[0:00] Miss Barry with a second. All in favor? Okay. Uh, we're going into a very

[0:06] special moment now and council, we need Mr. Dav has something to say.

[0:12] » Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to dedicate the Canapapolis Middle School

[0:18] campus athletic field as Rogers Field. >> Thank you. All in favor?

[0:24] » A second. >> Get a second. Mr. Mr. Payne. All in

[0:26] favor. Thank you very much. All right. We're

[0:29] going to come down if the family wants to come up.

[0:33] Mr. Melton's going to read something very special.

[0:45] » All right,

[0:49] » Scott, do you want to hold this? This is a So, before we get started here, as the

[0:53] family's coming down, uh I was just sharing with the family earlier that I

[0:58] had the opportunity to work with Scott uh some years ago. He helped us with

[1:03] rideofways and everything else. It was so amazing to be able to work with

[1:07] someone obviously that can come out, have a cup of coffee with someone that's

[1:12] out, negotiate a property, and without any conflict. So, you're talking about a

[1:16] special moment. Uh th this is special for me for sure, but just thinking about

[1:22] this family and the years and time that I've had an opportunity to be able to

[1:25] work uh with Rick and others uh and and this facility that the school sits on, a

[1:31] lot of history there. Uh Meredith, I know, you know, with my wife and others

[1:35] that were there teaching at the school system, my mom before, but this is

[1:38] special to be able to do this for you guys. So, let me read a little

[1:42] dedication here for this, but uh this is a resolution dedicating the Canapapolis

[1:46] Middle School athletic field adjacent to Oakwood Avenue in honor of the Rogers

[1:50] family. Whereas the land in which Canapapolis Middle School campus, sixth

[1:54] grade building, Athletic Field sits, located adjacent to Oakwood Avenue, has

[1:59] been a part of the Rogers family since the mid 1900s and has served as the city

[2:05] as a city park. And whereas the Rogers family has farmed and cared for this

[2:09] land for generations until the early 2000 when the property that became the

[2:14] site of the Canapapolis Middle School campus was sold to Canapapolis City

[2:18] Schools. And whereas the Rogers family has a longstanding and distinguished

[2:23] history of service to Canapapolis City Schools and the students and families of

[2:28] the Canapapolis community. And whereas Delinda Rogers served as a mathematics

[2:33] teacher in Canapapolis City Schools for 32 years and also served for many years

[2:39] as a cheerleading advisor, positively impacting generations of students both

[2:44] in the classroom instruction and extracurricular activities. Whereas

[2:48] Scott Rogers has been employed with Canapapolis City Schools since 1991,

[2:54] having taught science and currently serving as a director of operations

[2:58] while also dedicating many years to Canapapolis student athletes as a coach

[3:03] of varsity football, softball, as well as middle school football and baseball.

[3:09] Whereas other members Whereas other members of the Rogers family have

[3:14] demonstrated a similar commitment in education and public service, including

[3:18] Jan Rogers Johnson, who retired from Cabaris County Schools, her daughter

[3:22] Meredith Johnson Spry, who retired from Canapapolis City Schools, and additional

[3:27] members of the Rogers family, who have served and currently served the

[3:32] Canapa City School, including Hope Johnson Bean, Travis Rogers, Elizabeth

[3:38] Rogers, Grouchy Rogers, Carolyn Rogers, McKenzie Rogers, Caleb Spry, and Rachel

[3:44] Spry. And whereas the naming and excuse me, whereas naming the

[3:49] athletic field in honor of the Rogers family would acknowledge the family's

[3:53] historic connection to the land and decades of service to the school system,

[3:58] providing a lasting tribute to the family whose contributed or

[4:02] contributions have strengthened the community. Now therefore be it resolved

[4:06] the city council of Canapapolis, North Carolina hereby dedicates and renames

[4:11] the athletic field at Canapapolis Middle School campus as Rogers Field in

[4:16] recognition of the Rogers family long-standing connection to the property

[4:20] and extraordinary history of service to Canapapolis City Schools and the greater

[4:25] community. Thank you all. [applause]

[4:37] » [applause]

[4:47] » Yes, I think

[4:55] Congratulations.

[5:15] I know. I know. I'll see you tomorrow. How about that?

[5:18] » Those babies are beautiful. Oh my gosh. Congratulations. Thank you,

[5:23] » buddy. How about smiling? >> Those babies are precious.

[5:26] Congratulations. >> Hey, buddy.

[5:30] » Hi.

[5:35] » Hi. Congratulations. Thank you.

[5:40] Hi. >> Good seeing you here.

[5:43] » Congratulations. >> Good seeing you.

[5:50] » You think you'd ever say there >> congratulations. Yes, sir.

[5:53] » Appreciate everything. >> Congratulations. Thank you so much.

[5:58] » Yes, ma'am. >> Congratulations. Thank you.

[6:01] » Yes. Very much. >> Very well deserved. Good seeing you.

[6:04] » Thank you for all your support. Hi. Thank you for all your support. Yes.

[6:10] Thank you.

[6:14] » Hey J. >> Good seeing you, man. Good seeing you. I

[6:18] always think about Mr. Edwards when I see you. Good seeing you, sir.

[6:24] Hey, buddy. Hey, Tom. How are you, sir? Good seeing you. Good seeing you.

[6:30] » Yeah. Hello, young lady. Yes, ma'am. Yes,

[6:34] ma'am. Turn. Yeah.

[6:38] Thank you. Congratulations. >> Good job, woman.

[6:46] » Congratulations, baby. >> Hey, man. How are you doing? Good.

[6:49] » Hey, brother. How are you, sir? Good seeing you.

[6:55] » Well, I don't guess we are. >> We don't need a recess. Let's just let

[6:59] him go.

[7:11] the whole place.

[7:19] » That was good. [snorts] >> Good job.

[7:24] » Wow.

[7:33] any attention on you.

[7:46] Yeah. [snorts]

[7:50] » All right. At this time, we will go ahead and move on to our our speakers

[7:54] from the floor. >> Yes, sir. Mayor, thank you, sir.

