1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Miss Barry with a second. All in favor? Okay. Uh, we're going into a very 2 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:15,920 special moment now and council, we need Mr. Dav has something to say. 3 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:22,320 » Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to dedicate the Canapapolis Middle School 4 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:24,720 campus athletic field as Rogers Field. >> Thank you. All in favor? 5 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:28,160 » A second. >> Get a second. Mr. Mr. Payne. All in 6 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:30,960 favor. Thank you very much. All right. We're 7 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:34,640 going to come down if the family wants to come up. 8 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:37,960 Mr. Melton's going to read something very special. 9 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,760 » All right, 10 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:56,079 » Scott, do you want to hold this? This is a So, before we get started here, as the 11 00:00:53,840 --> 00:01:01,600 family's coming down, uh I was just sharing with the family earlier that I 12 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:05,840 had the opportunity to work with Scott uh some years ago. He helped us with 13 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:09,920 rideofways and everything else. It was so amazing to be able to work with 14 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:15,040 someone obviously that can come out, have a cup of coffee with someone that's 15 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:19,759 out, negotiate a property, and without any conflict. So, you're talking about a 16 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:24,000 special moment. Uh th this is special for me for sure, but just thinking about 17 00:01:22,159 --> 00:01:28,560 this family and the years and time that I've had an opportunity to be able to 18 00:01:25,439 --> 00:01:33,439 work uh with Rick and others uh and and this facility that the school sits on, a 19 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:37,119 lot of history there. Uh Meredith, I know, you know, with my wife and others 20 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:40,640 that were there teaching at the school system, my mom before, but this is 21 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:44,240 special to be able to do this for you guys. So, let me read a little 22 00:01:42,079 --> 00:01:48,159 dedication here for this, but uh this is a resolution dedicating the Canapapolis 23 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:52,880 Middle School athletic field adjacent to Oakwood Avenue in honor of the Rogers 24 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:57,040 family. Whereas the land in which Canapapolis Middle School campus, sixth 25 00:01:54,960 --> 00:02:01,520 grade building, Athletic Field sits, located adjacent to Oakwood Avenue, has 26 00:01:59,759 --> 00:02:07,600 been a part of the Rogers family since the mid 1900s and has served as the city 27 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:11,760 as a city park. And whereas the Rogers family has farmed and cared for this 28 00:02:09,599 --> 00:02:16,080 land for generations until the early 2000 when the property that became the 29 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:21,360 site of the Canapapolis Middle School campus was sold to Canapapolis City 30 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:25,520 Schools. And whereas the Rogers family has a longstanding and distinguished 31 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:31,440 history of service to Canapapolis City Schools and the students and families of 32 00:02:28,239 --> 00:02:35,519 the Canapapolis community. And whereas Delinda Rogers served as a mathematics 33 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:41,280 teacher in Canapapolis City Schools for 32 years and also served for many years 34 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:46,800 as a cheerleading advisor, positively impacting generations of students both 35 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:50,959 in the classroom instruction and extracurricular activities. Whereas 36 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:55,680 Scott Rogers has been employed with Canapapolis City Schools since 1991, 37 00:02:54,080 --> 00:03:01,599 having taught science and currently serving as a director of operations 38 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:06,879 while also dedicating many years to Canapapolis student athletes as a coach 39 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:12,400 of varsity football, softball, as well as middle school football and baseball. 40 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:16,080 Whereas other members Whereas other members of the Rogers family have 41 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:21,040 demonstrated a similar commitment in education and public service, including 42 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:25,280 Jan Rogers Johnson, who retired from Cabaris County Schools, her daughter 43 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:30,400 Meredith Johnson Spry, who retired from Canapapolis City Schools, and additional 44 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:35,760 members of the Rogers family, who have served and currently served the 45 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:41,920 Canapa City School, including Hope Johnson Bean, Travis Rogers, Elizabeth 46 00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:47,680 Rogers, Grouchy Rogers, Carolyn Rogers, McKenzie Rogers, Caleb Spry, and Rachel 47 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:51,360 Spry. And whereas the naming and excuse me, whereas naming the 48 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:56,159 athletic field in honor of the Rogers family would acknowledge the family's 49 00:03:53,760 --> 00:04:00,799 historic connection to the land and decades of service to the school system, 50 00:03:58,959 --> 00:04:04,720 providing a lasting tribute to the family whose contributed or 51 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:08,959 contributions have strengthened the community. Now therefore be it resolved 52 00:04:06,879 --> 00:04:13,760 the city council of Canapapolis, North Carolina hereby dedicates and renames 53 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:17,680 the athletic field at Canapapolis Middle School campus as Rogers Field in 54 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:23,120 recognition of the Rogers family long-standing connection to the property 55 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:27,898 and extraordinary history of service to Canapapolis City Schools and the greater 56 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,918 community. Thank you all. [applause] 57 00:04:37,068 --> 00:04:39,088 » [applause] 58 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:51,160 » Yes, I think 59 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,600 Congratulations. 60 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:21,199 I know. I know. I'll see you tomorrow. How about that? 61 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:25,199 » Those babies are beautiful. Oh my gosh. Congratulations. Thank you, 62 00:05:23,039 --> 00:05:29,680 » buddy. How about smiling? >> Those babies are precious. 63 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:33,479 Congratulations. >> Hey, buddy. 64 00:05:30,479 --> 00:05:33,479 » Hi. 65 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,680 » Hi. Congratulations. Thank you. 66 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,560 Hi. >> Good seeing you here. 67 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:47,880 » Congratulations. >> Good seeing you. 68 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:56,320 » You think you'd ever say there >> congratulations. Yes, sir. 69 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:59,360 » Appreciate everything. >> Congratulations. Thank you so much. 70 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,800 » Yes, ma'am. >> Congratulations. Thank you. 71 00:06:01,039 --> 00:06:07,600 » Yes. Very much. >> Very well deserved. Good seeing you. 72 00:06:04,639 --> 00:06:13,720 » Thank you for all your support. Hi. Thank you for all your support. Yes. 73 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,720 Thank you. 74 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:20,319 » Hey J. >> Good seeing you, man. Good seeing you. I 75 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:27,919 always think about Mr. Edwards when I see you. Good seeing you, sir. 76 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:32,560 Hey, buddy. Hey, Tom. How are you, sir? Good seeing you. Good seeing you. 77 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:38,639 » Yeah. Hello, young lady. Yes, ma'am. Yes, 78 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:38,639 ma'am. Turn. Yeah. 79 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:45,400 Thank you. Congratulations. >> Good job, woman. 80 00:06:46,479 --> 00:06:51,680 » Congratulations, baby. >> Hey, man. How are you doing? Good. 81 00:06:49,919 --> 00:06:54,919 » Hey, brother. How are you, sir? Good seeing you. 82 00:06:55,199 --> 00:07:02,840 » Well, I don't guess we are. >> We don't need a recess. Let's just let 83 00:06:59,599 --> 00:07:02,840 him go. 84 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:15,240 the whole place. 85 00:07:19,039 --> 00:07:24,680 » That was good. [snorts] >> Good job. 86 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,960 » Wow. 87 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,479 any attention on you. 88 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,350 Yeah. [snorts] 89 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:57,280 » All right. At this time, we will go ahead and move on to our our speakers 90 00:07:54,560 --> 00:08:02,000 from the floor. >> Yes, sir. Mayor, thank you, sir. 91 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:06,400 So, the first speaker I have, if you will come to the podium, um you will 92 00:08:04,479 --> 00:08:10,879 have four minutes to speak. You'll see lights at the podium, timer at the 93 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:15,039 front. Four minutes. At the one minute mark, the light will turn yellow. At the 94 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:20,960 end of your four minutes, you'll hear a buzzer. Um and the first card I have is 95 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:24,120 Terry Stowers. >> Oh, yeah. 96 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:33,680 Good evening, mayor and members of the city council. My name is Terry Stowers 97 00:08:31,919 --> 00:08:37,839 and I've been a resident of of Canapapolis for more than 25 years. I'm 98 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:41,680 also a member of the Friends of Canapapolis Parks, which is operates 99 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:47,040 under the umbrella of Partners for Parks, a 501c3 nonprofit organization. 