[9:06] >> town of mooresville

[9:07] board of commissioners meeting,

[9:09] october 10, 2024. I

[9:13] am the vice mayor for the town of

[9:14] mooresville and as you can see the

[9:18] mayor is not with us tonight.

[9:25] first of all I would like to say mayor chris

[9:28] carney is not here this evening

[9:32] . He has faced a number of challenges including

[9:34] a sudden death of a very close family friend,

[9:37] and his father's illness. At this

[9:41] time his dad is actually under hospice care

[9:46] . As we all can imagine, his physical and

[9:47] mental health has suffered a little

[9:48] bit from this. The mayor has decided to take

[9:50] a medical

[9:51] leave of absence to address his current health issues.

[9:56] he is committed to his public service role,

[10:00] but

[10:01] realized his health and well-being

[10:02] of his family must come first right now.

[10:08] chris is getting help from the support

[10:09] of the healthcare team so

[10:10] he may return as soon as he is able to.

[10:16] we, as the board, wish him a speedy

[10:17] recovery and ask that you respect

[10:18] his privacy during these challenging times. Thank you.

[10:21] at this time we will call

[10:24] the meeting to order .

[10:28] commissioner karriker, would you lead

[10:30] us in the pledge of allegiance

[10:33] and prayer please

[10:42] ?

[10:43] >> heavenly father thank you for

[10:44] the day you've given us. We thank

[10:45] you for this town. We thank you for this

[10:46] leadership and ask that

[10:47] your hand be upon mayor kearney and

[10:48] his family. During this time you know

[10:49] what he needs more than anyone else

[10:50] does and we draw on you

[10:51] and ask you to be that for him and for his family

[10:52] . Lord, I

[10:53] thank you for as being obedient, as well,

[11:08] and respecting to give him some time,

[11:09] give them some privacy to work through

[11:10] these things. We ask that our citizens

[11:11] do that, as well, lord, for the opportunity

[11:12] we have to come together to make decisions

[11:13] on behalf of

[11:14] our town we ask for your wisdom, discernment,

[11:15] your guidance and what we say what we

[11:16] do we ask and bring honor to you

[11:17] and we thank you for our servicemen and women,

[11:20] those we get to honor tonight. We

[11:21] thank you for them coming to be a

[11:23] part of this awesome staff . We continue

[11:24] to pray for those

[11:27] in the western part of our state

[11:29] who are still struggling, still have

[11:30] a lot of great needs ahead of them.

[11:32] we thank you for the outpouring of love and support

[11:38] that is going that way and that we

[11:39] ask that continues. This will be

[11:42] a very long process

[11:45] for that part

[11:46] of our state. We thank you for your presence

[11:47] with the center decision-making tonight in

[11:48] christ precious name amen.

[11:54] >> I pledge allegiance to the flag

[11:57] of the united states of america

[11:58] and to the republic for which it stands

[12:00] one nation under god

[12:01] indivisible with liberty and justice for

[12:03] all.

[12:18] we are pretty fortunate

[12:19] tonight. We have had some swearing

[12:20] in of some new police officers and

[12:21] at this time I would like to

[12:23] recognize chief joe cook and commissioner west, please.

[12:45] >>

[12:46] good evening, everybody. I served as

[12:47] a police officer for three years.

[12:49] my turn to be on the side of the swearing in ceremony.

[12:52] with that, I would like to bring

[12:55] up our first officer,

[12:57] and that is officer jeremy bliss.

[13:02] jeremy, do you want to bring your family up?

[13:51] >> officer jeremy bliss is hired by the

[13:52] police department

[13:53] on august 5th 2024. He was born in

[13:57] new york. His family moved to north

[14:00] carolina when he was young, and raised here.

[14:02] he started his law enforcement career

[14:04] in 2010 serving with

[14:06] matthews police department, argo county sheriff's department,

[14:10] and a three --after

[14:13] a three-year break to serve other

[14:15] interest you joined the

[14:17] state department. He is a family man.

[14:18] he enjoys outdoor activities

[14:23] and cherishes his loved ones, so we welcome you

[14:29] , officer bliss.

[14:37] we will proceed to swear you in.

[14:38] place your left hand on the bible, raise

[14:40] your right hand and repeat after me. I,

[14:42] jeremy bliss, do

[14:45] solemnly swear that I will be alert and vigilant to

[14:51] enforce the criminal laws of the state.

[14:54] I will not be influenced in any manner

[14:57] on account of

[15:00] personal bias or prejudice.

[15:08] that I will support

[15:10] and maintain the constitution and

[15:11] laws of the united states

[15:14] and constitution

[15:17] and laws of

[15:19] north carolina not inconsistent therewith.

[15:28] and I will faithfully and impartially

[15:30] discharge and execute the duties of

[15:33] my office as a law enforcement officer.

[15:42] according to the best of my skill,

[15:44] abilities and judgment, so help me god.

[15:52] >> sworn in my presence this 21st day

[15:53] of october,

[15:54] 2024. Congratulations and welcome aboard.

[16:07] this is fun. If she misses --

[16:17] outstanding. We're going to take some pictures

[16:23] with just the family. Let's do that.

[17:27] next up, we have officer brandon slough.

[17:38] officer brandon slough was hired with

[17:39] the mooresville police department

[17:40] is a basic law enforcement to that on may 13, 2024. He

[17:46] graduated the program a community college

[17:48] on september 12, 2024.

[17:50] he grew up in long island virginia.

[17:54] in 2019 he joined the

[17:57] national guard as an infantryman

[18:02] and completed a 10 month deployment

[18:03] in 2022 in africa. After returning

[18:06] to the states he moved to mooresville, north carolina.

[18:17] officer slough has two brothers that

[18:21] are both currently in college. He is

[18:22] joined here tonight by his parents,

[18:22] melvin and rebecca

[18:24] and with that, which one of you would

[18:26] like to hold the bible? All right.

[18:29] but your left hand on the bible, raise

[18:31] your right hand and repeat after me. I,

[18:36] brandon slough, do solemnly swear that

[18:40] I will be alert and vigilant to

[18:42] enforcing criminal laws of the state,

[18:49] that I will not be influenced in any

[18:51] manner on account of personal bias or prejudice

[18:59] , that I will support

[19:02] and maintain the constitution and

[19:03] the laws of united states

[19:09] and the constitution and

[19:11] laws of north carolina not inconsistent therewith.

