durham Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission Appointments Item 2 is the dirtest Durham City County Environmental Affairs Board Appointment Item 3 is the re-adoption of City County Emergency Operations Plan Item 4 is an item that can be found on the general business agenda Item 5 is approval of public and private pre-development costs for the redevelopment of Southside rental phase 2 with McCormick Barron Salazar Development Inc. And I'll pull that item Item 6 is the bid report July 2014 Item 7 is the grant project ordinance recognized in 2014 state of Durham's economy breakfast revenues superseding ordinance number 1 4 3 2 5 Item 8 is telecommunications license ring with central link communications LLC Item 9 is professional services contract ST 272 C Duke slash direction curve extensions Item 10 is the contract with our habitats ink for the Algar turf scrubber scrubber mobile pilot system installation and operation Item 11 is approval of 2012 local water supply plan for the city of Durham Item 12 is 2014 unscheduled pipeline repair as contract Entering a motion from the approval consent agenda with the exception of item 5 It's been moved and seconded by Mayor pro-ten and councilman Brown and councilman Cotati, Madam clerk. We open the vote Close the vote It passes seven as you wrote The next item is the general business agenda Item 4 is the city managers report in response to recommendations from the Human Relations Commission and civilian police review board Let me say this is a general business agenda item But this item was presented to the city council the city managers response Was presented to the city council at our work session our last work session Some of you may or may not have been here, but we moved the meeting down into the chamber Again, it was not a public hearing matter, but we allowed for comments on the report I Indicated at that time that it will be coming back to the general business agenda Specifically for the council to add any comments or recommendations that he might have in reference to the city managers report This is not going to be public hearing Meeting for people to make comments We will hear comments from the city council and we will Hear responses if the manager so chooses, but I'm not going to get into again a discussion of this item We we think that we've been very very open and transparent and trying to Hear what the public had to say on this item and we heard a lot at the last meeting So this meeting is to hear from the council people specifically and determine what directions if any they want to give to the city manager and I'm going to lead off the discussions on this matter I Indicated at the last time I had not had an opportunity to fully Review the city manager's response As probably most of you know it was about 131 Pages in response to the Human Relations Commission and the civilian police review board let me begin first by saying I had an opportunity To attend the stop the violence march despair Saturday At McDougal apartments and the march was sponsored by the local branch of the NAACP and various churches Most of the comments were made at that rally were made about What should and could be done to reduce violence in our community and how the community and police should be working together? Many of the comments focus on how we as African Americans Need to take more personal and community Responsibility well for what is occurring in our community and they need to be more proactive and helping to guide our young African-American boys and girls into positive activities as well as reporting what we see and know with respect to criminal activities in our communities I agree with much of what was said at that rally and I respected the persons for willing to come out and share their thoughts However for me there were two Very important points that were made with respect to the police Which I think are very relevant and pertinent to the General business agenda item that we discussed in this evening and again that item was the city manager's report In response to recommendations from the Human Relations Commission and civilian police review board and the issue of community trust in the police department The first point was that McDougal residents and there were more than McDougal residents there But they in particular would like to see police officers Out of their cars More and see them walking their neighborhoods and meeting residents They voice the opinions that only residents who felt they would not welcome such an activity by the police Of those residents who may be engaged in criminal activities The second point was that people are concerned That if the report criminal incidents involving persons to the police The police will tell the criminals which residents give which residents gave them information Therefore, they're very reluctant to give information to the police officer Now we had several police officers in attendance at that rally one of which was officer Forbes and He tried to lay that concern by telling persons how they could report crimes or give information in a confidential way But it's obviously a concern that needs to be addressed We live in a region where many people have jobs and communities in which they don't live I think that it's only human nature for those persons that after they leave their jobs and go home They become more involved and concerned about what happens in their communities and not as vested about the communities And whether they have jobs but don't live Their vested interest lies more in the communities in which they live rather than communities in which they work And I can understand and appreciate the level of interest they may have In some cases persons may have jobs such as social workers Teachers health workers and etc. They require them to have more interaction with the citizens of the communities where they work And thus they may be more involved in communities in which they work For all of our police officers It is important to have more personal Individual and community interaction It helps the residents to get to know