[8:00] So, the first speaker I have, if you will come to the podium, um you will

[8:04] have four minutes to speak. You'll see lights at the podium, timer at the

[8:08] front. Four minutes. At the one minute mark, the light will turn yellow. At the

[8:12] end of your four minutes, you'll hear a buzzer. Um and the first card I have is

[8:17] Terry Stowers. >> Oh, yeah.

[8:27] Good evening, mayor and members of the city council. My name is Terry Stowers

[8:31] and I've been a resident of of Canapapolis for more than 25 years. I'm

[8:36] also a member of the Friends of Canapapolis Parks, which is operates

[8:40] under the umbrella of Partners for Parks, a 501c3 nonprofit organization.

[8:45] I'm here tonight because I believe it's important to remember how we arrived at

[8:49] this point and the commitment this city has already made to the future of parks

[8:53] and recreation in Canapapolis. In 2023, the city engaged a consultant to develop

[8:59] a comprehensive park and recreation master plan. Public participation was

[9:04] important part of the process. Through community survey, stakeholder

[9:09] interviews, and a community workshops, Canapapolis residents had the

[9:12] opportunity to tell the city what they wanted and needed from their park

[9:16] system. That public input identified several priorities, including the

[9:20] preservation of open space and natural areas, greenways for walking and biking,

[9:26] drive-in movie opportunities, and a greater public access to city lakes. The

[9:31] master plan also identified the need for three new neighborhood parks and three

[9:35] new community parks to adequately serve our current population. On March 25th,

[9:42] 2024, the mayor and the city council formally adopted the city of Canapapolis

[9:47] 2024 to 2034 park and recreation master plan as a guiding public document for

[9:53] the implementation and development of a robust and coordinated system of parks,

[9:58] recreation facilities, programs, and services for the residents of

[10:02] Canapapolis. That action was significant. By adopting the plan, the

[10:07] city acknowledged that the recreation needs expressed by our citizens and esta

[10:12] and established a vision for addressing those needs over the next decade. Then

[10:17] on June 22nd of this year, this city council unanimously voted to place a

[10:22] general obligation bond on the November 3rd ballot to help fund projects

[10:27] identified in the parks and recreation master plan. I'm here tonight to

[10:32] respectfully remind the council of those actions and more importantly of the

[10:36] public process that led to them. The citizens participated. They completed

[10:42] surveys. They attended meetings. They shared their priorities. The city

[10:46] listened, developed a plan based on the input and council formally adopted the

[10:52] plan. Now voters will have the opportunity to decide whether to provide

[10:57] the funding necessary to move forward with those projects. As we approach

[11:02] November 3rd, I respectfully ask each of you to support city employees in their

[11:07] efforts to inform and educate the public about the bond referendum to the fullest

[11:13] extent present permitted by North Carolina law and the applicable guidance

[11:18] from the state treasurer. Our citizens deserve clear, accurate, and accessible

[11:25] information about what being what is being proposed,

[11:29] what projects the bonds would fund, the financial implications of the bond, and

[11:34] what these investments could mean for the future of Canapapolis. The

[11:38] referendum is ultimately a decision for the voters, but an informed decision

[11:43] requires an informed community. You have already taken important steps by

[11:48] listening to the public, adopting the master plan, and placing the bond before

[11:53] the voters. I ask you now to continue that commitment by ensuring our

[11:57] residents have the information they need to make an educated decision on November

[12:02] 3rd. Thank you for your service to our community and for your continued

[12:07] commitment to the future of Canapapolis. >> Thank you.

[12:14] Next card I have is for Zach Irwin.

[12:20] » Good evening, Zach Irwin of Canapapolis, North Carolina.

[12:26] Today you will be considering the public hearing and public comments policy and

[12:31] amendments to it. I want to bring your attention to the

[12:36] amendment that you are proposing so that the public can be informed of it

[12:41] as well. And gosh, it would be very helpful to be able to use a PowerPoint

[12:45] to do this. We used to be able to do that as part of the speakers from the

[12:49] floor. Now we can't. I would respectfully ask you to reconsider that

[12:54] at some point, but nonetheless, here we go. Uh if you'll look at

[13:00] [clears throat] section D of the public hearing and public comments policy part

[13:05] three where it reads, unless otherwise

[13:08] provided by this policy, a speaker card must be completed and provided to the

[13:13] city clerk prior to the start of a public hearing or public comment period.

[13:17] And then bullet points one and two say speakers will not be allowed to sign up

[13:21] to speak after the start of the public comment period. Number two, prior to the

[13:26] end of a public hearing, the presiding officer will ask whether there are any

[13:30] individuals wishing to address city council on the topic of the public

[13:34] hearing. My plea and advice to you is that you will reconsider this change to

[13:41] the policy because as I mentioned last time I spoke here, there are several

[13:45] people who come in with the intent to speak

[13:49] who don't know the policy, who are not informed of the policy ahead of time.

[13:54] And so they don't know that you have to submit a card ahead of time. Unless you

[14:00] plan to do a very good job of explaining in detail every single meeting that they

[14:04] need to turn in their card before the public uh speaking period starts, then I

[14:10] suggest you remove this suggested amendment to the policy because people

[14:15] come and they hear people speak and then they feel so emboldened to speak

[14:20] themselves and so you should allow them to continue to sign up throughout the

[14:25] speakers from the floor process. Also, point two, prior to the end of a public

[14:31] hearing, the presiding officer will ask whether there are any individuals

[14:34] wishing to address. Please make sure that you clarify to where that's only a

[14:39] public hearing or whether it also applies to speakers from the floor.

[14:48] I ask that you will take these into consideration and I thank you. I thank

[14:52] you for putting it on the business agenda today to be spoken in public. uh

[14:58] that is very meaningful, it's transparent. Um and then for added

[15:02] transparency, again, I would suggest allowing for PowerPoint presentation to

[15:06] be part of speakers from the floor so that the people at home, the people with

[15:11] possible hearing impairments are able to see what is being discussed

[15:17] in city council meetings. Thank you for your time and for your consideration.