[19:17] and I will faithfully and impartially

[19:20] discharge and execute the duties of my office as

[19:24] a law enforcement officer.

[19:32] according to the best of my skills, abilities

[19:35] and judgment so help me god.

[19:42] sworn in my presence this 21st day

[19:43] of october 2024. Congratulations, welcome aboard.

[20:03] all right.

[20:35] and next up and finally, we have

[20:38] officer tate bentley . Do you want

[20:41] to call up your family?

[20:49] a little bit about officer tate

[20:52] bentley. He was hired with the mooresville

[20:54] police department is a basic law enforcement

[20:56] cadet. He graduated program for mitchell

[20:58] community college on september 12,

[21:02] 2024. Officer bentley was born and raised

[21:03] in statesboro as his

[21:06] parents and brother . He attended statesville

[21:10] christian school. Upon graduation

[21:13] in 2019 he attended college in statesville and

[21:16] attained his associates degree. Officer

[21:19] bentley is excited to be part of this

[21:21] department is looking forward

[21:23] to continuing and growing in his career.

[21:32] left hand on the bible. Raise your

[21:33] right hand, please, and repeat after

[21:34] me. I, tate bentley, do solemnly swear

[21:41] that I will be alert and vigilant

[21:43] to enforce the criminal laws of the state,

[21:48] that I will not be influenced in any manner on

[21:51] account of personal bias or prejudice,

[21:58] that I will support and maintain the constitution

[22:01] and the laws of the united states

[22:07] and the constitution and laws of north

[22:08] carolina not inconsistent therewith.

[22:16] and that I will faithfully and impartially

[22:19] discharge and execute the duties of

[22:21] my office as a law enforcement officer.

[22:28] according to the best of my skill,

[22:30] abilities and judgment, so help me god.

[22:36] in front of my presence this 21st day of october, 2024.

[22:39] welcome.

[22:54] and with that, we will step aside .

[23:18] >> [ inaudible ]

[23:57] >> return of mooresville

[23:59] and this board support public safety.

[24:01] part of the team is supporting

[24:04] everyone in town .

[24:07] thank you, mayor pro tem and commissioners, for

[24:10] allowing us to have them. Do your

[24:12] job and make them proud.

[24:19] with that I would like to invite the members

[24:20] of the board down to take a picture.

[24:40] you guys want to come up and be in the picture?

[25:07] all right. One more big hand.

[25:45] at this time our next item is an employee spotlight

[25:46] and I

[25:48] would like to recognize the town manager.

[25:51] >> thank you very much.

[25:53] we have any members of our crews that

[25:55] were invited into night in the audience? I'm going to

[26:01] ask them to come up and join me up front.

[26:35] >> it is my pleasure to be recognizing

[26:36] the

[26:39] group of individuals who

[26:41] serve tirelessly every day. I don't know

[26:43] if you always realize, oftentimes what happens in

[26:47] the town, the great services that

[26:48] are provided happen and nobody pays

[26:50] attention until they are not happening

[26:51] or until a problem comes up and then you

[26:57] notice that something is not going right.

[26:59] this is a representative

[27:00] group of a larger group of individuals

[27:01] and I'm going to ask that the names

[27:02] be shown as I'm talking through this.

[27:08] an employee spotlight every month would

[27:10] like to focus on either an individual or

[27:11] team of people that are just doing

[27:13] incredible work for the community.

[27:16] during the recent hurricane and again, it is

[27:18] through the grace of god that we did

[27:19] not suffer more damage than we did,

[27:21] you know, we are

[27:23] still praying every day and sending

[27:24] all the help we can to the western part of the

[27:26] state, but there were challenges that

[27:30] were being faced right here in mooresville and

[27:33] it was through the incredible efforts

[27:34] of these individuals, these gentlemen

[27:35] and others on their team

[27:36] that really made sure we all stayed

[27:37] safe and that the town kept moving forward

[27:47] and that you

[27:48] did not have any more interruptions

[27:49] to your daily lives then you had to when

[27:50] the storm came in so there were multiple

[27:51] departments we want to

[27:53] recognize tonight and again you will see the names

[28:06] and the names of the departments flushing

[28:07] up on screens but I would like to

[28:08] point out

[28:09] a few of these groups and individuals in

[28:10] the teams. Throughout public works

[28:11] we got a lot of people doing a lot

[28:12] of different things but

[28:13] people don't always realize for example,

[28:14] parks and recreation does amazing

[28:15] work, and some of the work they did

[28:16] during this

[28:17] time is remove the fallen trees, the

[28:18] debris and limbs from across the town

[28:22] in our parks, our cemeteries that we

[28:23] had issue with another town facilities

[28:24] and then we had

[28:25] our sanitation crews that were out

[28:35] along

[28:36] with our streets and the stormwater

[28:37] crews and these teams are responsible

[28:38] for addressing all the flood -related street

[28:39] closures in the cleanup of multiple

[28:40] trees that

[28:41] had gone down on the roads and across citizens'

[28:44] properties. I hope if you were on

[28:45] social media that you had a look at

[28:46] some of the images we shared because

[28:47] we really wanted

[28:50] to share with you

[28:52] , almost in real time you could see the

[28:53] work being done and for those of you

[28:54] who have these issues in the community

[29:06] you know they came very quickly. Almost all

[29:07] the work across the town was completed

[29:08] within three business days which I

[29:09] think is a pretty remarkable turnaround time

[29:10] given all the challenges we were facing

[29:12] taking care of our community and helping other

[29:12] parts of the state. Art

[29:18] traffic and transportation team worked

[29:19] to take care of all of our intersections.

[29:20] we lost signals and

[29:21] had one major traffic accident that had

[29:22] to be cleared and serviced and again

[29:23] they made sure they got out there

[29:28] and made sure all of our traffic is

[29:29] flowing safely because there is

[29:30] nothing worse than coming to an intersection

[29:31] and you have flights that are not

[29:32] working in lines that are down so

[29:33] again they worked both during and

[29:35] after the storm to really ensure that we all stayed

[29:38] as safe as possible

[29:40] and that our lives were impacted as

[29:41] little as possible during the storm.

[29:45] they are really a shining example, I

[29:47] believe, of the excellence

[30:01] that all of our town departments deliver

[30:02] every day but again, these people are

[30:03] oftentimes unsung heroes because as

[30:04] I said, they take care of things we

[30:05] don't really pay attention to unless

[30:06] they're not working so I would ask

[30:07] you now to join me in

[30:08] a round of applause to thank them

[30:09] and just so you know,

[30:21] we have a token of gratitude for all of

[30:22] you that we are going to be distributing

[30:23] because our group is large. We have

[30:24] about 46

[30:25] individuals total so I will be going

[30:26] to departments individually but I

[30:27] really appreciate you being here tonight.