100 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:51,519 I'm here tonight because I believe it's important to remember how we arrived at 101 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:56,880 this point and the commitment this city has already made to the future of parks 102 00:08:53,440 --> 00:09:01,440 and recreation in Canapapolis. In 2023, the city engaged a consultant to develop 103 00:08:59,519 --> 00:09:06,560 a comprehensive park and recreation master plan. Public participation was 104 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:10,880 important part of the process. Through community survey, stakeholder 105 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:14,720 interviews, and a community workshops, Canapapolis residents had the 106 00:09:12,399 --> 00:09:19,120 opportunity to tell the city what they wanted and needed from their park 107 00:09:16,399 --> 00:09:23,120 system. That public input identified several priorities, including the 108 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:28,240 preservation of open space and natural areas, greenways for walking and biking, 109 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:33,839 drive-in movie opportunities, and a greater public access to city lakes. The 110 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:38,720 master plan also identified the need for three new neighborhood parks and three 111 00:09:35,839 --> 00:09:45,040 new community parks to adequately serve our current population. On March 25th, 112 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:51,279 2024, the mayor and the city council formally adopted the city of Canapapolis 113 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:56,480 2024 to 2034 park and recreation master plan as a guiding public document for 114 00:09:53,760 --> 00:10:01,360 the implementation and development of a robust and coordinated system of parks, 115 00:09:58,959 --> 00:10:05,200 recreation facilities, programs, and services for the residents of 116 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:09,600 Canapapolis. That action was significant. By adopting the plan, the 117 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:14,480 city acknowledged that the recreation needs expressed by our citizens and esta 118 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:20,480 and established a vision for addressing those needs over the next decade. Then 119 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:25,200 on June 22nd of this year, this city council unanimously voted to place a 120 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:29,680 general obligation bond on the November 3rd ballot to help fund projects 121 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:34,640 identified in the parks and recreation master plan. I'm here tonight to 122 00:10:32,399 --> 00:10:39,760 respectfully remind the council of those actions and more importantly of the 123 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:44,399 public process that led to them. The citizens participated. They completed 124 00:10:42,079 --> 00:10:48,800 surveys. They attended meetings. They shared their priorities. The city 125 00:10:46,399 --> 00:10:54,399 listened, developed a plan based on the input and council formally adopted the 126 00:10:52,079 --> 00:10:59,120 plan. Now voters will have the opportunity to decide whether to provide 127 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:05,200 the funding necessary to move forward with those projects. As we approach 128 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:10,560 November 3rd, I respectfully ask each of you to support city employees in their 129 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:16,399 efforts to inform and educate the public about the bond referendum to the fullest 130 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:21,920 extent present permitted by North Carolina law and the applicable guidance 131 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:27,440 from the state treasurer. Our citizens deserve clear, accurate, and accessible 132 00:11:25,279 --> 00:11:31,680 information about what being what is being proposed, 133 00:11:29,279 --> 00:11:36,160 what projects the bonds would fund, the financial implications of the bond, and 134 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:40,800 what these investments could mean for the future of Canapapolis. The 135 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:46,240 referendum is ultimately a decision for the voters, but an informed decision 136 00:11:43,279 --> 00:11:50,720 requires an informed community. You have already taken important steps by 137 00:11:48,399 --> 00:11:55,760 listening to the public, adopting the master plan, and placing the bond before 138 00:11:53,279 --> 00:12:00,480 the voters. I ask you now to continue that commitment by ensuring our 139 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:05,200 residents have the information they need to make an educated decision on November 140 00:12:02,959 --> 00:12:09,440 3rd. Thank you for your service to our community and for your continued 141 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:12,680 commitment to the future of Canapapolis. >> Thank you. 142 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:19,160 Next card I have is for Zach Irwin. 143 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:28,880 » Good evening, Zach Irwin of Canapapolis, North Carolina. 144 00:12:26,079 --> 00:12:34,160 Today you will be considering the public hearing and public comments policy and 145 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:39,200 amendments to it. I want to bring your attention to the 146 00:12:36,399 --> 00:12:43,600 amendment that you are proposing so that the public can be informed of it 147 00:12:41,279 --> 00:12:47,600 as well. And gosh, it would be very helpful to be able to use a PowerPoint 148 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:52,480 to do this. We used to be able to do that as part of the speakers from the 149 00:12:49,519 --> 00:12:57,120 floor. Now we can't. I would respectfully ask you to reconsider that 150 00:12:54,240 --> 00:13:02,320 at some point, but nonetheless, here we go. Uh if you'll look at 151 00:13:00,113 --> 00:13:07,120 [clears throat] section D of the public hearing and public comments policy part 152 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:11,440 three where it reads, unless otherwise 153 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:15,040 provided by this policy, a speaker card must be completed and provided to the 154 00:13:13,279 --> 00:13:19,600 city clerk prior to the start of a public hearing or public comment period. 155 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:23,680 And then bullet points one and two say speakers will not be allowed to sign up 156 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:28,959 to speak after the start of the public comment period. Number two, prior to the 157 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:32,320 end of a public hearing, the presiding officer will ask whether there are any 158 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:39,040 individuals wishing to address city council on the topic of the public 159 00:13:34,639 --> 00:13:43,680 hearing. My plea and advice to you is that you will reconsider this change to 160 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:47,519 the policy because as I mentioned last time I spoke here, there are several 161 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:51,839 people who come in with the intent to speak 162 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:57,760 who don't know the policy, who are not informed of the policy ahead of time. 163 00:13:54,800 --> 00:14:02,320 And so they don't know that you have to submit a card ahead of time. Unless you 164 00:14:00,399 --> 00:14:06,320 plan to do a very good job of explaining in detail every single meeting that they 165 00:14:04,639 --> 00:14:13,199 need to turn in their card before the public uh speaking period starts, then I 166 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:18,240 suggest you remove this suggested amendment to the policy because people 167 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:22,959 come and they hear people speak and then they feel so emboldened to speak 168 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:29,519 themselves and so you should allow them to continue to sign up throughout the 169 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:33,199 speakers from the floor process. Also, point two, prior to the end of a public 170 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:36,880 hearing, the presiding officer will ask whether there are any individuals 171 00:14:34,639 --> 00:14:42,240 wishing to address. Please make sure that you clarify to where that's only a 172 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:47,880 public hearing or whether it also applies to speakers from the floor. 173 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:54,800 I ask that you will take these into consideration and I thank you. I thank 174 00:14:52,399 --> 00:14:59,760 you for putting it on the business agenda today to be spoken in public. uh 175 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:04,639 that is very meaningful, it's transparent. Um and then for added 176 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:09,120 transparency, again, I would suggest allowing for PowerPoint presentation to 177 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:14,240 be part of speakers from the floor so that the people at home, the people with 178 00:15:11,839 --> 00:15:20,160 possible hearing impairments are able to see what is being discussed 179 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:25,399 in city council meetings. Thank you for your time and for your consideration. 