them and likewise for them to know the residents It also could help in creating valuable relationships and helping offices to perform their duties We've seen the high number of officers to do not live in the city of Durham 304 out of 520 offices do not live in the city of Mesa Durham some of them may live in Durham County, but many live outside the city and And counting and in fact about 203 of them live in the counties of Wake Orange Pearson and elements For these offices in particular who live outside of Durham City I think they need to have a more more interaction with the citizens of Durham other than through such events as National Night Out PLPL other block events and etc. I Personally would like to see police procedures in place That will require police officers to document the fact that they're spending a certain amount of their patrol time Out of their vehicles and meeting and walking neighborhoods This is in my opinion is a special important that have been done in some of our high crime areas Given the high number of officers who do not live in Durham I think it is a special important for those officers to become more involved in our neighborhoods By getting out of their vehicles and meeting residents of the neighborhoods that they patrol during their on-duty time We see this type of interaction in mass once a year during national night out But that in my opinion is not enough to cultivate the type of relationships that we need to secure the confidence of our residents Especially those who live in neighborhoods where there's a high incidence of crime And therefore requesting the city manager to give more give some serious thought To implement and procedures for our offices to do more foot patrols in these neighborhoods as he directs the police department One approach might be to identify certain neighborhoods where this practice could be implemented for a specific duration Out of which we could determine its impact on the community and its residents in my opinion The statement which is on page 35 of this report the statement reads Officers are also strongly encouraged to get out of their cause Whenever possible and engage people in conversation. It's not a sufficient response to my concerns I think that it should be mandate become mandated as a part of their standard operating procedures and performance plans and Document it in a manner that can be they can be held accountable for for such foot foot patrol activity As I indicated, I've had an opportunity to review the manager's report response and executive summary to the Human Relations Commission and civilian review review board and I support the manager's recommendations With the exception of his response to HRC nine My concern is with vehicle searches not premises Dwellings of the real property for which the Durham Police Department Concurors that written consent to search forms should be required HRC nine recommendation was that we recommend that a written form be required for all consent searches This form must be signed by the citizens or detainee. It should be available in English and Spanish and reviewing this Issue I've asked and I'm asking the following questions and it can be answered tonight or some other time One question I have is what action can an officer now take if a person refuses to allow their vehicle to be searched The second question is if a vehicle search results in the inside or outside of the vehicle being dismantled Who's responsible for reassembling the interior of exterior or exterior of the vehicle? And if it's the officer's responsibility, I'd like to know how soon must this be done To me this answer is especially important if nothing of a criminal nature is discovered in the vehicle Are there general orders that cover this question or action? If so, I'd like to what know what the general order number is because it wasn't clear on page 55 of the general order 404 r-2 date April 2 for 2014. I Like to know was there a general on this order on this subject before the president general order? And so how did it read and I can tell you from my own personal comments that Individuals have come to me and have said that they've been stopped The vehicle has been searched It's this dismantled and it's left for them to put it back together Now I've had several people to tell me this and That is concern that I have so I really like to have understanding of what goes on with that Now I understand that the court allows a vehicle to be searched without a written consent But it's done under the following circumstances If there's a probable cause If there is an arrest or the process of being arrested or having a reasonable suspicion or a warrant Under those circumstances a vehicle can be searched However, barring any of these circumstances. I think that a person who has been stopped by the police Should be offered the opportunity to sign a written consent before the vehicle is searched There should be documented audio and or video evidence that the person was asked for their consent to search the vehicle and gave their Consent before any vehicle search is Conducted I'm not persuaded by any argument They're requiring a written consent before searching a vehicle with negatively impact Operations or place any extra burden on the officer when he has stopped the vehicle and for the officer to have a written Consent form in their hand or on their body as they approach the vehicle The fact that the Durham Police Department has concluded that in certain circumstances Officers will be directed to obtain the consent of operators to search the vehicles Acknowledges that consents to search a vehicle are reasonable requests Requiring a written consent to search a vehicle absent the presence of any of the other circumstances Upon which a consent to search a vehicle is not required In my opinion will not negatively impact police operations In fact, I think requiring a written consent request before searching the vehicle in my opinion Will only further will only further strengthen the desire of the city manager as he has stated and he's stated that to signal the Repairing