[15:22] » Thank you, John.

[15:26] Next card is Cindy Griggs.

[15:38] Good evening, council members. Um, and to all those that are here this evening.

[15:43] I'm going to speak very briefly. I don't need to add any more to I think what

[15:47] Terry said um about the upcoming parks bond, but I just would like to advocate

[15:52] just so much for our continued expansion of our parks and recreation program.

[15:58] Tonight was a very special thing that just happened um with the family that

[16:03] was here with the dedication of the park and that kind of thing we have seen uh

[16:09] just means so much to our families and the people that have been here for a

[16:12] long time. But we need to remember that our city is growing. Whether we like it

[16:16] or don't like it, our city is growing. And the fact that we have not added on

[16:23] to a lot of our parks for quite some time is something that we really need to

[16:27] think about long and hard because everybody is loving Canapapolis just

[16:31] like we have for many, many, many years. We tout ourselves as a city of health

[16:36] and wellness. Right now, coming up later on the agenda is information about our

[16:42] youth sports program. There are members on this city council that have long been

[16:46] advocates. I've known you, Doug, for as long as I've lived here for 31 plus

[16:50] years. We have served together in many capacities on different uh parks and

[16:54] sports programs over the years. And for our community, for our children and our

[17:00] community to continue in the health and wellness programs that we we we tout

[17:05] everywhere. We have banners talking about this. We need to continue to

[17:09] develop our parks programs, our health and wellness programs, our greenways. It

[17:15] has so much more to do with just not just physical health, but mental health.

[17:21] And that's a huge issue these days. So, please take a long hard look. We're not

[17:25] going to stop growing. We're not. Everybody is liking it here and they're

[17:30] moving here. And we have a lot of things to address that way. But one of the

[17:35] things is is the reason why people move here. And they move here because they

[17:38] enjoy all of the wonderful things we have to do here in Canapapolis that have

[17:43] to do with our park system, our greenway systems, and our sports. Our youth

[17:48] sports program has just gone out the roof. We desperately need more of those

[17:54] fields and more of those things. So, please keep that in mind and we ask the

[17:58] people that are here tonight that keep that in mind when they get ready to take

[18:01] a look at the bond that's coming up very soon. Thank you very much. Thank you

[18:05] very much for giving us the time to speak tonight about these various

[18:08] issues. And I just can't congratulate the Rogers family enough. I've known

[18:14] most of them since I've been here. They've been part of our family, too.

[18:18] And thank you, council, for presenting them with those honors.

[18:29] » Allison Paladino

[18:35] Good evening, mayor, members of city council, and city staff. My name is

[18:39] Allison Paladino. I'm president and CEO of the Cabaris Regional Chamber of

[18:43] Commerce. I'm here tonight with an exciting invitation for you as city

[18:48] leadership and the local Canapapolis Business Community. On Tuesday,

[18:53] September 2nd at 6 PM, we're hosting a Canapapolis Connections kickoff party at

[18:58] the Canapapolis Cannonballers game. This event is completely free for local

[19:03] Canapapolis businesses to attend and we hope that city leadership will attend

[19:07] with us as well. A massive thank you to the Canapapolis Cannonballers for

[19:11] hosting us for this special evening at the ballpark.

[19:15] This party is celebrating the official launch of Canapapolis Connections this

[19:19] fall, a brand new monthly morning networking group created specifically

[19:23] for our local business community to connect, collaborate, and grow.

[19:28] All Canapapolis businesses are invited to invited to start attending the

[19:33] Morning Connections upon our launch this fall. And if a business isn't a chamber

[19:37] member yet, they're invited to attend as our guests through the end of 2026 to

[19:42] experience the group firsthand. This initiative builds on an incredible

[19:47] foundation. Right now, approximately 100 Canapapolis businesses are active

[19:52] chamber members, and 40% of those have been with us for 10 years or more.

[19:58] These businesses are driving local growth, creating jobs, and shaping the

[20:02] future of Canapapolis. To claim a spot for the September 2nd kickoff party, to

[20:07] get ticket details or learn more about the Morning Network working group or

[20:11] chamber membership, businesses are invited to contact us at the Cabaris

[20:15] Regional Chamber of Commerce at 7047824000.

[20:20] Thank you, city leadership, for your continuous support of our business

[20:24] community and we look forward to seeing everyone for the kickoff party on

[20:27] September 2nd. >> Thank you.

[20:29] » Thank you.

[20:34] » Okay, mayor. Last card is Violet Elaine Mitchell.

[20:45] Okay, I'm valid Elaine Mitchell. address 415 London Street located right off of

[20:50] South Texas Road. And I know that y'all have heard me speak about the the

[20:56] sidewalk project ever since 2012, but I'm not going to even get on that

[21:00] tonight. I want to say um when I was up here at the last meeting, I talked about

[21:06] what a bad shape uh Lynon Street is in, the culdeac that I live in. And I got a

[21:13] little song for y'all. For once in my life, I witnessed the issue being

[21:20] expedited. I couldn't believe it was happening,

[21:27] but it did. Okay. Michael Dodge came out that

[21:32] Saturday. I said, "You working on a Saturday?" He said, "Yeah." So, he came

[21:37] out and he assessed everything that was going on and he assured me that they was

[21:41] going to get on it. And sure enough, I got a call today and they're gonna start

[21:45] on scraping the shoulders and everything tomorrow.

[21:50] Um, the other thing I'd like to say, congratulations to the Rogers family. I

[21:54] know them all. I used to work with them and everything. They're a great family.

[21:59] And the last thing that I have is um I had the opportunity to meet with the

[22:04] governor of North Carolina, Governor Josh Stein. I handed him a handwritten

[22:10] letter of issues and concerns that I had and of um the citizens of North

[22:15] Carolina. He was pleasantly surprised and he knows who Violet Mitchell is now.