180 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,399 » Thank you, John. 181 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:30,839 Next card is Cindy Griggs. 182 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:45,680 Good evening, council members. Um, and to all those that are here this evening. 183 00:15:43,839 --> 00:15:50,079 I'm going to speak very briefly. I don't need to add any more to I think what 184 00:15:47,519 --> 00:15:56,639 Terry said um about the upcoming parks bond, but I just would like to advocate 185 00:15:52,800 --> 00:16:00,800 just so much for our continued expansion of our parks and recreation program. 186 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:05,759 Tonight was a very special thing that just happened um with the family that 187 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:11,440 was here with the dedication of the park and that kind of thing we have seen uh 188 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:14,800 just means so much to our families and the people that have been here for a 189 00:16:12,639 --> 00:16:19,680 long time. But we need to remember that our city is growing. Whether we like it 190 00:16:16,959 --> 00:16:25,120 or don't like it, our city is growing. And the fact that we have not added on 191 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:28,959 to a lot of our parks for quite some time is something that we really need to 192 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:33,440 think about long and hard because everybody is loving Canapapolis just 193 00:16:31,199 --> 00:16:39,199 like we have for many, many, many years. We tout ourselves as a city of health 194 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:44,240 and wellness. Right now, coming up later on the agenda is information about our 195 00:16:42,079 --> 00:16:48,160 youth sports program. There are members on this city council that have long been 196 00:16:46,079 --> 00:16:52,000 advocates. I've known you, Doug, for as long as I've lived here for 31 plus 197 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:57,440 years. We have served together in many capacities on different uh parks and 198 00:16:54,639 --> 00:17:02,320 sports programs over the years. And for our community, for our children and our 199 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:07,199 community to continue in the health and wellness programs that we we we tout 200 00:17:05,439 --> 00:17:12,319 everywhere. We have banners talking about this. We need to continue to 201 00:17:09,679 --> 00:17:18,640 develop our parks programs, our health and wellness programs, our greenways. It 202 00:17:15,199 --> 00:17:23,600 has so much more to do with just not just physical health, but mental health. 203 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:28,000 And that's a huge issue these days. So, please take a long hard look. We're not 204 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:33,120 going to stop growing. We're not. Everybody is liking it here and they're 205 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:37,360 moving here. And we have a lot of things to address that way. But one of the 206 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:40,960 things is is the reason why people move here. And they move here because they 207 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:46,000 enjoy all of the wonderful things we have to do here in Canapapolis that have 208 00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:51,919 to do with our park system, our greenway systems, and our sports. Our youth 209 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:56,240 sports program has just gone out the roof. We desperately need more of those 210 00:17:54,640 --> 00:18:00,000 fields and more of those things. So, please keep that in mind and we ask the 211 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:03,600 people that are here tonight that keep that in mind when they get ready to take 212 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:07,039 a look at the bond that's coming up very soon. Thank you very much. Thank you 213 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:11,600 very much for giving us the time to speak tonight about these various 214 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:16,400 issues. And I just can't congratulate the Rogers family enough. I've known 215 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:20,720 most of them since I've been here. They've been part of our family, too. 216 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:24,280 And thank you, council, for presenting them with those honors. 217 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:33,080 » Allison Paladino 218 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:41,760 Good evening, mayor, members of city council, and city staff. My name is 219 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:46,240 Allison Paladino. I'm president and CEO of the Cabaris Regional Chamber of 220 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:51,200 Commerce. I'm here tonight with an exciting invitation for you as city 221 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:56,240 leadership and the local Canapapolis Business Community. On Tuesday, 222 00:18:53,600 --> 00:19:01,600 September 2nd at 6 PM, we're hosting a Canapapolis Connections kickoff party at 223 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:05,679 the Canapapolis Cannonballers game. This event is completely free for local 224 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:10,240 Canapapolis businesses to attend and we hope that city leadership will attend 225 00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:13,440 with us as well. A massive thank you to the Canapapolis Cannonballers for 226 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:17,280 hosting us for this special evening at the ballpark. 227 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:21,679 This party is celebrating the official launch of Canapapolis Connections this 228 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:25,760 fall, a brand new monthly morning networking group created specifically 229 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:30,640 for our local business community to connect, collaborate, and grow. 230 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:34,960 All Canapapolis businesses are invited to invited to start attending the 231 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:39,760 Morning Connections upon our launch this fall. And if a business isn't a chamber 232 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:45,360 member yet, they're invited to attend as our guests through the end of 2026 to 233 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:50,480 experience the group firsthand. This initiative builds on an incredible 234 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:55,520 foundation. Right now, approximately 100 Canapapolis businesses are active 235 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:59,919 chamber members, and 40% of those have been with us for 10 years or more. 236 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:05,039 These businesses are driving local growth, creating jobs, and shaping the 237 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:09,520 future of Canapapolis. To claim a spot for the September 2nd kickoff party, to 238 00:20:07,679 --> 00:20:13,360 get ticket details or learn more about the Morning Network working group or 239 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:17,360 chamber membership, businesses are invited to contact us at the Cabaris 240 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:20,360 Regional Chamber of Commerce at 7047824000. 241 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:26,320 Thank you, city leadership, for your continuous support of our business 242 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:29,120 community and we look forward to seeing everyone for the kickoff party on 243 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:32,760 September 2nd. >> Thank you. 244 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,760 » Thank you. 245 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:40,120 » Okay, mayor. Last card is Violet Elaine Mitchell. 246 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:53,919 Okay, I'm valid Elaine Mitchell. address 415 London Street located right off of 247 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:58,799 South Texas Road. And I know that y'all have heard me speak about the the 248 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:04,559 sidewalk project ever since 2012, but I'm not going to even get on that 249 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:09,600 tonight. I want to say um when I was up here at the last meeting, I talked about 250 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:16,240 what a bad shape uh Lynon Street is in, the culdeac that I live in. And I got a 251 00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:23,360 little song for y'all. For once in my life, I witnessed the issue being 252 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:29,600 expedited. I couldn't believe it was happening, 253 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:34,400 but it did. Okay. Michael Dodge came out that 254 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:39,120 Saturday. I said, "You working on a Saturday?" He said, "Yeah." So, he came 255 00:21:37,039 --> 00:21:43,919 out and he assessed everything that was going on and he assured me that they was 256 00:21:41,679 --> 00:21:48,320 going to get on it. And sure enough, I got a call today and they're gonna start 257 00:21:45,919 --> 00:21:52,480 on scraping the shoulders and everything tomorrow. 258 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:56,159 Um, the other thing I'd like to say, congratulations to the Rogers family. I 259 00:21:54,559 --> 00:22:02,559 know them all. I used to work with them and everything. They're a great family. 