and rebuilding of a trusting relationship between the police department in all segments of the Durham community We as city council members are free to give our individual a collective thoughts and request to the city manager Both publicly and our privately and we do I Will understand our city charter on these police matters and that ultimately is up to the city manager To make a procedural changes in the police department and not the mayor or the city council But it's mayor I feel an obligation to also give my comments and recommendations on a matter that has taken on the Significant importance that has it has in our community This year of racial profiling remains a concern and the Durham Police Department says that in carrying out their duties They do not perform racial profiling The raw statistics alone as provided by the Durham Police Department in my opinion don't bear that out In view of the department's denial of performing racial profiling and statistics I agree with the city manager that a more thorough analysis of circumstances Associated with those statistics is needed before conclusions can be drawn However, I think the city manager give us a timetable as to when that analysis can be concluded So as to bring back to the city council and the public His conclusions as to whether or not racial profiling exists in the city by the Durham Police Department It may be necessary to bring in a credible Independent outside expert on racial profiling to assist in this effort But we need to bring some finality to this issue and we need to do it as soon as possible Meanwhile, I would hope that the Durham Police Department understands the seriousness of this charge and going forward They will make sure that it's not adding to the concerns vice-arrest actions Finally, there is a request by some members of the community that the possession of a small amount of marijuana We made a low enforcement Policy law low enforcement prior to for the police Here again, I agree with the city manager on this response to this request when he says and I quote It would require a corner a coordinated approach and buy-in from the entire criminal justice system to implement. I Can assure you that this request has been taken seriously as well as its impact on many young adults Steps have been taken to engage the appropriate agencies and more discussions on this issue The final outcome will have to wait for the conclusion of those discussions And I'm not this time at liberty to give a time frame for reaching the conclusion at this time But I can assure you it is being looked at Those conclude my remarks on the report Again, I think the manager and his staff have done a great job of going through his reports We obviously don't have agreement on all issues But at some point in time, we've got to bring it to a close Director manager to do what we think is appropriate to either Support or not support and tell him where we support his recommendations or give our other recommendations But for me That is where I am on city manager's report They are my recommendations and I'm now going to open the council floor for comments from other city council members Recognize Councilman good Carney Just before before you recognize the mayor pro tem If you have a question It's a question that might require an answer from the police department, so I recognize councilman good party. I Happily defer to the mayor pro tem if she wants an answer to a question. I just have general remarks I have a question that has to do with the racial equity training and how That consultant Is being chosen and more information about the content of that training Madam mayor pro tem. I think I'd like mr. Chad. Well to to respond to that at this point Since he was the staff person from the city manager's office that that researched that matter Keith Chad will deputy city manager madam mayor pro tem and members of council. Mr. Mayor Believe the question is to the content of the training that's offered how they were selected It it it literally rolls out of a fairly exhaustive research on The number of entities across the country that do racial equity training first in general But there was a concern to what extent that kind of training might be applied to policing organizations The organization has been selected Did receive a federal funding to set up an opportunity to do This kind of training as it specifically applies to policing operations Without a without a compromise. I think to the very content of what goes to the heart of Racial equity training in general the idea is can we reach in a workforce that is policing an Opportunity for a policing decision to be made Based on the substance of the situation that they confront in a thoughtful matter Versus an automatic reaction to what they might React to how they might react in terms of their own cultural backgrounds and experiences So I personally joined the police department in recommending the organization they've selected and Keith just for the record the organization is The organization is Out of the out of the University of South Florida headed by Dr. Lori Ferdell Who has very very strong and solid national credentials on the topic of racial profiling and racial equity training and Certainly not the exclusive one in the organization for this nation, but we think this is a good But that provides a significant number of law enforcement agencies across the country this train. That's correct. Thank you Oh, so so then there was not an opportunity for an RF Q no RFQ You just chose someone and well, and there wasn't an advertisement of any sort requesting proposals from Consultants all over the country you just chose this one. Yeah, there was not and it we did Go fairly narrowly constricted around at some level of expertise in this work as it applies to policing entities While there are options along those lines and they were considered We thought this to be the best fit for Durham. It's councilman. Good time councilman. Good time before you do that I think we ought to recognize our new DA Roger Eccles is in the audience and we had an opportunity to Come from Katani. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you for your remarks. I look forward to talking more about those As I said at the work session on this matter I very much appreciate the extensive and thorough review by staff of the HRC and civilian police review board recommendations and the considerable input by community members and groups I also want to thank the Administration and the police department for the initiatives and changes already implemented or underway I think this response to the HRC recommendations is a good start towards addressing the concerns raised I do think we can go further in some areas most notably in the area of vehicle consent searches Exploring the use of body cameras and accelerating time tables time tables for data review among others I would ask my colleagues that we continue this item to a future work session Whether this Thursday or otherwise to have a more in-depth discussion on each of the recommendations Thanks Thank you other other comments councilman Martin Thank you, you know, it's been nearly a year since Fade first appeared before us a raising the issue of institutional racism Policies and procedures the Durham Police Department from the beginning Fade said it was not about any Individual or their actions, but about institutional policies And there's nothing there's no silver bullet. There's no Action that we can take tonight that can change the institution overnight. They can can turn it 180 degrees So these these issues are going to be ongoing And so for what I want I want to echo something that that councilmember Cattati said which is that the collection I believe that We've made great strides already. I believe that Fade obviously had five requests The Human Relations Commission 34 recommendations the civilian police review board 10 recommendations and to a large extent I believe that the manager has in his response has has Concurred with a lot of what has been brought up But in order to move forward with Trust which is in the manager's three points We need to have transparency and accountability And so that goes to the collection of data and it goes to regular reporting of data And I want the quarterly report on crime statistics to counsel to begin to include information on on stops and I I can support written consent I Can accept Documentation and there was a little confusion for me in the report for Fayetteville I couldn't tell that both written consent and documentation was used interchangeably I'm not so but absent Fayetteville so far I don't think anyone has brought up an example of a community where written consent is Implemented Dallas at one point was but it appears from the report that they actually use documentation. That is video recording audio recording Written consent as a way of documenting that consent was given But I want to see information collected and reported quarterly. I want to know whether or not that this it's difficult I had really careful comments written out, but I'm like skipping over those because I Want to say that first of all that's something that councilman Schultz said last two weeks ago I that I believe too which is that the significant majority of Durant's police officers are dedicated to creating a community Where every law abiding citizen a resident feels safe they act with integrity But my working assumption is that more than 500 sworn officers There's a possibility that there are some we don't meet those high standards And by using a data and recordings it's I believe it's possible that we can identify whether there are problems And if there are with whom those problems originate so we can't Change an institution overnight, but we can implement policies which make it possible to To observe to manage and to Guide the department in the future if that's necessary So I want to say this about recruiting from the community one of the things I've learned over the last two weeks is that the recruiting classes are not full There's an opportunity for anybody in the Durham community who wants who's qualified and Wants to be in the police department to join a recruiting class. That's what I've been told I've also seen a department recruiting all over the city So I know that they do that actively and I also believe as the mayor Alluded to that the work before us is really to find ways to encourage the police officers In my opinion to live within Durham city limits on Thanks, Steve. Thanks On vehicle cameras understand the HRC's desire for there to be non-stop dashboard video But I also understand the challenge of Storing the sheer volume of data that would be collected under the current procedures Cameras begin recording automatically when the flashing lights are on and when officer turns cameras on manually So I'm comfortable with that if we're collecting data. How many known incidents are unrecorded and Where are those falling? Are there outliers in that in the is is every officer have about the same or are there officers who have a preponderance of those incidents and that's the kind of data that I see as needing to collect and to Analyze and I want to appreciate the department for moving so rapidly on racial equity training I know the community has concerns over content and skill of facilitators on such a complex topic I look forward to additional information The materials provided indicate that the command level training can be held in conjunction with community leaders And I think it's strategically important for the department to Open to be open to this possibility Councilman shul and I participated in one of the local programs to our works The value of which was firmly rooted in the diversity of the participants. I endorse a training that is as inclusive as possible On marijuana arrests has been said. I think the manager's approach is exactly right southern Coalition for social justice Gave council members a number of documents one of those was an article from the New York Times on the district attorney there Deciding to begin dismissing Charges but in that article it indicated the legislature Had actually changed the