[30:28] I appreciate all that you do. We thank

[30:29] you very much. We could not do it

[30:30] without you and I would ask you not

[30:31] to join me in a round of

[30:32] applause to thank them.

[30:53] thank you all.

[31:10] >> tracy, thank you so much for that. Our next

[31:13] presentation is from the mooresville youth council.

[31:19] I would like to recognize carly nigel and nick lynch.

[31:35] >> hello.

[31:38] we would like to thank you for hosting us

[31:41] tonight and having these

[31:53] younger students to present to. They

[31:54] are very excited and we are tremendously

[31:55] proud of them for all the work they

[31:56] have done and all the work they aspire to

[31:57] do. Tonight we are excited to share

[31:58] with

[31:59] your up-and-coming volunteer opportunities

[32:00] and the project we hope to construct,

[32:01] build and promote the school year.

[32:04] I will have the students join me. They

[32:05] are very excited and is or

[32:08] --eager to present to you their hard work.

[32:29] >> hello. My name is will

[32:32] roos. I'm the president of

[32:36] mooresville youth council. I want

[32:37] to begin by saying thank you to you

[32:38] all for letting us speak.

[32:41] I also want

[32:42] to thank everybody else in the room

[32:44] for supporting us and everything that we do.

[32:45] so,

[32:49] what is the mooresville youth council? We are

[32:52] a youth volunteer program that aims to

[32:59] help the mooresville community in every

[33:00] endeavor. We

[33:02] aim to assist youth that want to make

[33:03] a

[33:05] difference in the community and want

[33:06] to

[33:09] improve our community and

[33:14] we aim to let youth participate in local

[33:15] initiatives, to provide an

[33:16] understanding of the town's functions.

[33:20] I also would like to introduce the executive

[33:21] team of the mooresville youth

[33:24] council, our vice president

[33:26] hannah, our social media and marketing

[33:31] coordinator, our secretary, our assistant vice president

[33:37] --she could not make it today --our

[33:39] assistant social media marketing coordinator and our

[33:41] assistant secretary who could also not make it.

[33:53] I would like to say thank you to carly, nick,

[33:54] and jane, advisers, for giving us

[33:55] so much

[33:56] of their time to make sure we are successful

[33:57] and a big thank you to commissioner

[33:58] deweese

[33:59] for supporting us significantly, as well.

[34:07] >> hi. I am the secretary of the mooresville

[34:08] youth council and a little bit about

[34:09] my job is that

[34:10] I make the calendars for the meeting so that

[34:12] we stay on track and

[34:13] know what we want to discuss. I also

[34:15] take minutes during the meeting

[34:19] so we know what we have planned and how we

[34:20] are going to execute in the future, and

[34:24] I also put outposts

[34:26] for meetings so we know when we are

[34:27] meeting, what we are doing for the

[34:28] meetings and we

[34:29] know who is coming to the meetings

[34:30] and regarding meetings, we have two per month.

[34:33] one

[34:34] is that the one mooresville center where

[34:35] we plan our volunteer opportunities

[34:37] and also discuss our projects and then another meeting

[34:41] is at one of the town departments where

[34:42] we are

[34:45] able to take tours and allow all

[34:46] of our members to explore these facilities.

[35:04] >> hello, everyone. On the screen

[35:05] here you can see our t-shirt design

[35:06] for this year. This is actually

[35:07] the first project we do as a group

[35:08] every year and so it starts at our

[35:09] very first meeting where we do

[35:10] a team building activity and prepare

[35:11] a list of words to present to the mooresville

[35:17] youth council. You can see or local

[35:18] just redesigned last year and our motto

[35:21] .

[35:30] >> one of our big things is our legacy project

[35:31] every

[35:32] year. This year we plan to create

[35:34] free little libraries. We've been applying for

[35:39] the state award mini

[35:40] grant for the past month in order

[35:42] to get a $500 grant

[35:43] in order to do this project. Our goal

[35:45] is to construct four free

[35:48] little libraries

[35:50] around mooresville to boost literacy rates

[35:51] and bring awareness to

[35:53] s.t.e.m. Education and its importance.

[35:59] we had to give every child in person

[36:00] and mooresville on equal opportunity

[36:03] and a good education.

[36:04] I a very big math guy. I love math ever

[36:06] since I was little and would

[36:08] love nothing more than to provide

[36:11] children with knowledge on stem in mathematics.

[36:15] we also plan to

[36:16] have a collection event in november and december 2

[36:28] collect books to be placed into the little

[36:29] libraries. Once the little libraries are

[36:30] constructed we will distribute them

[36:31] widely to many different

[36:33] parts of mooresville. Some potential locations that we

[36:40] brainstormed our mega park, liberty park,

[36:41] bellingham, hope park. We are always

[36:43] open to more ideas. Working with commissioner

[36:43] deweese on this

[36:44] project was definitely a big help.

[36:45] he helped us

[36:46] tremendously with the main idea and

[36:48] we managed to build several new ideas with his help.

[36:57] we also have many ideas for opening

[36:58] events of

[37:00] the little libraries. We plan to have several stem demonstrations

[37:03] at the openings. We will have a lot

[37:04] of

[37:06] social media awareness to

[37:10] ring this to the community and we also

[37:11] plan to create educational signs and

[37:12] things that just explained

[37:14] the purpose of the little libraries and

[37:15] what they stand for.

[37:22] youth council has also attended several

[37:23] state youth council conferences in the past.

[37:27] the state council leadership conference

[37:34] was on september 10th and we learned how

[37:35] other councils functioned in how our

[37:36] leadership skills could be

[37:38] improved. We plan to go to the state youth council

[37:48] conferences in november, february

[37:49] and april. The upcoming conference

[37:50] in

[37:51] april will be about the mini grant

[37:52] for a legacy project and we are very

[37:53] excited about going there.