[22:22] So anyway, he was he was really impressed with the you know with the

[22:26] issues. I wrote everything down in a letter form and um I gave him a keychain

[22:31] of in the shape of North Carolina and uh he he really appreciate it. And that's

[22:37] all folks. That's all. [laughter] >> Thank you, M. Mr.

[22:43] » That's it. Okay. Thank you. All right. Council, we have a consent

[22:47] agenda. We have need a motion to adopt that.

[22:49] » So moved, >> Mr. Payne. Mr. Jackson with a second.

[22:53] All in favor? Okay. We're moving on to the uh business agenda now. I think Miss

[22:59] uh Gordon, always good to see you.

[23:03] » Good to see you as well. Thank you so much.

[23:07] So this evening I'm presenting the 2627 CDBG nonprofit grant recommendations.

[23:15] So HUD allows entitlement cities to budget up to 15% of our annual

[23:20] allocations for public services that benefit low moderate income residents.

[23:25] Our total CDBG allocation for 2627 is $400,67

[23:32] and 58,000 has been allocated for public services. I would like to thank our

[23:37] community improvement commission for their time in reviewing the applications

[23:41] and a few of them are here this evening.

[23:46] So the eligible activities um that are or can be awarded for the CDBG grant

[23:52] would be for employment services, crime prevention and public safety, child

[23:58] care, health services, substance abuse services, fair housing counseling,

[24:05] education programs, energy conservation, services for senior citizens, services

[24:11] for the homeless persons, welfare services,

[24:15] down payment assistance and recreational services.

[24:20] So, applications were solicited and we received 24 completed applications

[24:27] totaling $192,500 in funding requests. Those applications

[24:33] included applications from the academic learning center, ya house, big brothers

[24:38] big sisters, beth baptist church, cabaris health alliance, cabaris ran

[24:44] community health which is now known as access point central North Carolina

[24:49] Council C scouting America Christ incorporated submitted two applications

[24:56] classroom central conflict resolution cooperative Christian ministry

[25:01] Ministries Apprent Espanol Faith Fellowship Church Families First

[25:08] Lock and Key Mid Midnight Mcnite Child Development Center Peak NextGen

[25:16] Rowan Cabaris YMCA Rowan Helping Ministries The Studio The

[25:22] Pseudo Institute Valor Haven Foundation and Vision for

[25:27] Life of Canapapolis.

[25:31] The Community Improvement Commission is recommending funding 18 organizations.

[25:37] As we reviewed the applications, the focus for this year was on projects

[25:42] addressing housing, behavior, health, and education.

[25:46] Organizations can request up to $5,000 for sustaining projects. While most

[25:52] organizations requested their maximum amount, the CIC chose to fund more

[25:57] organizations with smaller grants amounts than to provide the organization

[26:02] with all that they requested because we have such limited funding. These

[26:08] projects should be focused on services, not building an infrastructure.

[26:12] When we look at the applications, we consider the organization's track

[26:16] record. We look at their budgets. We look at how funds are being leveraged.

[26:21] We also invited four organizations to come and provide additional

[26:24] presentations and to answer questions. Those organizations were the Suda

[26:29] Institute, Apprent Espanol, Lock and Key and Conflict Resolution.

[26:35] I also want to um emphasize that these grants are reimbursible grants and each

[26:40] organization must submit receipts and documentation showing how the monies

[26:45] have been expended before they are reimbursed.

[26:49] So, the funding recommendations include the academic learning center um $3,000.

[26:55] Their funds will be used to support before and after school tutoring

[26:58] programs for Canapapolis City Schools. Aya House, $3,000

[27:03] funds will be used to support transitional housing program. Big

[27:08] Brothers Big Sisters, $3,000 funds will be used to support their mentoring

[27:12] program with the focus on mental health strategies.

[27:16] Bethto Baptist Church Ministries 2500 and that's funds to support

[27:23] um crisis assistance programs with um rent, utilities and housing for the

[27:29] underserved. Cabaris Health Alliance $4,000

[27:34] comprehensive dental services to title one Canapapolis City Schools. Classroom

[27:39] Central 3000. the mobile free store program to provide school supplies for

[27:45] Canapapolis City School teachers. Conflict resolution 4,000 funds to

[27:50] support their teen court intruy program. CCM 4,000 funds to support individuals

[27:58] in crisis crisis. They help to pay utilities and to help prevent evictions.

[28:04] Apprent Espanol 2500 funds to support families um empowerment

[28:10] program for the Latino families. Faith Fellowship 2,000 funds to support

[28:16] programs for the unhoused such as transportation,

[28:20] food, and bus passes. Family First, 4,000 funds to support the

[28:26] homebased child care programs. Lock and key 2500

[28:32] funds to support families impacted by incarceration.

[28:36] Peak NextGen 3000 funds to support out of school tutoring program.

[28:43] Rowan Cabaris YMCA 2500 funds to support their positive youth development

[28:49] afterchool and summer camp program. Rowan Healthy Ministries, 4,000 funds

[28:55] for crisis assistance for utilities, rent, and their clothing pantry. The

[28:59] Studio 3,000 funds to support project uplift emergency assistance for the

[29:05] unhoused. The Suda Institute, 4,000

[29:10] funds for physician-led care coordination for the Sun Project,

[29:14] serving pregnant and postpartum individuals with substance use

[29:18] disorders. Vision for life 4,000 funds to be used

[29:23] for mentoring tutoring program for the youth along with the parenting

[29:27] component. So tonight um the motion is or we're

[29:32] asking is motion to approve these recommendations. Number two, you can

[29:36] revise the public service allocations amount as you see fit. Or three, do not

[29:41] approve the recommendations. The city is not required to fund any nonprofit with

[29:46] community development block grant funds. All right. [clears throat] Does anyone

[29:50] have any questions or concerns on this? Miss Hatchel.