law and that the local police department New York City Had found ways to circumvent the legislature's desires all of which pointed out to me is that No one part of the system can make that change as the manager has pointed out in the mayor's endorsed and is acting on It requires everybody working in concert in the service of transparency and accountability I would like to see published quarterly reports on the number of complaints received by the professional standards division Along with the outcomes how many are exonerated how many repel what kinds of disciplinary actions were taken I don't need to see Individual by individual, but I need to know if there are individual outliers in the data if 72% of the complaints Are for one individual? I would like to know that there is an individual collecting that many complaints And I believe that should be in the quarterly reports as well Whether the managers recommendations go far enough is a fair question and I imagine that there are people on both sides of that issue What is not open to debate is that we must step forward together? Residents police community groups city government, and we must work collaboratively on creating a more fair and just society always Through transparency the collection and the reporting of information Regularly comes accountability and with that comes trust. I will say that I just I'm going to quote Winston Churchill here Now is not the end It's not even the beginning of the end, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning This work is going to go on for a long time and I promise that I will be here through that long Like a councilman market other other comments Let me Councilman Brown Thank You mr. Mayor And Again, I want to thank the city manager Tom Bonfield for this I thought very thorough report and Also to our mayor bill bill for his comments this evening all of which I concur with But I do want to speak briefly about the issue of marijuana and The high Arrest rate we see in this city particularly by African-american males It is said by some that marijuana can be a Gateway drug But when you think about it as we all should the Arrest of our young people especially for housing small Amounts of marijuana Can also be another gateway and that is a a gate that leads into our jails and Into our criminal justice system System where too often we find that our prisons become Not places of rehabilitation But schools colleges graduate schools of crime and As a result is when the those arrested who eventually come out or more hardened and Perhaps more criminally activated Then they were when they first went in so our system itself Too often in ducks and induces more criminal behavior You know it is said that sometimes the people are ahead of their government and particularly to Our criminal justice system. I read recently a Pew poll That Close to 75% of the American population Would Favored drug treatment and Rehabilitation as opposed to simply throwing people in jail To incarcerate them now, obviously there are or those who say that Calling it whatever you want a decriminalization of marijuana having it within our police department be a much lower priority that This is a complex Issue that needs buy-in from a variety of local State and even federal agencies They are right, of course That's true But this does not in my judgment Prohibit this city From taking this Issue much more seriously than we have in the past by engaging in Further research and hopefully further actions along this lines Within the Durham Police Department, it is our young people who are really being crucified by this And eventually it must come to a stop. We need a common We need what we do not have now In my judgment a common-sense solution To this challenge Thank you, Mr. Welcome. Are there any other comments? Recognize councilman Davis councilman shul and the mayor protein in that order. Thank you, mr. Mayor Councilman Brown's comments about school Rings a bell and I certainly agree with him about what happens once people are incarcerated but also think that we ought to have a discussion that combines the collective Input that we have gotten on this issue from lots of different people. We've heard from Police, we've heard from the administration. We've heard from council members. We've heard from the community We've heard from People talking through the media We also have heard lots of discussions about how we ought to be able to deal with this issue of police Versus the community and I don't think it ought to be one versus the other I think the learnings that we may have captured over the last month or so when we look at the Midwest There are some things that happened in those locations that are never to happen in Durham And that we ought to work together to make sure that they don't happen I think we ought to make sure that we surround the young people While they are free and not incarcerated that we have a community Dialogue around the things that have been brought up from the Human Relations Commission report the city managers report and all the people who involve themselves in that report But embrace the young people that we have so that they won't be in a position where they will have to be Them versus the police we've got some work to do in that arena and I think this community is smart enough savvy enough and Articulate enough To make sure that we do some things that will prevent young people from being in a situation where we avoid the Formal schooling and end up with the schooling that calcium and brown is talking about It behooves all of us to work real hard through this report and through this community effort to bring that about I want to thank the Administration particularly and the far-reaching inclusion that they've had to try to deal with this issue And I certainly want to thank the community to for embracing the issue and trying to make sure that we prevent Issues here in Durham from escalating to the place to the point where they have escalated in the Midwest So thank you very much, and I look forward to working with everybody to bring about this change