[38:03] >> every holiday season we show

[38:04] our support for the town by being involved

[38:05] in classic christmas and by posting your own

[38:18] project. This year we plan

[38:19] to center our holiday project around

[38:20] our legacy project and we intend to

[38:21] host a book collection aspect project

[38:22] to support our legacy project but

[38:23] for

[38:24] classic christmas last year we helped

[38:25] children build holiday

[38:27] crafts and

[38:30] take pictures with the zippy and hosted

[38:33] the donation drive. For

[38:44] creek week, we had a booth set up

[38:45] with snail races and tattoos for young

[38:46] kids alongside an educational booth

[38:47] about

[38:48] the storm water department. At this

[38:49] event we were able to raise interest

[38:51] from parents and teens about the youth council.

[38:54] earth day was another opportunity

[38:55] for us to connect with the youth of

[38:56] mooresville and share information

[38:57] with them about recycling and maintaining

[39:01] a healthy environment.

[39:04] we had an awesome time.

[39:21] >> all right, this is my favorite part,

[39:22] the dog mayor. Every year we host

[39:23] our annual dog mayor elections and

[39:24] they are held via our youth council

[39:25] instagram. Last year, we hope the

[39:26] election

[39:28] nominations which is basically

[39:34] a form for anyone

[39:35] wanting to run for dog mayor will

[39:36] fill out a form with their information.

[39:37] that was from may 1st to may 15th

[39:38] and we had elections

[39:40] from may 19 to 25th which is

[39:43] basically count of her likes on

[39:44] each candidate's post. Last year we

[39:46] had six total participants in the winter was real

[39:49] --reya,

[39:52] a

[39:55] 12-year-old pimple and she

[40:01] won with 219 votes.

[40:02] >>

[40:03] we have a meeting tomorrow at public ups

[40:04] were we will be taking a tour and

[40:05] allowing our members to

[40:09] experience these different areas that they

[40:10] otherwise probably would never be

[40:11] able to

[40:12] experience, which is such a great

[40:13] part about the council and

[40:23] our second meeting, or our next meeting will

[40:24] be at the one mooresville center for we

[40:25] will continue to discuss our future

[40:26] projects and volunteer

[40:27] opportunities such as well was talking

[40:28] about, the legacy project and

[40:32] more about our volunteer opportunities.

[40:33] we actually have one coming up this

[40:34] saturday we will be

[40:36] helping clean up the eastern heights community. Thank you.

[40:50] >> I just want to talk about how the mooresville

[40:51] youth council has influenced me as

[40:52] a member. It's help me get out there

[40:53] in the community

[40:54] and take initiative. I have my own

[40:56] programs with the library and it's helped me learn

[40:57] what I want to do in my future and

[40:58] helping me build

[40:59] these public speaking skills and helping me

[41:01] shape my skills as a leader.

[41:06] >> the youth council helped me make

[41:07] more friends and be more friendly

[41:10] and

[41:12] accepting to other people and going and

[41:13] talking to other people.

[41:24] >> youth council really just inspires

[41:25] me to be my best self in any

[41:28] way that I can,

[41:29] and it inspires me to just be a leader

[41:31] whenever I possibly can.

[41:34] and I've just been

[41:36] a big fan of the youth council for as

[41:37] long as I've been here.

[41:43] >> the mooresville youth council inspires

[41:46] me by really showing how

[41:57] the collaboration of teens from freshman

[41:58] through senior can come together to

[41:59] make

[42:00] a huge impact on our town, especially

[42:01] in the position that I am. I am able

[42:02] to see how, with the

[42:03] improvement of our communication ,

[42:04] team building skills, how that has

[42:05] an impact on the success of our projects

[42:06] and

[42:07] events and I hope

[42:09] that I can see this passion in teenagers continue

[42:10] for years to come.

[42:21] >> so, the mooresville youth counselor

[42:22] has inspired me to have

[42:23] a greater impact on the community

[42:24] as a whole so being able to see all

[42:25] of our ideas and new members

[42:27] come together to create different

[42:28] opportunities and different offenses just

[42:29] amazing and seeing them

[42:31] come to reality. Thank you.

[43:02] >> hello. The mooresville youth council inspires

[43:03] me because it allows me to understand

[43:04] and really immerse myself in the experiences

[43:05] of our community, which

[43:06] I think really brings us together

[43:07] in a way beyond words and I would've

[43:08] never gotten this close to the mooresville

[43:09] community if it were not

[43:10] for the mooresville youth council

[43:11] and as a senior, I have done youth council

[43:12] for all four years and I can say that

[43:13] it has just shaped

[43:14] me as a person, as everyone has mentioned.

[43:15] volunteering, giving back to the community

[43:16] and general leadership skills so as

[43:17] a cornerstone of my high school experience

[43:18] I hope to continue to inspire youth

[43:19] to make mooresville a better place.

[43:20] we want to thank the town of mooresville

[43:21] for supporting us on our

[43:31] journey to make mooresville a better

[43:32] place for everyone

[43:33] and to stay updated on our journey

[43:34] and our projects, you can follow us.

[43:35] this is our instagram. Scan the qr code

[43:36] on the screen and you can

[43:37] follow us as we post about meetings

[43:38] , fun

[43:39] outings that we do, projects for the

[43:40] community and other fundings that

[43:41] we do. Thank you so much.

[43:49] >> thanks. Excellent.

[43:58] >> I just want to say how

[44:01] fulfilling it is to watch a

[44:03] group of young people come together and grow

[44:07] and have impact and

[44:10] I thank you for the kind words, but I would say

[44:16] that you guys are what makes the difference

[44:17] and thank you very much for all that

[44:18] you do and all that you help us with

[44:19] and

[44:21] how much your learning to be a good citizen. Thank you.

[44:36] >> I'm looking at you I see the next

[44:37] leaders. You will be sitting up here

[44:38] one day so good luck and outstanding

[44:39] presentation. I

[44:41] love the stem math --s.t.e.m., I love the math stuff.

[44:43] you guys did good. Thanks.

[44:54] >> I would just like to reiterate I

[44:55] am very proud of you all. I think

[44:56] when we think about the future of our

[44:58] town we are in good hands.

[45:11] >> first

[45:12] off, thank you very much. Just last week

[45:13] I had someone ask me says what is

[45:14] this dog mayor stuff about and how

[45:15] does my dog become mayor.

[45:16] I said you answered my question so

[45:17] you guys are future leaders and always

[45:18] amaze. Thank you very much and

[45:20] continue to do what you do. You will go far. Thanks.

[46:59] >> our next presentation

[47:00] is a breast cancer awareness month

[47:02] proclamation and I would like to recognize commissioner karriker.