[29:57] » No. Okay. Uh Sherry, I just wanted to publicly thank you. I know I sent you

[30:01] quite a few emails asking about the different things and I do want to thank

[30:04] the CIC board um for the work that you put into it. I think the hardest part

[30:08] about this list is we have so many great nonprofits in our area that really

[30:12] support our city. So, I [clears throat] know it was not easy for you guys on

[30:15] this decision and I thank you for the questions that I had and explaining what

[30:19] their decisions were. So, thank you to that team that you have that worked on

[30:23] this. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. I appreciate.

[30:26] » Anyone else? >> Okay, we we need a motion here, Miss

[30:30] Dixon. Is there a second? >> Second,

[30:33] » Mr. Dave. All in favor, if you will. Are we good? Thank you.

[30:37] » Thank you,

[30:40] » old friend, Mr. Smith. Thank you, mayor, members of council. We

[30:45] have uh two annexations for you tonight. Voluntary annexations we need to hold

[30:49] the public hearing for. And believe it or not, both of them are located very

[30:53] nearby each other, even though they're not the same applicants. So, the first

[30:56] one we have on your agenda tonight is a voluntary annexation at 115 Kid Street.

[31:01] This is made on behalf of the petitioner Bell Perisim Christian Center 2. Uh it

[31:06] does consist of one parcel, just over an acre. It is a contiguous annexation. Uh

[31:11] it's located in the city's uh present ETJ which will be dissolved soon and our

[31:16] future growth area as well. Uh and the proposed use there is a daycare uh

[31:21] center. So um this kind of gives you an idea of uh the proximity on Moose Road

[31:26] near where Kids Street is west of China Grove Road there and their survey map.

[31:31] So with that, we need to hold a hearing. I'll be glad to answer any questions you

[31:34] have u before or after the hearing. Mayor,

[31:38] » are there any questions for this item here?

[31:41] Okay, I'm going to open the public hearing. If you want to speak on this

[31:46] topic and this topic only, please come now.

[31:52] [clears throat]

[31:55] Okay, we're going to close it. Council, we need a motion here filling

[32:01] this ordinance to extend the corporate limits.

[32:03] » I'll make that motion. Mr. Jackson, >> second,

[32:06] » Mr. Dall. All in favor? >> All right. Thank you.

[32:10] » [clears throat]

[32:13] » Second one we have tonight, mayor, is voluntary annexation for U also on um

[32:18] it's Kid Street. I'm sorry, it's typo there. Andrew Matthews made this

[32:22] request. It is one parcel. It's just below a quarter of an acre contiguous

[32:26] annexation located in the ETJ in the future growth area and it is proposed to

[32:31] be residential as well. Uh same location, Kid Street, just on the

[32:35] opposite side of the street as the previous one. This one's on the west

[32:37] side whereas the previous was on the east side there. There's your survey and

[32:41] of course we need to hold a hearing on that as well. So

[32:47] any questions on this item? All right. We need a motion to approve

[32:52] this. >> I'm sorry. Oh, wait a minute. Oh, no

[32:58] way. There's a question right here. Question and comments. Any any questions

[33:01] before I go to the public hearing? Okay. I'm going to open the public hearing.

[33:07] If you want to speak on this topic and this topic only, please come up.

[33:16] Okay, we're going to close this one. Okay, another situation. Council, we

[33:22] need a motion to do this. And Miss Dixon's got that. Is there a second?

[33:27] Miss Barry. Okay, all in favor? Good. All right, we've done that. Thank

[33:32] you. We'll go on to this uh policy amendment.

[33:37] And uh before I open this up for comments, I will say a few things about

[33:41] this. And I think some of this goes back to how long you've been coming to these

[33:45] meetings, but there was a time and I know Joe Hatley's out there and he'll

[33:50] remember this and Phil Goodman when this council met once a month at at 4:30.

[33:54] And so during that time we didn't have public

[33:58] comment uh if my memor is correct. and several

[34:03] of us uh passed that the meetings be moved both to 6:00 so we could have more

[34:08] attendance from the public because it was more convenient.

[34:12] In conjunction with that um I think somewhere in all of that activity I

[34:18] asked that the speakers be granted four minutes instead of three

[34:23] and the council went along with that. So we extended the opportunity to speak by

[34:27] what's that 30% something of that nature. So, I don't

[34:30] know of any and I've talked to Mr. uh Kelly about this. I don't know of any

[34:34] other municipality that's offering that much time. We do we offer four minutes

[34:38] and then beyond that uh I think Mr. Dave and Miss Hatchel pushed the fact that we

[34:45] do it at both meetings. So, we've taken it we've actually

[34:49] expanded the opportunity greatly from what it was let's say two years ago. Uh

[34:54] if you want to look at it from that perspective. We're just trying to

[34:57] develop more structure to this and I think it I think is a valid move in my

[35:02] opinion. So does anyone have any comments on this? Mr. Dav.

[35:06] » Um thank you mayor. The one thing that um Mr. Irwin brought up just wanted to

[35:12] clarify um that we will have signage posted

[35:17] outside I assume at the table instructing people that here's the new

[35:23] policy. here's what you have to do in order to get signed up to speak.

[35:26] [clears throat] We need to make that perfectly clear. It's a very good point

[35:30] and I assume that you will as you open the meeting, you will address that same

[35:35] topic right out of the gate even as soon as we um open the meeting. I mean

[35:41] essentially >> as soon as we adopt the agenda, I intend

[35:43] to make that comment. >> Okay. And um

[35:48] uh the other thing that I would say about our current process, Miss Gags

[35:53] needs some help over there to ensure that that button gets pushed on the

[35:59] countdown because you know it's not fair that somebody's standing there watching

[36:03] the clock moving and that puts you under a different amount of pressure than if

[36:07] the clock's not moving. And she can only do so much at one time trying to take

[36:11] minutes and type and hit buttons. So, I think we need to get somebody to sit up

[36:16] there to help her through that process, another staff member um to make it fair

[36:21] to everybody that is that has taken the time out to come speak. And um

[36:28] also it was brought up to me that the um date on the policy that's in the agenda

[36:37] uh says this policy is amended the 10th day of August. That was when we had it

[36:41] on the U consent agenda. So that needs to be corrected when the motion is made