Like your councilman Davis Recognize councilman shul Thank You mr. Mayor, I made Extended marks, I would say two weeks ago, so I'm not going to do that again, but I did want to Reiterate a couple of things first of all I think it's great that it seems to be an emerging consensus consensus emerging on the council about written consent, and I think that's critically important and I'm appreciative of my colleagues speaking out on that very much I'm really glad that mr. Eccles is here because his office would play a key role in anything that we do regarding the low-level enforcement of of Enforcement of low-level drug offenses, and it's great to see you here mr. Eccles and congratulations on your new post I know you'll do a fantastic job at that And I appreciate mr. Mayor your leadership and the actions you've already taken just the last two weeks to push that along And I think it's really it's great leadership, and It's it's it's really important, and thank you I want to again thank the city manager the community groups Human Relations Commission civilian police review board and everyone who's contributed the process and it's really been a Really good process, and I've appreciated the city manager saying several times recently that this has been This is hard, but this is good This is what we need, and I've appreciated his attitude about that enough, and I think that everyone in this community has contributed Has made this process a good one, and we have to keep moving ahead I Do believe in the decriminalization of marijuana we're not going to get that from the state legislature So we have to figure out what we're going to do here in Durham, so I want to just Say that I know that For the police department. This is a difficult time. It's hard to be criticized. I mean I'm a I'm elected official I signed up for it but These officers who were on the streets. I know from talking to several of them many of them That they do feel under fire That they do feel like there is pressure being put on them And that they are in some cases being unfairly maligned And what I want to say about our department is this it's an excellent police department It's an excellent police department. We have 515 uniformed officers and These people are working very hard to protect us every day under very difficult circumstances Young people often called upon to make really difficult decisions And I think if we're going to move ahead as a community It's really important that we have their buy-in and leadership and to that extent not only do we need to Make changes where they're necessary, but we also need to be supportive of those people who are out there on our behalf and This is a this is a difficult but important fine line to walk And I urge members of the community to walk that line with us and with our department Yes, we need to make changes, but we also need to acknowledge They're really good and critically important daily work that the department does So mr. Mayor, I really appreciate your comments and the comments of my colleagues And I feel good that we're going to move ahead into some really good things in Durham. Thank you Welcome recognizing their protein Thank You mr. Mayor for your comments, and I would like to thank everyone who has participated in this process especially The Human Relations Commission and those citizens who were willing to come and share with us What has happened to them in? This community now I appreciate the work of our law enforcement personnel In fact, I thank them on an ongoing basis for their work They're they're good goes without question But the not so good is the reason for the discussions that we're having Community has spoken and we cannot afford to wait too long To get some concrete action in place itemizing for the community Everything that needs to be changed that will be changed that needs to be done and As soon as possible, and I think we need a deadline to to deal to deal with that Community has spoken we can't afford to wait too long for something else to happen here Thanks everybody for coming out The piece that really concerns me the most is how young black men have told us That they have been stopped arbitrarily by police officers and so the written consent needs to be in place as Soon as possible and I know it's legal to do it And I think that's one of the first steps We can't take because we can't take that step and we should take the step now. Thank you very much You're welcome Let me Conclude this this this part of the Agenda Councilwoman Cotate has indicated she would like to have further discussion on this at our work session Thursday And I don't have a problem that I don't think it in well sales problem, but I think we really have got to Bring this to a conclusion relative to the work that's been done Now we've had the Human Relations Commission to spend six months on it We began out the city manager spent almost two months in compiling this report We first spoke to it publicly at our last work session We're speaking with again this evening. We speak to it again Thursday at the work session What I'd like to encourage my colleagues to do so we can really move forward We've seen the 43 recommendations Plus that the city manager has recommended I think we ought to him as well as to the public to let him know which of these we support in which we don't support Or if we're going to tweak any of them suggest how it might be tweaked And I like to get that done at the work session So he can move forward the public can move forward and we can move forward on this particular item So that's going to be my suggestion for our work session Thursday come prepared to Decide which of these Recommendations you supported don't support or you want tweaked so we can bring some final to that and move forward Recognize the city manager Thank You mr. Mayor, and certainly I want to take this opportunity to thank each of the members of council For as usual your thoughtfulness, but in particular the direct feedback that You are so comfortable Providing to us in terms of what you're thinking You know it's been my experience Certainly