[47:21] >> whereas breast cancer awareness month

[47:22] is an international health campaign

[47:23] in october, whereas there are more

[47:24] than 4 million breast

[47:26] cancer survivors in america

[47:30] , that is a big number, and this year

[47:31] alone, hundreds of thousands more

[47:32] will be diagnosed and whereas all

[47:33] scientists

[47:34] have made significant breakthroughs

[47:41] to prevent, detect and treat breast

[47:42] cancer, the diagnosis is frightening

[47:43] and overwhelming. Patients and families

[47:45] are often flooded with complex medical information

[47:50] .

[47:52] they're forced to advocate for themselves, often

[47:53] to receive the basic care, whereas

[47:54] although breast cancer is more common in women

[48:04] , it does affect men, as well, now

[48:05] therefore be it resolved that the mayor,

[48:06] board of commissioners do hereby proclaim october

[48:07] 2024 as breast cancer awareness month

[48:09] and encourage participation

[48:10] and activities to support education,

[48:11] support programs and the funding of research programs to

[48:14] find a cure for breast

[48:15] cancer this 21st day of october, 2024.

[48:29] >> thank you, commissioner karriker. We

[48:32] have another proclamation

[48:35] . It

[48:36] is world polio day. I'd like to recognize

[48:38] commissioner qualls please.

[48:49] >> good evening. I would love to have

[48:50] any rotarians

[48:53] in the audience please

[48:56] come join me.

[49:02] [ inaudible ] here

[49:03] in the mooresville we meet on thursday

[49:04] mornings at 8:15 and williamson chapel.

[49:08] insurance club, mooresville club

[49:11] .

[49:14] everybody has a time

[49:27] where they meet is what we classify everybody

[49:28] else so we have the tuesday noon club

[49:29] and the tuesday lunch club so if you

[49:30] are not a

[49:31] rotarian and you have some interest,

[49:32] please come see any of us or if you

[49:33] just google mooresville rotary we

[49:34] will come up with

[49:35] some places for you.

[49:36] the cameramen taking the picture is

[49:37] also one of our rotarians, as well.

[49:38] I would like to read this proclamation

[49:39] on behalf

[49:41] of my friends here

[49:55] , fellow rotarians. Whereas rotary is

[49:56] a global network of neighbors, friends,

[49:57] leaders and problem solvers that unite

[49:58] and take action

[49:59] to create lasting change in communities

[50:00] across the globe, whereas the rotary motto,

[50:01] service above self, inspires members

[50:02] to provide humanitarian service

[50:05] , follow high ethical standards and

[50:06] promote goodwill and

[50:07] peace in the world, whereas rotary in

[50:08] 1985 launched polio plus

[50:17] ,

[50:18] and in 1980 it helped establish the

[50:19] global polio eradication initiative

[50:20] which today includes the world health

[50:21] organization, u.s. Centers for disease

[50:22] control and prevention, unicef and

[50:23] the bill and linda gates foundation

[50:34] along with gabby and the maxine alliance

[50:35] to immunize the children of the world against

[50:36] polio, whereas polio

[50:37] cases have dropped by 99.9% since 1988,

[50:41] we

[50:42] are this close, folks, we are this close

[50:43] --the world stands on the threshold

[50:44] of eradicating the disease

[50:47] . Whereas to date, rotary has contributed

[50:50] more than 2.2 billion

[51:02] and countless volunteer hours protecting

[51:03] nearly 3 billion children in

[51:04] hundred and 22 countries, whereas rotary

[51:05] is working to raise an additional 50

[51:06] million per year, which then will be

[51:07] leveraged for maximum impact by

[51:08] an initial 100 million

[51:21] eventually from the bill and melinda

[51:22] gates foundation, whereas these efforts are

[51:23] providing much-needed operational

[51:24] support, medical staff, laboratory

[51:25] equipment and educational materials

[51:26] for health workers and parents,

[51:27] whereas in addition rotary has played

[51:29] a major role in decisions

[51:30] by donor governments to contribute

[51:30] more than 10 billion

[51:32] in the effort whereas there are over

[51:36] 1.2 million rotary members

[51:38] and 36,000 clubs throughout the world but sponsor

[51:43] service projects in addition to critical

[51:44] issues such as poverty, disease, hunger

[51:48] , literacy and

[52:01] the environment in the local communities

[52:02] and abroad now therefore be it resolved

[52:03] the mayor and the board

[52:04] of commissioners do hereby proclaim

[52:05] october 24, 2024 world polio day in the

[52:06] town of mooresville, and encourage all citizens to

[52:07] join us in rotary international in

[52:09] a fight for a polio-free world

[52:12] this

[52:13] 21st day of october, 2024. Thank you.

[52:19] joe, kim, would you like to say anything

[52:20] on behalf of rotary international?

[52:27] we had a guest speaker

[52:30] last week at a

[52:33] --our meeting, the district

[52:34] governor and he was recently added

[52:41] training event and ask one of the

[52:42] members of the bill

[52:43] and melinda gates foundation why you

[52:44] continue to be supportive of rotary

[52:45] , and your financial

[52:48] support across the world

[52:51] , and they said because

[52:52] we know 1.2 million rotarians are

[52:54] going to get it done so

[52:56] that is what rotary does is we get

[53:00] it done. Thank you.

[54:10] >> thanks, commissioner qualls, for that.

[54:11] our next item is the managers report.

[54:19] >> we always like to recognize our new

[54:21] hires again across the road

[54:24] --organization. I am pleased

[54:32] to have new team members joining us

[54:33] and we always like to acknowledge

[54:34] promotions and transfers as

[54:36] we continue to grow our talent.

[54:37] we would like to say thank you to

[54:38] our veterans. We obviously appreciate

[54:39] our veterans every day but

[54:41] we are very much looking forward to our

[54:49] up top upcoming veterans week. We

[54:50] have a number of events scheduled

[54:51] next month to honor and appreciate the

[54:52] men and women who

[54:53] protected our freedom and also those

[54:54] who are of course on active duty.

[55:01] this slide gives you some highlights

[55:02] of some of the events that are going

[55:03] to be happening throughout that week.

[55:06] you can also visit our website on the town website

[55:08] for more information. You click on

[55:12] the info

[55:17] page, there is a link where you can

[55:18] click and that will be continuously

[55:19] updated with

[55:20] additional activities as they come.

[55:24] again, you have the website

[55:27] there and you can also visit the facebook

[55:28] page to

[55:30] set up the mooresville

[55:31] veterans celebration facebook page.