260 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:06,480 And the last thing that I have is um I had the opportunity to meet with the 261 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:13,600 governor of North Carolina, Governor Josh Stein. I handed him a handwritten 262 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:19,200 letter of issues and concerns that I had and of um the citizens of North 263 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:25,360 Carolina. He was pleasantly surprised and he knows who Violet Mitchell is now. 264 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:28,480 So anyway, he was he was really impressed with the you know with the 265 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:35,039 issues. I wrote everything down in a letter form and um I gave him a keychain 266 00:22:31,679 --> 00:22:40,080 of in the shape of North Carolina and uh he he really appreciate it. And that's 267 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:45,679 all folks. That's all. [laughter] >> Thank you, M. Mr. 268 00:22:43,039 --> 00:22:48,880 » That's it. Okay. Thank you. All right. Council, we have a consent 269 00:22:47,039 --> 00:22:50,320 agenda. We have need a motion to adopt that. 270 00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:56,720 » So moved, >> Mr. Payne. Mr. Jackson with a second. 271 00:22:53,200 --> 00:23:01,919 All in favor? Okay. We're moving on to the uh business agenda now. I think Miss 272 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:05,440 uh Gordon, always good to see you. 273 00:23:03,919 --> 00:23:11,120 » Good to see you as well. Thank you so much. 274 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:17,840 So this evening I'm presenting the 2627 CDBG nonprofit grant recommendations. 275 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:22,720 So HUD allows entitlement cities to budget up to 15% of our annual 276 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:29,600 allocations for public services that benefit low moderate income residents. 277 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:35,520 Our total CDBG allocation for 2627 is $400,67 278 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:39,440 and 58,000 has been allocated for public services. I would like to thank our 279 00:23:37,919 --> 00:23:45,960 community improvement commission for their time in reviewing the applications 280 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:45,960 and a few of them are here this evening. 281 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:55,919 So the eligible activities um that are or can be awarded for the CDBG grant 282 00:23:52,960 --> 00:24:02,159 would be for employment services, crime prevention and public safety, child 283 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:08,960 care, health services, substance abuse services, fair housing counseling, 284 00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:14,240 education programs, energy conservation, services for senior citizens, services 285 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:17,760 for the homeless persons, welfare services, 286 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:20,760 down payment assistance and recreational services. 287 00:24:20,799 --> 00:24:30,400 So, applications were solicited and we received 24 completed applications 288 00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:35,520 totaling $192,500 in funding requests. Those applications 289 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:41,840 included applications from the academic learning center, ya house, big brothers 290 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:47,039 big sisters, beth baptist church, cabaris health alliance, cabaris ran 291 00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:53,840 community health which is now known as access point central North Carolina 292 00:24:49,760 --> 00:25:00,559 Council C scouting America Christ incorporated submitted two applications 293 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:05,120 classroom central conflict resolution cooperative Christian ministry 294 00:25:01,679 --> 00:25:12,640 Ministries Apprent Espanol Faith Fellowship Church Families First 295 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:19,279 Lock and Key Mid Midnight Mcnite Child Development Center Peak NextGen 296 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:24,720 Rowan Cabaris YMCA Rowan Helping Ministries The Studio The 297 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:30,679 Pseudo Institute Valor Haven Foundation and Vision for 298 00:25:27,279 --> 00:25:30,679 Life of Canapapolis. 299 00:25:31,039 --> 00:25:39,440 The Community Improvement Commission is recommending funding 18 organizations. 300 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:44,640 As we reviewed the applications, the focus for this year was on projects 301 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:49,520 addressing housing, behavior, health, and education. 302 00:25:46,559 --> 00:25:54,559 Organizations can request up to $5,000 for sustaining projects. While most 303 00:25:52,559 --> 00:25:59,919 organizations requested their maximum amount, the CIC chose to fund more 304 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:05,600 organizations with smaller grants amounts than to provide the organization 305 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:10,400 with all that they requested because we have such limited funding. These 306 00:26:08,159 --> 00:26:14,480 projects should be focused on services, not building an infrastructure. 307 00:26:12,799 --> 00:26:18,720 When we look at the applications, we consider the organization's track 308 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:23,600 record. We look at their budgets. We look at how funds are being leveraged. 309 00:26:21,279 --> 00:26:27,600 We also invited four organizations to come and provide additional 310 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:33,039 presentations and to answer questions. Those organizations were the Suda 311 00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:37,679 Institute, Apprent Espanol, Lock and Key and Conflict Resolution. 312 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:43,520 I also want to um emphasize that these grants are reimbursible grants and each 313 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:47,279 organization must submit receipts and documentation showing how the monies 314 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:51,679 have been expended before they are reimbursed. 315 00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:56,880 So, the funding recommendations include the academic learning center um $3,000. 316 00:26:55,360 --> 00:27:01,520 Their funds will be used to support before and after school tutoring 317 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:05,360 programs for Canapapolis City Schools. Aya House, $3,000 318 00:27:03,919 --> 00:27:11,440 funds will be used to support transitional housing program. Big 319 00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:14,799 Brothers Big Sisters, $3,000 funds will be used to support their mentoring 320 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:20,799 program with the focus on mental health strategies. 321 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:27,039 Bethto Baptist Church Ministries 2500 and that's funds to support 322 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:31,600 um crisis assistance programs with um rent, utilities and housing for the 323 00:27:29,039 --> 00:27:36,799 underserved. Cabaris Health Alliance $4,000 324 00:27:34,559 --> 00:27:43,279 comprehensive dental services to title one Canapapolis City Schools. Classroom 325 00:27:39,919 --> 00:27:47,840 Central 3000. the mobile free store program to provide school supplies for 326 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:54,320 Canapapolis City School teachers. Conflict resolution 4,000 funds to 327 00:27:50,880 --> 00:28:00,320 support their teen court intruy program. CCM 4,000 funds to support individuals 328 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:07,440 in crisis crisis. They help to pay utilities and to help prevent evictions. 329 00:28:04,159 --> 00:28:13,200 Apprent Espanol 2500 funds to support families um empowerment 330 00:28:10,159 --> 00:28:18,799 program for the Latino families. Faith Fellowship 2,000 funds to support 331 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:23,039 programs for the unhoused such as transportation, 332 00:28:20,399 --> 00:28:29,039 food, and bus passes. Family First, 4,000 funds to support the 333 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:34,240 homebased child care programs. Lock and key 2500 334 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:40,320 funds to support families impacted by incarceration. 335 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:47,279 Peak NextGen 3000 funds to support out of school tutoring program. 336 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:52,240 Rowan Cabaris YMCA 2500 funds to support their positive youth development 337 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:57,279 afterchool and summer camp program. Rowan Healthy Ministries, 4,000 funds 338 00:28:55,200 --> 00:29:03,520 for crisis assistance for utilities, rent, and their clothing pantry. The 339 00:28:59,919 --> 00:29:07,840 Studio 3,000 funds to support project uplift emergency assistance for the 340 00:29:05,919 --> 00:29:12,640 unhoused. The Suda Institute, 4,000 341 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:16,799 funds for physician-led care coordination for the Sun Project, 342 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:20,080 serving pregnant and postpartum individuals with substance use 343 00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:25,440 disorders. Vision for life 4,000 funds to be used 344 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:29,840 for mentoring tutoring program for the youth along with the parenting 345 00:29:27,279 --> 00:29:34,159 component. So tonight um the motion is or we're 346 00:29:32,399 --> 00:29:38,640 asking is motion to approve these recommendations. Number two, you can 347 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:43,679 revise the public service allocations amount as you see fit. Or three, do not 348 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:49,039 approve the recommendations. The city is not required to fund any nonprofit with 349 00:29:46,159 --> 00:29:54,720 community development block grant funds. All right. [clears throat] Does anyone 350 00:29:50,799 --> 00:30:00,080 have any questions or concerns on this? Miss Hatchel. 