with this council as much as any that I've ever worked for that when when we have the The direct collectable thoughts of the mayor and the council as the elected representatives of the of the community interacting with the the staff's best professional Research and and information that we end up with the best results and certainly not only the best results, but clarity of intent I think that There are times when when we communicate individually that we think we hear one thing But when we communicate collectively and have a chance to discuss them more thoroughly as is being suggested Maybe at at a work session format that we can be absolute certain about the the clarity of our intent Certainly heard many thoughts Tonight some of which for the first time so I'd like you know little little time to To process those but before I make a response, but we'll be prepared to talk about that on on Thursday As I indicated And also to answer Hopefully answer some of the questions that were raised tonight Although there may be a few that are going to require a bit more research and they take a little longer. I think I'd indicated earlier couple weeks ago that you know as a part of the the transparency of This follow-up going forward. We would be developing a Matrix if you want to call it that with a timeline of all of the actions that we we anticipated Would be taken many of those actions are Administrative in nature and are already underway some of them We will be bringing back to you that require, you know some follow-up action from you and then as we heard tonight I think there are some areas that that you wish to provide Collectively more direction that will be responding to as well So we'll be prepared in a very short order to answer a couple of your questions to to have this action Matrix so to speak completed and and Posted, you know on the website so that the community will know all of the the actions and as they're as they're finalized and the the projected timelines for those Completions and then we'll be updating those with with status reports along the way So clearly, you know, I'm committed and I know the staff of the police department in our city manager's office staff is is Committed to continue to to give our best efforts and work on this issue But also be very transparent about the the work that we're doing and as many of you have have Reference back to to some of my comments about the the issues of transparency and accountability leading to trust I do firmly believe that's the case, but we will be prepared to to continue with this discussion Thursday I don't want to promise that we're going to have 100% of the answers within 48 hours, but but we certainly Will be prepared to it to have a very thorough conversation So that we can we can have a good interaction and in collective discussion with you. So, thank you Manager, we're going to move to item 5 which was pulled from the consent agenda Recognizing the stellar Adams. This was approval of public and private Pre-development of course It's out of here three minutes. Thank you My name is Stella Adams. I live at 41 28 cobblestone place in Durham, North Carolina I am by profession a Fairhousing expert and serve as senior consultant to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development It's a senior policy advisor to the the Patricia Roberts Harris National Fairhousing Training Academy on the issue of Affirmatively furthering fair housing and fair housing issues. I Am pulled this item because I would like the administration to share with the public How they whether this contract being awarded is in compliance with section 3 And if so, what is it what has been done to ensure that section 3 residents section 3 businesses and section 3 contracts Subcontractors have been put in place. So I'd like to know what the section 3 Compliance is on this contract Also, I'm back home now, and I'll be asking this question every time there is a a federal dollar attached Above a hundred thousand dollars So in the future I'm asking the city council to make that part of any reporting that is done So I would ask the city council not to approve a nine hundred thousand dollar expenditure Without making sure that we're in compliance with our federal regulation Mr. Johnson, could you address that and in particular the fact that the staff I think had already developed a section 3 Plan previous to this and whether or not that still was in compliance. Yes. We yes Reginald Johnson director department of community development. Yes, the City of Durham has developed a section 3 Plan that was approved at the beginning of the south side Revitalization project did come before the city city council has been effect through phase 1 We'll be in effect as we move forward with any additional phases. We have also reported on section 3 Consistently as we've gone through phase 1 this phase this particular item is for design of phase 2 It's a purpose and so it will be the same rules that we have been following all along Section 3 should be done You should know what the plan is how the money is going to be allocated to subcontractors prior to the award of the contract not afterwards if you report if the sub if the Subrecipient is reporting after the fact then they're just doing their best effort and that does not guarantee that it's being delivered Please note that I will be putting in a four-year request knowing how the section 3 was applied to the previous phase and To how it is applied here, and I will be Filing if it's not done in compliance Like this amount. Did you have any comments on this? This was a sentence an item recommended action I think if the if there's any other questions certainly contact the department of community development, and they'll be more than happy to Provide the the details on that Entering the motion on item move the item Been property moving second and moved by the mayor pro temp second by counsel and catae and madam clerk. We open the vote Close the vote It passes seven zero like any other items to come before the council If not the meetings adjourn at 8.01 p.m. Thank you