[55:36] last week we had the induction

[55:47] on the 30th anniversary of the north carolina

[55:48] music hall of fame and we would like

[55:49] to congratulate

[55:50] the newest members of the hall of

[55:51] fame. That was a night to remember.

[55:54] we would also like to thank everyone

[55:55] who joined us for

[55:57] the mooresville motorsports celebration earlier this week.

[56:02] we have the racing hall of fame, the

[56:03] walk of fame, the induction ceremony

[56:09] and we honor the legends

[56:12] of shirley muldowney and

[56:15] elliott forbes robinson .

[56:18] a

[56:21] mustang took the best in show. Hopefully

[56:24] you all really enjoyed

[56:27] the new crosswalks downtown, celebrating our

[56:30] identity

[56:33] as race city

[56:38] usa. Everyone seems to love them so

[56:39] if you haven't had a chance to

[56:42] go down

[56:43] and get a photo up please do. There

[56:45] are a lot of fun and it's a great way to celebrate

[56:47] our nascar affiliation and heritage there. The

[57:00] was the public library speaker

[57:01] series --the third speaker in our

[57:02] series will be new york times best-selling

[57:03] author megan maranda and she will

[57:04] be at the main library november

[57:05] 21st at 6:30. Books will be available

[57:06] for purchase and there will be an

[57:07] author signing. Some recent programs

[57:09] we always like to share with you the

[57:12] great work and great activities

[57:21] of the library. We have the october teen

[57:22] kitchen

[57:23] capers as well as an adult craft event.

[57:24] there are other upcoming events. Anytime

[57:25] that

[57:26] you want to learn more, you may go to the

[57:29] mpl virtual chat option . You can actually

[57:38] go on during library hours and actually

[57:39] chat via phone, via text with our library staff

[57:55] and a new

[57:56] offering that is coming in the middle

[57:57] of next month is the library of things.

[57:58] this is a collection of items that can

[57:59] be checked out from

[58:00] the public library including kitchen

[58:01] accessories, games, puzzles, recreation

[58:02] items, some technology. If you haven't

[58:03] been to the library in a while, please

[58:04] go and

[58:05] check out the new library of things.

[58:07] I'm going to

[58:10] hand it over to

[58:13] teresa hills.

[58:31] I get real excited

[58:32] about all the activities.

[58:33] >> thank you

[58:34] for that. Upcoming parks and recreation

[58:35] events, you can see here we have a slew

[58:36] of events coming up. We have

[58:37] theme nights, rollerskating, so if you

[58:38] have your rollerskates, bring them

[58:39] out. We have puzzled loser. -- puzzle

[58:43] palooza.

[58:51] if you want to come out there and

[58:52] make new friends, meet new people

[58:53] you can join

[58:54] us then on october 30th we have mask

[58:55] maker. You get to design your mask.

[58:56] that will be october 30th

[59:09] and as tracy mentioned, if you missed these

[59:10] slides, if you go

[59:11] on our website you can click on parks

[59:12] and rec or catch up and get more detail on

[59:13] each of these as well as on our

[59:15] facebook or instagram page.

[59:16] >> thank

[59:17] you. I think it goes without

[59:26] saying that this is going to be something that

[59:27] continues to be part of our managers report

[59:28] as we move forward. Just want to make

[59:29] sure

[59:30] we did not forget the folks in western

[59:31] north carolina. A big push has been

[59:32] made by our public safety department

[59:35] , both mooresville fire rescue and

[59:36] mooresville police department have spent

[59:40] multiple days.

[59:41] we have sent 21 different firemen

[59:56] up to 14 days over there. We have

[59:57] also sent three different teams of

[59:58] mooresville pd to provide some security

[59:59] for the supplies that have been

[1:00:00] given and donated over there in western

[1:00:01] north carolina and I know the photos there

[1:00:03] give another small glimpse of the

[1:00:04] catastrophic damage that occurred

[1:00:05] over in western north carolina

[1:00:06] and as details continue to float forward

[1:00:13] about how these heroic individuals from

[1:00:14] mooresville supported those over in

[1:00:16] western north carolina we will be sure to share.

[1:00:19] public education events .

[1:00:22] literally last week

[1:00:25] we had an event

[1:00:29] literally every day. The one that

[1:00:30] you see there, you will see three

[1:00:31] different photos of the first baptist church.

[1:00:35] both mooresville fire rescue and the

[1:00:36] police department were there to speak with

[1:00:42] preschool students, form relationships,

[1:00:43] and let them know about what each

[1:00:44] agency does and how they work together

[1:00:46] to keep them safe.

[1:00:54] I am always surprised at the number as

[1:00:55] it continues to grow for our drug

[1:00:56] takeback

[1:00:58] event. Our next event

[1:01:09] as you can see there on the left side

[1:01:10] is this saturday from 10:00 to 2:00

[1:01:11] p.m. At cannon pharmacy. If you don't know

[1:01:12] what that is that, it's in front of

[1:01:13] the food lion on 150. The other thing

[1:01:14] I wanted to make sure

[1:01:16] I plugged on this

[1:01:19] slide is that if you are not able

[1:01:20] to make the cannon pharmacy,

[1:01:21] the new police department does have

[1:01:22] a dropbox and its lobby that can be

[1:01:23] used by our community, and since 2012,

[1:01:30] this is a number that continues to for

[1:01:31] me, over 6 tons of prescription drugs

[1:01:32] have been taken

[1:01:34] back at these events, so what is service to our community

[1:01:39] . Just ask an employee to take back those

[1:01:40] unneeded prescription drugs if you

[1:01:41] have

[1:01:42] the chance this weekend. Next two slides

[1:01:49] are going to talk about

[1:01:50] some of the details of our trick-or-treat

[1:01:51] downtown. As you can see, it's going to be

[1:01:52] on

[1:01:55] this thursday, october 31st

[1:02:04] . Not this

[1:02:05] thursday. Next thursday from 3:00

[1:02:06] to 5:00. If you go to the next slide it

[1:02:07] will show you the exact boundaries on

[1:02:08] main street between iredale and center

[1:02:10] will be closed in moore avenue

[1:02:16] will be closed starting at broad street and

[1:02:17] heading down the

[1:02:18] hill to church street so just want

[1:02:19] to make sure everyone was aware of

[1:02:20] that event and where it was going

[1:02:21] to be held

[1:02:22] at. The final slide , my portion of

[1:02:23] the managers report is

[1:02:25] to let you know

[1:02:27] the one silver lining with all the

[1:02:28] dry weather we have had after the

[1:02:31] storms is that our

[1:02:37] mullen overlay project has been able

[1:02:38] to

[1:02:39] make significant progress. What you will see

[1:02:40] this week and make sure

[1:02:49] to ask ms. Walker,

[1:02:50] this week we are going to see milling

[1:02:51] on institute, clover, underhill, cassie

[1:02:52] elaine and jake's ridgeline's and

[1:02:53] you'll see those workers from life

[1:02:54] construction around town

[1:02:56] and we are just thankful the board has supported us

[1:03:01] in having such a robust overlay

[1:03:02] project for this year. With that,

[1:03:04] that it concludes the report.