351 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:03,600 » No. Okay. Uh Sherry, I just wanted to publicly thank you. I know I sent you 352 00:30:01,679 --> 00:30:07,360 quite a few emails asking about the different things and I do want to thank 353 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:11,039 the CIC board um for the work that you put into it. I think the hardest part 354 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:14,399 about this list is we have so many great nonprofits in our area that really 355 00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:17,279 support our city. So, I [clears throat] know it was not easy for you guys on 356 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:21,840 this decision and I thank you for the questions that I had and explaining what 357 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:24,960 their decisions were. So, thank you to that team that you have that worked on 358 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:28,640 this. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. I appreciate. 359 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:32,799 » Anyone else? >> Okay, we we need a motion here, Miss 360 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:36,000 Dixon. Is there a second? >> Second, 361 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:40,600 » Mr. Dave. All in favor, if you will. Are we good? Thank you. 362 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,600 » Thank you, 363 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:48,320 » old friend, Mr. Smith. Thank you, mayor, members of council. We 364 00:30:45,279 --> 00:30:52,000 have uh two annexations for you tonight. Voluntary annexations we need to hold 365 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:54,960 the public hearing for. And believe it or not, both of them are located very 366 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:58,720 nearby each other, even though they're not the same applicants. So, the first 367 00:30:56,799 --> 00:31:03,520 one we have on your agenda tonight is a voluntary annexation at 115 Kid Street. 368 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:08,720 This is made on behalf of the petitioner Bell Perisim Christian Center 2. Uh it 369 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:13,919 does consist of one parcel, just over an acre. It is a contiguous annexation. Uh 370 00:31:11,919 --> 00:31:18,720 it's located in the city's uh present ETJ which will be dissolved soon and our 371 00:31:16,399 --> 00:31:23,679 future growth area as well. Uh and the proposed use there is a daycare uh 372 00:31:21,039 --> 00:31:28,640 center. So um this kind of gives you an idea of uh the proximity on Moose Road 373 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:33,520 near where Kids Street is west of China Grove Road there and their survey map. 374 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:37,039 So with that, we need to hold a hearing. I'll be glad to answer any questions you 375 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:40,399 have u before or after the hearing. Mayor, 376 00:31:38,159 --> 00:31:43,360 » are there any questions for this item here? 377 00:31:41,919 --> 00:31:48,000 Okay, I'm going to open the public hearing. If you want to speak on this 378 00:31:46,159 --> 00:31:51,000 topic and this topic only, please come now. 379 00:31:52,622 --> 00:31:54,642 [clears throat] 380 00:31:55,039 --> 00:32:03,440 Okay, we're going to close it. Council, we need a motion here filling 381 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:06,480 this ordinance to extend the corporate limits. 382 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:09,360 » I'll make that motion. Mr. Jackson, >> second, 383 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:12,982 » Mr. Dall. All in favor? >> All right. Thank you. 384 00:32:10,962 --> 00:32:12,982 » [clears throat] 385 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:20,640 » Second one we have tonight, mayor, is voluntary annexation for U also on um 386 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:24,640 it's Kid Street. I'm sorry, it's typo there. Andrew Matthews made this 387 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:29,120 request. It is one parcel. It's just below a quarter of an acre contiguous 388 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:33,440 annexation located in the ETJ in the future growth area and it is proposed to 389 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:36,399 be residential as well. Uh same location, Kid Street, just on the 390 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:39,360 opposite side of the street as the previous one. This one's on the west 391 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:43,200 side whereas the previous was on the east side there. There's your survey and 392 00:32:41,919 --> 00:32:46,840 of course we need to hold a hearing on that as well. So 393 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:55,279 any questions on this item? All right. We need a motion to approve 394 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:59,440 this. >> I'm sorry. Oh, wait a minute. Oh, no 395 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:04,399 way. There's a question right here. Question and comments. Any any questions 396 00:33:01,679 --> 00:33:09,200 before I go to the public hearing? Okay. I'm going to open the public hearing. 397 00:33:07,679 --> 00:33:13,399 If you want to speak on this topic and this topic only, please come up. 398 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:24,399 Okay, we're going to close this one. Okay, another situation. Council, we 399 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:30,720 need a motion to do this. And Miss Dixon's got that. Is there a second? 400 00:33:27,279 --> 00:33:34,880 Miss Barry. Okay, all in favor? Good. All right, we've done that. Thank 401 00:33:32,399 --> 00:33:39,120 you. We'll go on to this uh policy amendment. 402 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:44,399 And uh before I open this up for comments, I will say a few things about 403 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:48,720 this. And I think some of this goes back to how long you've been coming to these 404 00:33:45,919 --> 00:33:51,600 meetings, but there was a time and I know Joe Hatley's out there and he'll 405 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:56,720 remember this and Phil Goodman when this council met once a month at at 4:30. 406 00:33:54,880 --> 00:34:00,240 And so during that time we didn't have public 407 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:05,440 comment uh if my memor is correct. and several 408 00:34:03,279 --> 00:34:10,639 of us uh passed that the meetings be moved both to 6:00 so we could have more 409 00:34:08,879 --> 00:34:15,839 attendance from the public because it was more convenient. 410 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:21,359 In conjunction with that um I think somewhere in all of that activity I 411 00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:25,520 asked that the speakers be granted four minutes instead of three 412 00:34:23,839 --> 00:34:29,440 and the council went along with that. So we extended the opportunity to speak by 413 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:32,639 what's that 30% something of that nature. So, I don't 414 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:36,480 know of any and I've talked to Mr. uh Kelly about this. I don't know of any 415 00:34:34,079 --> 00:34:43,359 other municipality that's offering that much time. We do we offer four minutes 416 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:47,359 and then beyond that uh I think Mr. Dave and Miss Hatchel pushed the fact that we 417 00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:51,040 do it at both meetings. So, we've taken it we've actually 418 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:55,599 expanded the opportunity greatly from what it was let's say two years ago. Uh 419 00:34:54,240 --> 00:35:00,240 if you want to look at it from that perspective. We're just trying to 420 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:04,240 develop more structure to this and I think it I think is a valid move in my 421 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:09,440 opinion. So does anyone have any comments on this? Mr. Dav. 422 00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:14,400 » Um thank you mayor. The one thing that um Mr. Irwin brought up just wanted to 423 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:20,400 clarify um that we will have signage posted 424 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:25,040 outside I assume at the table instructing people that here's the new 425 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:28,160 policy. here's what you have to do in order to get signed up to speak. 426 00:35:26,809 --> 00:35:33,280 [clears throat] We need to make that perfectly clear. It's a very good point 427 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:38,640 and I assume that you will as you open the meeting, you will address that same 428 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:42,079 topic right out of the gate even as soon as we um open the meeting. I mean 429 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:45,040 essentially >> as soon as we adopt the agenda, I intend 430 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:50,000 to make that comment. >> Okay. And um 431 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:56,400 uh the other thing that I would say about our current process, Miss Gags 432 00:35:53,359 --> 00:36:01,599 needs some help over there to ensure that that button gets pushed on the 433 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:05,119 countdown because you know it's not fair that somebody's standing there watching 434 00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:09,119 the clock moving and that puts you under a different amount of pressure than if 435 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:14,000 the clock's not moving. And she can only do so much at one time trying to take 436 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:18,560 minutes and type and hit buttons. So, I think we need to get somebody to sit up 437 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:23,839 there to help her through that process, another staff member um to make it fair 438 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:33,040 to everybody that is that has taken the time out to come speak. And um 439 00:36:28,079 --> 00:36:39,680 also it was brought up to me that the um date on the policy that's in the agenda 440 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:45,040 uh says this policy is amended the 10th day of August. That was when we had it 441 00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:51,920 on the U consent