[36:47] to pass the this policy. If if that's the will of the council,

[36:53] » it needs to go to the first meeting of September. Now, I would think that being

[36:57] right, Mr. Kelly,

[37:01] » the policy will be effective tonight. It would be Yes. Put it into play at the

[37:07] next meeting. >> That's correct. Right. Okay. But I mean,

[37:09] we need to >> Yeah, we'll make that change on the on

[37:12] the document before the mayor signs it. >> Okay,

[37:14] » that's correct. It will be a it will reflect it was adopted tonight, not the

[37:18] 10th. >> Okay. Yes, that's all I have. Mayor,

[37:20] » anyone else? Mr. Hatchel? >> Yeah, I just wanted to take a minute

[37:23] thank Mr. Kelly for his work on that um and taking in our input with the

[37:29] different uh parts of it. also want to point out that we will no longer ask for

[37:33] street addresses when people come, especially since our meetings are

[37:37] streamlined or stream, you know, put out there in the public. Um, the purpose of

[37:42] public comment is for transparency for us, not necessarily for those who want

[37:46] to speak. So, I just want to make sure that's put out there. And I, um, like

[37:50] you said, Mr. Mayor, other other local government bodies make you sign up the

[37:55] day before. >> You have to sign up different times.

[37:57] They don't get you don't get to speak twice a month. So all those things are

[38:00] very true. So thank you. >> Thank you. Anyone else?

[38:05] » All right. Having said that, then we need a motion here.

[38:08] » Miss Hashel second. >> Mr. Jackson. All in favor.

[38:13] Thank you. And we're back to now Carter Misingo.

[38:17] Gary Mills. >> Can somebody turn those bright lights

[38:22] down? >> Yeah.

[38:23] » They wanted put under spotlight. [laughter]

[38:26] » They wanted y'all to be seen. I don't know how that thing got.

[38:30] » Thank you, Mayor and Council, uh, for allowing us to do this presentation

[38:34] tonight. Um, Mayor Wilson had asked us a couple months ago to, uh, do a

[38:38] presentation on our youth sports, the the success of our youth sports program.

[38:42] Um, I said, well, let's wait until our registration for fall flag football uh,

[38:47] occurs so that we can include those numbers in. And so, we've prepared a an

[38:51] exciting conversation for you guys repres uh, presentation tonight. So, I

[38:55] hope you'll be enthralled by the information that we provide to you. But

[38:59] Carter Misingo, our athletic coordinator, is here. Jordan Fuller, our

[39:02] assistant athletic coordinator, is also here, but he's got some uh some really

[39:06] cool information to share on our very successful program. Um, and when we get

[39:09] done, we'll be open it for questions.

[39:14] » Thanks, Gary. Thank you, mayor and council members. I'm excited to give

[39:18] this presentation. I've been a part of the athletics program here in

[39:22] Canapapolis since almost the very beginning. I was not here for the very

[39:26] first basketball season, but since then I've been a part of the team in a

[39:29] part-time and now full-time capacity. I am biased, but I do think it's a great

[39:33] program that we have and it's been great to see the growth. Um, to see those kids

[39:37] that started in our first program that are now getting to that middle school

[39:41] and high school age and see them go on to start working with their school teams

[39:45] and everything. It's been great. Um, so to get started, we'll look at the

[39:49] numbers for our participation since we started in 2020. So in fiscal year 2020,

[39:55] we only had basketball and that's that 332 members that we had in that first

[39:59] program. Since then, we have seen growth across our total numbers every year. Um

[40:05] those numbers are starting to level out a little bit now that we've, you know,

[40:09] we think we've got we've captured a lot of those people that are planning to

[40:12] play sports with us. Um but we still continue to see a lot of growth across

[40:17] different age groups and different um our different sports.

[40:22] So looking at it by sport, as you can see down at the bottom, in fiscal year

[40:26] 20, that was just basketball. And then in fiscal year 21, we were able to add

[40:30] soccer and flag football. And in the following year in 2022, we also added

[40:35] baseball and softball. So again, in this, you can see how our sports are

[40:40] continuing to grow. Um, and some of our soccer and basketball have started to

[40:45] kind of level out a little bit, but our baseball, soccer or our baseball,

[40:48] softball, and flag football numbers are continuing to grow. Um, which is great

[40:52] to see. And even within those soccer and basketball programs, as we'll see later,

[40:58] um, we still have age groups that are continuing to grow, especially in our

[41:02] girl programs. Those numbers are continuing to grow by a good bit.

[41:08] So we'll move on to our facility usage for the fiscal year 26. Uh flag football

[41:14] is our first program. Um for the fiscal year we utilize Safert Park and Barry

[41:19] Lent Park. Um at Safert Park we had 532 hours of games and practices and at

[41:24] Barry Lent we had 140 hours of games and practices. Barry Lance is utilized for

[41:29] our 56 uh age groups and then 78 through 1315 are being used at Safert Park. And

[41:37] on Saturdays, we have games running from 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Saturday. So

[41:41] that's a great program that we have going on there.

[41:45] And then if we look at the numbers by the age groups over the last three

[41:49] years, you can see how those numbers continue to grow. the younger age

[41:53] groups, they can go up and down a little bit, but we can see the retention as the

[41:57] ages progress. Uh we see our 56 continue to go into our 78s and our 78s into our

[42:03] 910 and so on as they continue to grow until they get to that, you know, school

[42:08] age where they're playing with their school teams or if they're electing to

[42:11] do other sports. That's why you see a little bit of a dip in those older age

[42:14] groups. But we still continue to see that retention that a lot of these kids

[42:18] are staying with our programs year after year.

[42:23] That takes us to our basketball league. In fiscal year 26, we had over a

[42:28] thousand hours of games and practices spread across the Canapapolis city

[42:32] schools that we um utilize for our games, which is Canapapolis Middle

[42:37] School sixth grade gym, Forest Park, Shady Brook, and GW Carver. And we do

[42:41] have a great relationship with the Canapapolis City Schools. We would not

[42:44] be able to put on these programs without their facilities. It's been fantastic.