[1:03:11] >> thank you very

[1:03:12] much.

[1:03:13] >> any comments or questions

[1:03:14] for the managers? Okay.

[1:03:17] >> thank you. I just wanted

[1:03:20] to take this time

[1:03:23] as an opportunity to talk

[1:03:24] about the scope of municipal authority.

[1:03:25] this came up at the last board meeting

[1:03:33] and the town gets a lot of questions

[1:03:34] about the scope of municipal authority

[1:03:35] and north carolina. I just want

[1:03:36] to talk about that for a few minutes. Basically

[1:03:43] north carolina is different from other

[1:03:44] states

[1:03:45] and it is important to understand

[1:03:46] that north carolina cities and towns

[1:03:47] are limited in what they can or can't

[1:03:48] do based on regulations that are

[1:03:50] adopted at the state level.

[1:03:57] you hear terms put out, such as home

[1:03:58] rule states in dylan's role states

[1:03:59] and north carolina is somewhat of

[1:04:01] a hybrid from that. Meaning that north carolina

[1:04:03] municipalities are only granted authority

[1:04:05] from the state legislature either through statute or

[1:04:08] delectable rules. What

[1:04:11] that means is that

[1:04:18] what the town can or cannot do, that

[1:04:19] is outlined by the state, so for instance,

[1:04:20] impact fees. We

[1:04:23] have no authority to

[1:04:25] require developers to pay impact fees

[1:04:26] and that comes from the state legislature

[1:04:27] so I

[1:04:29] just wanted to mention that

[1:04:33] for the public. I think that is an

[1:04:34] important piece for folks to understand, and

[1:04:35] the services that we

[1:04:36] provide is a town are granted by the state

[1:04:40] , so counties have certain services that they provide

[1:04:46] . Cities and towns have certain services

[1:04:47] they provided there is overlap between

[1:04:48] cities and counties, but I just wanted to

[1:04:58] point that out for the public.

[1:04:59] >>

[1:05:00] any comments or questions?

[1:05:01] >>

[1:05:02] thank you very much. With that,

[1:05:07] board members, we will move on to

[1:05:08] adjustments of the agenda. I'm not

[1:05:09] going to read through all this. You

[1:05:10] should have a copy and it should be

[1:05:11] on your screen in front of you. Are

[1:05:12] there

[1:05:14] any comments or questions?

[1:05:30] at this time I'm going to ask for

[1:05:31] a motion to approve the adjustments

[1:05:32] to the agenda, the consent agenda

[1:05:33] and the regular agenda as

[1:05:34] presented.

[1:05:35] >> so moved. >> commissioner

[1:05:36] west made a motion. Is there a second?

[1:05:39] second by commissioner aven. All in

[1:05:40] favor?

[1:05:41] >> aye. >> thank you very much.

[1:05:42] that passes unanimously.

[1:05:44] we

[1:05:46] have item number 7a is a public hearing

[1:05:52] , and I guess if you guys remember,

[1:05:53] this is a request

[1:05:56] for

[1:05:59] the

[1:06:01] approval of an ordinance for a conditional rezoning

[1:06:02] request on the property located off

[1:06:05] 165

[1:06:08] clodfelter road, 154

[1:06:11] clodfelter road, and

[1:06:14] 816 shearers road.

[1:06:22] there is actually no public comment. This

[1:06:23] was the item that was continued, but

[1:06:24] we do have something

[1:06:25] from the applicant so at this time

[1:06:26] of going to open the public hearing and

[1:06:28] mr. Cole, could you start us off with

[1:06:29] that,

[1:06:32] please?

[1:06:33] >> thank you,

[1:06:34] mr. Mayor pro tem. The applicant is here

[1:06:35] to speak a little bit more to the

[1:06:36] topic

[1:06:38] that was continued last meeting.

[1:06:50] >> if you will all

[1:06:51] bear with me I'm sorry, it's been

[1:06:52] in and out for a few days. I will

[1:06:53] try to speak as clearly and loudly

[1:06:54] as possible

[1:06:56] for as long as

[1:06:58] possible. My name is sarah beeson,

[1:07:00] 119 barber loop, mooresville north carolina. I hear

[1:07:02] representing

[1:07:08] magnetic homes

[1:07:24] . To give a quick overview of what we

[1:07:25] spoke about at the last meeting, the

[1:07:26] project that is being proposed as

[1:07:27] a conditional rezoning and

[1:07:28] annexation is 180 family single-family

[1:07:29] residences, that gives a density of

[1:07:31] 2.87 dwelling units per acre. Which is far below

[1:07:34] what could be in a traditional neighborhood of eight

[1:07:35] units per acre and we have over

[1:07:36] 16 acres of open space entry space

[1:07:50] . One of the other commitments that

[1:07:51] has

[1:07:52] been made as part of this project

[1:07:53] that would not be included with the

[1:07:55] bayreuth project is the 20-foot greenway easement

[1:07:56] in the 10-foot paved path being constructed

[1:07:56] from

[1:07:57] ridge avenue all the way along the

[1:07:58] western property line. The request

[1:07:59] at the end of the last hearing was

[1:08:00] to go back and look at enhanced

[1:08:01] buffering for the site with the

[1:08:02] existing

[1:08:05] residences off of shearers

[1:08:08] road, in particular.