agenda. So that needs to be corrected when the motion is made 442 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:54,800 to pass the this policy. If if that's the will of the council, 443 00:36:53,200 --> 00:37:00,680 » it needs to go to the first meeting of September. Now, I would think that being 444 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:00,680 right, Mr. Kelly, 445 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:08,000 » the policy will be effective tonight. It would be Yes. Put it into play at the 446 00:37:07,359 --> 00:37:10,160 next meeting. >> That's correct. Right. Okay. But I mean, 447 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:14,079 we need to >> Yeah, we'll make that change on the on 448 00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:16,400 the document before the mayor signs it. >> Okay, 449 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:18,800 » that's correct. It will be a it will reflect it was adopted tonight, not the 450 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:22,160 10th. >> Okay. Yes, that's all I have. Mayor, 451 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:26,400 » anyone else? Mr. Hatchel? >> Yeah, I just wanted to take a minute 452 00:37:23,599 --> 00:37:31,760 thank Mr. Kelly for his work on that um and taking in our input with the 453 00:37:29,359 --> 00:37:35,280 different uh parts of it. also want to point out that we will no longer ask for 454 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:39,760 street addresses when people come, especially since our meetings are 455 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:43,839 streamlined or stream, you know, put out there in the public. Um, the purpose of 456 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:48,240 public comment is for transparency for us, not necessarily for those who want 457 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:53,680 to speak. So, I just want to make sure that's put out there. And I, um, like 458 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:56,320 you said, Mr. Mayor, other other local government bodies make you sign up the 459 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,640 day before. >> You have to sign up different times. 460 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:01,920 They don't get you don't get to speak twice a month. So all those things are 461 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:06,880 very true. So thank you. >> Thank you. Anyone else? 462 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:11,040 » All right. Having said that, then we need a motion here. 463 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:16,320 » Miss Hashel second. >> Mr. Jackson. All in favor. 464 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:20,640 Thank you. And we're back to now Carter Misingo. 465 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:22,880 Gary Mills. >> Can somebody turn those bright lights 466 00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:25,626 down? >> Yeah. 467 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:27,599 » They wanted put under spotlight. [laughter] 468 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:32,800 » They wanted y'all to be seen. I don't know how that thing got. 469 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:36,480 » Thank you, Mayor and Council, uh, for allowing us to do this presentation 470 00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:40,720 tonight. Um, Mayor Wilson had asked us a couple months ago to, uh, do a 471 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:44,960 presentation on our youth sports, the the success of our youth sports program. 472 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:48,960 Um, I said, well, let's wait until our registration for fall flag football uh, 473 00:38:47,599 --> 00:38:53,760 occurs so that we can include those numbers in. And so, we've prepared a an 474 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:57,520 exciting conversation for you guys repres uh, presentation tonight. So, I 475 00:38:55,760 --> 00:39:00,800 hope you'll be enthralled by the information that we provide to you. But 476 00:38:59,599 --> 00:39:04,000 Carter Misingo, our athletic coordinator, is here. Jordan Fuller, our 477 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:07,839 assistant athletic coordinator, is also here, but he's got some uh some really 478 00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:14,200 cool information to share on our very successful program. Um, and when we get 479 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:14,200 done, we'll be open it for questions. 480 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:20,720 » Thanks, Gary. Thank you, mayor and council members. I'm excited to give 481 00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:24,240 this presentation. I've been a part of the athletics program here in 482 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:28,000 Canapapolis since almost the very beginning. I was not here for the very 483 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:32,160 first basketball season, but since then I've been a part of the team in a 484 00:39:29,359 --> 00:39:35,119 part-time and now full-time capacity. I am biased, but I do think it's a great 485 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:39,440 program that we have and it's been great to see the growth. Um, to see those kids 486 00:39:37,839 --> 00:39:43,040 that started in our first program that are now getting to that middle school 487 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:48,079 and high school age and see them go on to start working with their school teams 488 00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:51,839 and everything. It's been great. Um, so to get started, we'll look at the 489 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:57,119 numbers for our participation since we started in 2020. So in fiscal year 2020, 490 00:39:55,440 --> 00:40:01,839 we only had basketball and that's that 332 members that we had in that first 491 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:06,960 program. Since then, we have seen growth across our total numbers every year. Um 492 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:10,880 those numbers are starting to level out a little bit now that we've, you know, 493 00:40:09,119 --> 00:40:15,200 we think we've got we've captured a lot of those people that are planning to 494 00:40:12,079 --> 00:40:19,680 play sports with us. Um but we still continue to see a lot of growth across 495 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:24,560 different age groups and different um our different sports. 496 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:28,480 So looking at it by sport, as you can see down at the bottom, in fiscal year 497 00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:33,280 20, that was just basketball. And then in fiscal year 21, we were able to add 498 00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:38,079 soccer and flag football. And in the following year in 2022, we also added 499 00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:43,520 baseball and softball. So again, in this, you can see how our sports are 500 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:46,880 continuing to grow. Um, and some of our soccer and basketball have started to 501 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:50,560 kind of level out a little bit, but our baseball, soccer or our baseball, 502 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:55,599 softball, and flag football numbers are continuing to grow. Um, which is great 503 00:40:52,800 --> 00:41:00,560 to see. And even within those soccer and basketball programs, as we'll see later, 504 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:04,319 um, we still have age groups that are continuing to grow, especially in our 505 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:08,440 girl programs. Those numbers are continuing to grow by a good bit. 506 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:16,640 So we'll move on to our facility usage for the fiscal year 26. Uh flag football 507 00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:22,640 is our first program. Um for the fiscal year we utilize Safert Park and Barry 508 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:27,119 Lent Park. Um at Safert Park we had 532 hours of games and practices and at 509 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:33,040 Barry Lent we had 140 hours of games and practices. Barry Lance is utilized for 510 00:41:29,599 --> 00:41:39,359 our 56 uh age groups and then 78 through 1315 are being used at Safert Park. And 511 00:41:37,359 --> 00:41:43,280 on Saturdays, we have games running from 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Saturday. So 512 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:47,359 that's a great program that we have going on there. 513 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:51,599 And then if we look at the numbers by the age groups over the last three 514 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:55,280 years, you can see how those numbers continue to grow. the younger age 515 00:41:53,200 --> 00:42:00,960 groups, they can go up and down a little bit, but we can see the retention as the 516 00:41:57,359 --> 00:42:06,319 ages progress. Uh we see our 56 continue to go into our 78s and our 78s into our 517 00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:09,599 910 and so on as they continue to grow until they get to that, you know, school 518 00:42:08,319 --> 00:42:12,480 age where they're playing with their school teams or if they're electing to 519 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:16,000 do other sports. That's why you see a little bit of a dip in those older age 520 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:20,240 groups. But we still continue to see that retention that a lot of these kids 521 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:23,200 are staying with our programs year after year. 522 00:42:23,839 --> 00:42:30,640 That takes us to our basketball league. In fiscal year 26, we had over a 523 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:35,359 thousand hours of games and practices spread across the Canapapolis city 524 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:39,040 schools that we um utilize for our games, which is Canapapolis Middle 525 00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:42,720 School sixth grade gym, Forest Park, Shady Brook, and GW Carver. And we do 526 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:46,000 have a great relationship with the Canapapolis City Schools. We would not 527 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:50,240 be able to put on these programs without their facilities. It's been fantastic. 