[42:48] Um, I know Scott Rogers and his family were here earlier. Me and Scott are

[42:51] constantly talking about what we can do to better clean their gyms and

[42:56] everything to make sure that we are being very respectful of their space so

[43:00] that they continue to allow us to be in those schools. Um, and we help them out.

[43:05] We've been able to update some of their facilities, enhancing some of their

[43:08] goals, and we'd love to continue to look at ways that we can enhance their

[43:12] facilities. We also utilize Royal Oaks um for our 34 instructional program

[43:19] um which is outside of Canapapolis City School System.

[43:23] [snorts] And for basketball, we have a couple

[43:26] more bars on this graph because once we hit the 78 age group, it breaks up into

[43:31] boys leagues and girls leagues. Our 3, four, and 56 are still co-ed. Um, but

[43:36] like I said earlier, I think the biggest thing you can note is how the girls

[43:39] leagues have continued to grow, um, even up through the older age groups. And I

[43:44] think that's just because our program is continuing to excel and be better than

[43:48] it was the year before. And even across all of our leagues, boys and girls, we

[43:53] see that retention as the older age groups continue to grow. Um, and the

[43:57] kids have continued to enjoy those programs.

[44:02] That brings us to soccer, which is held in the spring. We utilize Safer Park and

[44:06] Barry Lance Park for this as well. We had 788 hours of games and practices at

[44:10] Safefort Park and 164 at Barry Lintz. Again, Barry Lance is used for our 56

[44:16] program and then our 34 instructional league and then our 78 through 1315 use

[44:22] the safer park facilities. Our 34 program utilizes the outfields of our

[44:27] softball fields there until about noon and that's when it transitions over to

[44:30] be a uh a baseball field after that. On Saturdays in the spring, we're usually

[44:36] here from about 9:00 a.m. to about 9:00 p.m. utilizing that main safer rectangle

[44:41] because we've got games going on all day.

[44:46] To break that down into the age groups, um again, all of our soccer programs are

[44:51] co-ed. Uh, so we can continue to see that retention as the older age groups

[44:56] progress. They're continuing to stay in our program, which is great. We love

[44:59] seeing those older kids staying out and staying active. Um,

[45:05] move on to our baseball. Softball is our other sport that we have in the spring.

[45:09] We have three parks that we utilize for baseball and softball at Safer Park,

[45:13] Barry Lintz Park, and Bakers Creek where we had over 867 hours of games and

[45:18] practices. And again, those games will run from about 9:00 am to about 8:00 pm

[45:22] on Saturday. So, we've got a very long day of uh baseball as well.

[45:29] And it's the same thing as the retention that we've continued to have. And

[45:33] baseball and softball have continued to grow across pretty much every age group,

[45:36] especially our softball program. Um, as we've continued to utilize u what we

[45:42] feel is good facilities. And we also partner with Concord and Odell in those

[45:47] um in those older age groups and in our softball leagues to help build out a

[45:51] good program so we can have plenty of teams and plenty of good competition.

[45:57] Next, we have our resident and non-resident numbers for all of our

[46:00] sports. Across our sports as a whole, we have about 77% resident um uh

[46:07] participation. Uh the biggest non-resident

[46:11] participation that we have is that flag football program. We believe that is

[46:14] mostly because we are the only um the only place in the area that provides

[46:20] flag football. Most other places do not do a flag football program. They may do

[46:25] a fall soccer program. Um, and then the rest of our programs are about 20%

[46:30] non-resident.

[46:38] This next slide is one of our most important. That's our volunteer coaches.

[46:41] It's after our facilities. It's the most important thing that we have in our

[46:44] program. In fiscal year 26, we had a total of 253 teams that were covered by

[46:50] volunteer head coaches. And that does not include the additional assistant

[46:54] coaches that many teams have. This totaled over 4,700 hours of

[46:59] volunteer time between games and practices. And that's just the time they

[47:03] spend on the field. That does not include the time that they spend before

[47:06] games and before practices, coming up with plans, planning out their roster,

[47:10] communicating with their team, and just learning the kids and everything.

[47:15] Uh over those 40 4,700 hours, we have calculated that's about $17,000 hours or

[47:21] $17,000 of savings that we've been able to have

[47:24] because we're using volunteer coaches as opposed to part-time staff.

[47:31] Next, our sponsorship. In fiscal year 26, we had 20 youth sponsors. That

[47:35] equated to about $4,000 in monetary donations, equipment, and services. That

[47:39] number is not quite where we would like it to be. So going into fiscal year 27,

[47:43] we've revamped our sponsorship program. We believe that gives us greater

[47:47] versatility to allow what we believe can be limitless growth for our

[47:51] sponsorships. We want to help the community and business owners to give

[47:55] them more chances to give back to their community, more avenues. So we have that

[48:00] QR code for anyone that they can look up our new sponsorship brochure and just

[48:04] kind of breaks down the different avenues that they can take as a youth

[48:07] sponsor.

[48:11] And finally, we have our youth athletics healthy contact hours. And the healthy

[48:15] contact hours is a part of that discover a healthy life brand that the city has.

[48:20] And this is hours that are tracked meaning time away from screens,

[48:25] time away from screens, time spent being active, time spent with other kids their

[48:29] age, and time spil spent help building those social skills that are important

[48:34] for kids as they grow up. to break down a little bit of our

[48:38] healthy contact hours for flag football. Each participant had 18 healthy contact

[48:43] hours. Those were 10 hours of game or 10 hours of practice, eight hours of games.

[48:48] So across our 455 participants that we had in fiscal year 26, that was 8,190

[48:55] total hours. And that final column is the total hours that each program has

[49:00] had of healthy contact hours since its beginning. So for flag football that was

[49:04] over 33,000 hours. For basketball it was over 61,000 hours. For soccer that's

[49:11] over 66,000 hours. Baseball almost 40,000. And softball almost 15,000. So

[49:16] as a total since the very beginning in 2020, we have provided the youth of the

[49:21] community an avenue to get out, be active, and spend time with their peers

[49:25] over 215,000 hours.