528 00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:53,920 Um, I know Scott Rogers and his family were here earlier. Me and Scott are 529 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:57,920 constantly talking about what we can do to better clean their gyms and 530 00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:03,119 everything to make sure that we are being very respectful of their space so 531 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:07,200 that they continue to allow us to be in those schools. Um, and we help them out. 532 00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:10,720 We've been able to update some of their facilities, enhancing some of their 533 00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:15,520 goals, and we'd love to continue to look at ways that we can enhance their 534 00:43:12,079 --> 00:43:20,960 facilities. We also utilize Royal Oaks um for our 34 instructional program 535 00:43:19,359 --> 00:43:24,960 um which is outside of Canapapolis City School System. 536 00:43:23,654 --> 00:43:29,520 [snorts] And for basketball, we have a couple 537 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:33,839 more bars on this graph because once we hit the 78 age group, it breaks up into 538 00:43:31,839 --> 00:43:38,160 boys leagues and girls leagues. Our 3, four, and 56 are still co-ed. Um, but 539 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:42,000 like I said earlier, I think the biggest thing you can note is how the girls 540 00:43:39,839 --> 00:43:46,160 leagues have continued to grow, um, even up through the older age groups. And I 541 00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:51,520 think that's just because our program is continuing to excel and be better than 542 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:55,040 it was the year before. And even across all of our leagues, boys and girls, we 543 00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:58,640 see that retention as the older age groups continue to grow. Um, and the 544 00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:01,640 kids have continued to enjoy those programs. 545 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:07,920 That brings us to soccer, which is held in the spring. We utilize Safer Park and 546 00:44:06,319 --> 00:44:14,079 Barry Lance Park for this as well. We had 788 hours of games and practices at 547 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:19,520 Safefort Park and 164 at Barry Lintz. Again, Barry Lance is used for our 56 548 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:24,640 program and then our 34 instructional league and then our 78 through 1315 use 549 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:29,119 the safer park facilities. Our 34 program utilizes the outfields of our 550 00:44:27,119 --> 00:44:34,800 softball fields there until about noon and that's when it transitions over to 551 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:37,920 be a uh a baseball field after that. On Saturdays in the spring, we're usually 552 00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:42,640 here from about 9:00 a.m. to about 9:00 p.m. utilizing that main safer rectangle 553 00:44:41,119 --> 00:44:45,640 because we've got games going on all day. 554 00:44:46,319 --> 00:44:54,079 To break that down into the age groups, um again, all of our soccer programs are 555 00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:57,760 co-ed. Uh, so we can continue to see that retention as the older age groups 556 00:44:56,000 --> 00:45:01,119 progress. They're continuing to stay in our program, which is great. We love 557 00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:07,440 seeing those older kids staying out and staying active. Um, 558 00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:12,079 move on to our baseball. Softball is our other sport that we have in the spring. 559 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:15,520 We have three parks that we utilize for baseball and softball at Safer Park, 560 00:45:13,599 --> 00:45:20,720 Barry Lintz Park, and Bakers Creek where we had over 867 hours of games and 561 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:24,160 practices. And again, those games will run from about 9:00 am to about 8:00 pm 562 00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:29,000 on Saturday. So, we've got a very long day of uh baseball as well. 563 00:45:29,599 --> 00:45:34,720 And it's the same thing as the retention that we've continued to have. And 564 00:45:33,119 --> 00:45:39,359 baseball and softball have continued to grow across pretty much every age group, 565 00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:44,560 especially our softball program. Um, as we've continued to utilize u what we 566 00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:49,599 feel is good facilities. And we also partner with Concord and Odell in those 567 00:45:47,119 --> 00:45:52,960 um in those older age groups and in our softball leagues to help build out a 568 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:56,920 good program so we can have plenty of teams and plenty of good competition. 569 00:45:57,599 --> 00:46:03,359 Next, we have our resident and non-resident numbers for all of our 570 00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:08,800 sports. Across our sports as a whole, we have about 77% resident um uh 571 00:46:07,119 --> 00:46:12,720 participation. Uh the biggest non-resident 572 00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:18,880 participation that we have is that flag football program. We believe that is 573 00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:23,520 mostly because we are the only um the only place in the area that provides 574 00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:28,319 flag football. Most other places do not do a flag football program. They may do 575 00:46:25,119 --> 00:46:33,880 a fall soccer program. Um, and then the rest of our programs are about 20% 576 00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,880 non-resident. 577 00:46:38,560 --> 00:46:43,760 This next slide is one of our most important. That's our volunteer coaches. 578 00:46:41,599 --> 00:46:47,680 It's after our facilities. It's the most important thing that we have in our 579 00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:52,319 program. In fiscal year 26, we had a total of 253 teams that were covered by 580 00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:56,480 volunteer head coaches. And that does not include the additional assistant 581 00:46:54,319 --> 00:47:01,200 coaches that many teams have. This totaled over 4,700 hours of 582 00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:04,480 volunteer time between games and practices. And that's just the time they 583 00:47:03,359 --> 00:47:07,920 spend on the field. That does not include the time that they spend before 584 00:47:06,319 --> 00:47:12,640 games and before practices, coming up with plans, planning out their roster, 585 00:47:10,079 --> 00:47:18,480 communicating with their team, and just learning the kids and everything. 586 00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:23,359 Uh over those 40 4,700 hours, we have calculated that's about $17,000 hours or 587 00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:26,560 $17,000 of savings that we've been able to have 588 00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:31,079 because we're using volunteer coaches as opposed to part-time staff. 589 00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:37,520 Next, our sponsorship. In fiscal year 26, we had 20 youth sponsors. That 590 00:47:35,359 --> 00:47:41,200 equated to about $4,000 in monetary donations, equipment, and services. That 591 00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:46,480 number is not quite where we would like it to be. So going into fiscal year 27, 592 00:47:43,839 --> 00:47:50,240 we've revamped our sponsorship program. We believe that gives us greater 593 00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:53,359 versatility to allow what we believe can be limitless growth for our 594 00:47:51,359 --> 00:47:57,359 sponsorships. We want to help the community and business owners to give 595 00:47:55,040 --> 00:48:03,040 them more chances to give back to their community, more avenues. So we have that 596 00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:06,240 QR code for anyone that they can look up our new sponsorship brochure and just 597 00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:10,920 kind of breaks down the different avenues that they can take as a youth 598 00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:10,920 sponsor. 599 00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:17,440 And finally, we have our youth athletics healthy contact hours. And the healthy 600 00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:22,240 contact hours is a part of that discover a healthy life brand that the city has. 601 00:48:20,079 --> 00:48:27,520 And this is hours that are tracked meaning time away from screens, 602 00:48:25,359 --> 00:48:33,280 time away from screens, time spent being active, time spent with other kids their 603 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:36,960 age, and time spil spent help building those social skills that are important 604 00:48:34,720 --> 00:48:41,520 for kids as they grow up. to break down a little bit of our 605 00:48:38,559 --> 00:48:46,000 healthy contact hours for flag football. Each participant had 18 healthy contact 606 00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:51,280 hours. Those were 10 hours of game or 10 hours of practice, eight hours of games. 607 00:48:48,559 --> 00:48:57,920 So across our 455 participants that we had in fiscal year 26, that was 8,190 608 00:48:55,200 --> 00:49:02,319 total hours. And that final column is the total hours that each program has 609 00:49:00,079 --> 00:49:08,160 had of healthy contact hours since its beginning. So for flag football that was 610 00:49:04,559 --> 00:49:14,240 over 33,000 hours. For basketball it was over 61,000 hours. For soccer that's 611 00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:18,400 over 66,000 hours. Baseball almost 40,000. And softball almost 15,000. So 612 00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:23,680 as a total since the very beginning in 2020, we have provided the youth of the 613 00:49:21,359 --> 00:49:30,520 community an avenue to get out, be active, and spend time with their peers 614 00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:30,520 over 215,000 hours. 615 00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:36,000 And that's all that I have in the presentation. I'm happy to answer any 616 00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:39,280 questions that you have about our youth athletics. 617 00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:41,440 » Okay. Are you tired? >> Do what? 618 00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:43,119 » I said, are you tired yet? >> Not quite. 619 00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:44,880 » Just like [snorts] you feel put a few hours in yourself. 620 00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:50,800 » Yeah. Right. >> Any questions for this young man? 621 00:49:48,559 --> 00:49:55,839 » Make a com. Go ahead. >> Uh Carter, just thank you for what 622 00:49:53,520 --> 00:50:01,520 you've done. I mean, this is a big lift for the community and as well as Mr. 623 00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:07,920 Mills for his support of this project. But I also want to give a shout out to 624 00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:12,640 coach Wilson who he's famously known as. You know, I remember sitting here on 625 00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:18,960 this DA several years ago and we were arguing about the need for this and you 626 00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:24,000 were adamant that this city needed a youth sports program like this, 627 00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:28,559 » right? and some of our other members at the time, they they didn't feel that uh 628 00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:35,440 that it was a big priority, but you pressed on and u and won everybody over 629 00:50:32,720 --> 00:50:42,480 and everybody eventually got on board and supported the creation of this and 630 00:50:39,119 --> 00:50:47,520 this is this is major for the community. >> So, um wanted to give you a shout out 631 00:50:45,119 --> 00:50:52,960 especially for that. So, thank you for your leadership and thank you for for 632 00:50:49,599 --> 00:50:58,640 y'all implementing this this vision and helping on average it looks like about 633 00:50:55,440 --> 00:51:04,079 2500 to 3,000 kids a year. Yep. >> Um, and I'm sure you know there's kids 634 00:51:01,359 --> 00:51:08,800 you said that repeat each year, but uh if it if you add up all the years, 635 00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:14,319 that's 12,579 uh slots, I guess, that have been filled 636 00:51:11,599 --> 00:51:19,280 year-over-year in sports here. So, thank you for what you do. Anyone else? Mr. 637 00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:23,119 Hatchel, >> thank you for your presentation. Um, I 638 00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:27,119 kind of noticed too with your numbers that we've kind of leveled off. Are we 639 00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:31,280 uh running into any problems like with the weight list or anything with some of 640 00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:34,800 these sports or we've been able to maintain it? 641 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:38,720 » So, not yet. Um, we are pretty much at capacity with our soccer program, our 642 00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:44,880 basketball program, and our baseball softball program. Um, so the leveling 643 00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:50,720 off has been okay because we're right there at that capacity. We have not had 644 00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:54,079 to turn anyone away as of now. Um, but you know, if we continue to grow, there 645 00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:57,760 may be that time, but as of now, we have not. 646 00:51:55,440 --> 00:52:02,240 » And I know you mentioned the sponsorship is what you guys are promoting. Y 647 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:05,200 » um, do you guys like have a current goal for that or, you know, if there was a 648 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:08,720 business that would hear it tonight, like what what are some ways that they 649 00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:12,720 could do that? Yeah, our goal right now is to grow more than we were last year. 650 00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:17,280 Um, we want to, like I said, we've revamped it and we're seeing how those 651 00:52:15,839 --> 00:52:21,920 changes are going to benefit the program. Um, we're willing to continue 652 00:52:20,079 --> 00:52:27,440 to change, you know, as the years progress, but we want to we want to have 653 00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:32,160 more like 20 sponsors per season as opposed to for a full year. We want to 654 00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:35,280 we want to get as many people um sponsored [clears throat] as as possible 655 00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:39,040 so that we can, you know, benefit the kids as much as possible. Okay. Thank 656 00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:43,440 you, >> Mr. Bearing. Go ahead, please. 657 00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:49,119 » Okay. Uh, Carter, I would like to know who's these who these youth athletic 658 00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:53,359 coaches are. I mean, no, I don't get to the games, but I would I would like them 659 00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:56,960 recognized somehow, whether it's in the newsletter, if it's on the website, if 660 00:52:55,440 --> 00:53:01,599 they come if they're invited to a council meeting. That's a lot of 661 00:52:58,720 --> 00:53:06,240 sacrifice and a lot of time they spend. And somehow or another, they deserve 662 00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:09,839 more recognition. As the fall's starting, maybe they're finished up 663 00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:14,480 spring and summer. Somehow or another, I'd just like to know more about them 664 00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:16,960 and and them to get better recognition. >> Yep. That's an excellent suggestion. 665 00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:19,920 » Yes. Yeah. We'd love to do something like that. We do provide them with a 666 00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:22,960 plaque with a picture of the kids and everything that were on their team. But 667 00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:25,200 we that's a very good suggestion to recognize them even further in the 668 00:53:24,559 --> 00:53:28,480 community. >> Even if we had a big dinner form, 669 00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:30,400 something that we're saying, "Hey, we couldn't do this without you." 670 00:53:29,599 --> 00:53:32,640 » Right. >> Thank you. 671 00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:36,040 » Good idea. >> Anyone else? 672 00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:40,319 Harold, do you have something? >> You know, they they let me coach in this 673 00:53:39,119 --> 00:53:43,920 in the beginning and I got so many technical fouls that Gary, you know, 674 00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:47,599 Conor told me had to go on. So, real to me. All right. Okay. So, thank you very 675 00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:50,079 much. >> Thank you. 676 00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:54,640 » Great. All right. Now, we have uh 677 00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:59,599 we're going to have where are we now? We're on the wrong page is where we are. 678 00:53:56,240 --> 00:54:02,319 Council Mr. Mr. Melton, I'm sorry. >> Mayor, I don't have any additional items 679 00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:06,079 tonight. >> All right. City Council, 680 00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:11,920 Mr. Demo. >> Um, just want to give a shout out to the 681 00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:18,240 fire department for their work over the weekend locating the elderly man that 682 00:54:15,599 --> 00:54:22,559 went missing. And I understand that our fire department is who found him. And 683 00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:28,160 they were, you know, people all over the area looking for this gentleman who 684 00:54:24,319 --> 00:54:34,240 who's got dementia. Um, and they found him in a field and u safely returned him 685 00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:41,040 home. So, that's a that's a huge thing for our department to accomplish that. 686 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:46,720 And just want to say hi to my twins, Ava and Aubrey, who are four months old, but 687 00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:51,040 they're watching this meeting in deep um commitment. So, uh I'm sure they've 688 00:54:49,359 --> 00:54:54,720 learned a lot through this through this hourlong meeting. So, [laughter] 689 00:54:53,359 --> 00:54:57,359 » thank you. Mayor, >> do you have something, Miss Dixon? 690 00:54:56,960 --> 00:55:02,079 » No. >> Okay. 691 00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:04,559 » Anyone else? Mr. Dave, I believe it's time for you. 692 00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:08,400 » All right, mayor. I'll move make a motion to close 693 00:55:06,640 --> 00:55:13,839 the session pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 143-318.11 694 00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:20,359 A3 to consult with an attorney in order to preserve the attorney client 695 00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:20,359 privilege and general statute 14318.11a 696 00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:26,480 for discussing the negotiating position regarding the acquisition of real 697 00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:31,359 property. >> Second, a second for Miss Dixon. All in 698 00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:34,760 favor? Okay. Our meeting is adjourned. Thank you for coming.