[49:30] And that's all that I have in the presentation. I'm happy to answer any

[49:33] questions that you have about our youth athletics.

[49:37] » Okay. Are you tired? >> Do what?

[49:40] » I said, are you tired yet? >> Not quite.

[49:42] » Just like [snorts] you feel put a few hours in yourself.

[49:44] » Yeah. Right. >> Any questions for this young man?

[49:48] » Make a com. Go ahead. >> Uh Carter, just thank you for what

[49:53] you've done. I mean, this is a big lift for the community and as well as Mr.

[49:58] Mills for his support of this project. But I also want to give a shout out to

[50:04] coach Wilson who he's famously known as. You know, I remember sitting here on

[50:09] this DA several years ago and we were arguing about the need for this and you

[50:14] were adamant that this city needed a youth sports program like this,

[50:21] » right? and some of our other members at the time, they they didn't feel that uh

[50:26] that it was a big priority, but you pressed on and u and won everybody over

[50:32] and everybody eventually got on board and supported the creation of this and

[50:39] this is this is major for the community. >> So, um wanted to give you a shout out

[50:45] especially for that. So, thank you for your leadership and thank you for for

[50:49] y'all implementing this this vision and helping on average it looks like about

[50:55] 2500 to 3,000 kids a year. Yep. >> Um, and I'm sure you know there's kids

[51:01] you said that repeat each year, but uh if it if you add up all the years,

[51:05] that's 12,579 uh slots, I guess, that have been filled

[51:11] year-over-year in sports here. So, thank you for what you do. Anyone else? Mr.

[51:17] Hatchel, >> thank you for your presentation. Um, I

[51:21] kind of noticed too with your numbers that we've kind of leveled off. Are we

[51:25] uh running into any problems like with the weight list or anything with some of

[51:28] these sports or we've been able to maintain it?

[51:32] » So, not yet. Um, we are pretty much at capacity with our soccer program, our

[51:36] basketball program, and our baseball softball program. Um, so the leveling

[51:42] off has been okay because we're right there at that capacity. We have not had

[51:46] to turn anyone away as of now. Um, but you know, if we continue to grow, there

[51:52] may be that time, but as of now, we have not.

[51:55] » And I know you mentioned the sponsorship is what you guys are promoting. Y

[52:00] » um, do you guys like have a current goal for that or, you know, if there was a

[52:04] business that would hear it tonight, like what what are some ways that they

[52:06] could do that? Yeah, our goal right now is to grow more than we were last year.

[52:11] Um, we want to, like I said, we've revamped it and we're seeing how those

[52:15] changes are going to benefit the program. Um, we're willing to continue

[52:20] to change, you know, as the years progress, but we want to we want to have

[52:25] more like 20 sponsors per season as opposed to for a full year. We want to

[52:29] we want to get as many people um sponsored [clears throat] as as possible

[52:33] so that we can, you know, benefit the kids as much as possible. Okay. Thank

[52:37] you, >> Mr. Bearing. Go ahead, please.

[52:40] » Okay. Uh, Carter, I would like to know who's these who these youth athletic

[52:45] coaches are. I mean, no, I don't get to the games, but I would I would like them

[52:50] recognized somehow, whether it's in the newsletter, if it's on the website, if

[52:55] they come if they're invited to a council meeting. That's a lot of

[52:58] sacrifice and a lot of time they spend. And somehow or another, they deserve

[53:03] more recognition. As the fall's starting, maybe they're finished up

[53:07] spring and summer. Somehow or another, I'd just like to know more about them

[53:12] and and them to get better recognition. >> Yep. That's an excellent suggestion.

[53:15] » Yes. Yeah. We'd love to do something like that. We do provide them with a

[53:18] plaque with a picture of the kids and everything that were on their team. But

[53:21] we that's a very good suggestion to recognize them even further in the

[53:24] community. >> Even if we had a big dinner form,

[53:26] something that we're saying, "Hey, we couldn't do this without you."

[53:29] » Right. >> Thank you.

[53:30] » Good idea. >> Anyone else?

[53:36] Harold, do you have something? >> You know, they they let me coach in this

[53:39] in the beginning and I got so many technical fouls that Gary, you know,

[53:41] Conor told me had to go on. So, real to me. All right. Okay. So, thank you very

[53:47] much. >> Thank you.

[53:48] » Great. All right. Now, we have uh

[53:53] we're going to have where are we now? We're on the wrong page is where we are.

[53:56] Council Mr. Mr. Melton, I'm sorry. >> Mayor, I don't have any additional items

[54:01] tonight. >> All right. City Council,

[54:04] Mr. Demo. >> Um, just want to give a shout out to the

[54:09] fire department for their work over the weekend locating the elderly man that

[54:15] went missing. And I understand that our fire department is who found him. And

[54:20] they were, you know, people all over the area looking for this gentleman who

[54:24] who's got dementia. Um, and they found him in a field and u safely returned him

[54:31] home. So, that's a that's a huge thing for our department to accomplish that.

[54:38] And just want to say hi to my twins, Ava and Aubrey, who are four months old, but

[54:43] they're watching this meeting in deep um commitment. So, uh I'm sure they've

[54:49] learned a lot through this through this hourlong meeting. So, [laughter]

[54:53] » thank you. Mayor, >> do you have something, Miss Dixon?

[54:56] » No. >> Okay.

[54:58] » Anyone else? Mr. Dave, I believe it's time for you.

[55:02] » All right, mayor. I'll move make a motion to close

[55:06] the session pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 143-318.11

[55:11] A3 to consult with an attorney in order to preserve the attorney client

[55:15] privilege and general statute 14318.11a

[55:21] for discussing the negotiating position regarding the acquisition of real

[55:25] property. >> Second, a second for Miss Dixon. All in

[55:28] favor? Okay. Our meeting is adjourned. Thank you for coming.

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