[1:08:11] [ inaudible ] home reached out to

[1:08:12] many of

[1:08:14] those residents either bite

[1:08:20] email,

[1:08:21] phone call or in person. This is the

[1:08:22] original site from the eight-foot

[1:08:23] perimeter buffer shown. There is also

[1:08:24] fencing

[1:08:26] at the northern inference

[1:08:29] --entrance off of shearers road. What

[1:08:30] is being

[1:08:32] proposed tonight is that

[1:08:38] the fencing is

[1:08:39] not only at the northern entrance but follows

[1:08:40] the entirety of the eastern property

[1:08:42] line across 22 parcels, and that would be within

[1:08:42] the eight-foot buffer

[1:08:44] and six-foot vinyl fence

[1:08:47] , and that is a condition in

[1:08:49] the revised plan, just to give a little bit more

[1:08:55] quantitative ability to look at that

[1:08:57] math and that separation. This provides anywhere from

[1:09:05] 24 to 70 feet. This is between the building

[1:09:06] lots where the homes

[1:09:07] are actually going to be constructed

[1:09:08] on, versus the existing residence

[1:09:18] . That orange area,

[1:09:19] and this is just a kind of make it

[1:09:20] pop on the plan, that is all common

[1:09:21] open space or treed area. None of that

[1:09:22] is

[1:09:24] proposed to be dwelling unit.

[1:09:31] and so the requesting to be not only

[1:09:32] visual separation but also physical

[1:09:33] separation to address some of those

[1:09:34] concerns as

[1:09:35] far as ability for the residents of

[1:09:36] the proposed community to come across

[1:09:37] into the back of those residences

[1:09:38] off of shearers and

[1:09:39] clodfelter road. The 6 foot

[1:09:42] fence seemed to best address

[1:09:45] both of those concerns.

[1:09:49] as part of that six-foot fencing condition,

[1:09:52] we are noting that it would run temporarily

[1:10:02] through the stub. There is a stub

[1:10:03] proposed to the rear, one of the eastern

[1:10:04] property lines

[1:10:05] at 707 shearers, I believe, and so for

[1:10:13] the duration until that connection if

[1:10:14] ever needs to be made to any adjacent

[1:10:15] development on that site, the

[1:10:16] fencing would go through that stub just

[1:10:17] to preserve the continuity of that buffer.

[1:10:20] the other condition that was requested is regarding

[1:10:29] clodfelter road itself. We initially noted

[1:10:30] emergency access only after the udo.

[1:10:31] the request was

[1:10:33] to make that

[1:10:38] no vehicular, no pedestrian connection

[1:10:39] at all, and so the concept plan

[1:10:40] has been revised to remove that connection to

[1:10:42] clodfelter road and

[1:10:45] expand the open active space area so no additional

[1:10:54] lots were converted using that space.

[1:10:55] the number of homes and lots remain

[1:10:56] the same and there is an expressed condition

[1:10:57] in the proposed packet that there

[1:10:58] is

[1:10:59] no vehicular pedestrian connection

[1:11:00] allowed to

[1:11:10] clodfelter. To summarize again, 187

[1:11:12] single-family detached homes. 2.87 density

[1:11:16] , a 20-foot greenway easement that

[1:11:18] would not otherwise be provided

[1:11:26] , the significant savings of open space

[1:11:27] entry space

[1:11:28] around the entire perimeter of the property

[1:11:30] provides a buffer to existing homes and residences.

[1:11:30] staff

[1:11:33] is recommended to approve

[1:11:36] and

[1:11:37] we have made those updates with the six-foot

[1:11:38] vinyl fence along the eastern property

[1:11:39] line

[1:11:42] on the closing off of clodfelter

[1:11:47] as requested so respectfully request

[1:11:48] that with these additional

[1:11:49] conditions the board approved this

[1:11:51] project as presented. Thank you.

[1:11:54] >> board members,

[1:11:57] any comments or questions for

[1:12:00] the applicant?

[1:12:03] >>

[1:12:11] I know it has only been a couple of

[1:12:12] weeks but a lot happens

[1:12:13] in two weeks so I tend to forget so I

[1:12:15] just want to make sure

[1:12:18] I still have all of the information

[1:12:19] correct. Right now

[1:12:21] is the property stands , and what

[1:12:23] the current zoning is, if it was not rezoned,

[1:12:30] referencing my notes here,

[1:12:42] the allowance would be like 131 houses.

[1:12:43] >>

[1:12:44] yes, ma'am.

[1:12:45] >>

[1:12:46] okay, so if we didn't do anything

[1:12:47] they could build 131 houses,

[1:12:48] they could have water and inactive plan

[1:12:49] or whatever, there could be 131

[1:12:50] houses there. The builder would deal

[1:12:51] with the

[1:12:55] [ inaudible ] as they normally were

[1:12:57] whether we were doing anything

[1:12:59] or not. And they would not be required

[1:13:00] to do any of this

[1:13:03] additional screening, buffering

[1:13:06] , nothing.

[1:13:15] >> that is correct. >> thank you.

[1:13:16] I just

[1:13:17] wanted to make sure I have that correct

[1:13:18] in my mind. Thanks.

[1:13:19] >> any comments

[1:13:20] or questions from anyone else?

[1:13:21] >> I know that you guys met with

[1:13:24] some of the neighbors out there

[1:13:33] . I would like to hear a little bit more

[1:13:34] about that because I have a lot

[1:13:35] of incoming mail from people who said

[1:13:36] they were not contacted and did not feel

[1:13:38] that they were listened to, so if

[1:13:39] you could go through that process,

[1:13:42] that would be helpful.

[1:13:43] >> I can

[1:13:45] give you the procedural

[1:13:53] overview. This is jared whelan's who

[1:13:54] did the one-on-one contact with the

[1:13:55] phone

[1:13:57] calls and in-person meetings and door knocks. So between

[1:13:57] ji

[1:14:00] s with public information ,

[1:14:03] we also because the town sends out the colors for

[1:14:21] anyone within half a mile for

[1:14:22] hearing notices, we listed townhomes.

[1:14:23] they give us phone numbers for anyone

[1:14:24] we didn't have that information from

[1:14:25] the community meeting report. We had

[1:14:26] a number

[1:14:27] of phone numbers and email addresses

[1:14:28] but by far we did not have everybody,

[1:14:29] so between using the public records,

[1:14:30] calling erika

[1:14:31] and stefan her helping

[1:14:39] us get more phone calls, mainly jerry put

[1:14:40] in some phone calls to all those residents

[1:14:41] in trying to set up either speaking

[1:14:42] with them over the phone or meeting

[1:14:43] physically on the property with the house,

[1:14:53] howard can go into additional details.

[1:14:54] >> good evening. I think there were

[1:14:55] about 19

[1:14:56] or 20 different residents we reached

[1:14:57] out to in totality and I think we

[1:14:58] got to about 14 or so of those. There

[1:14:59] were several that

[1:15:00] did not return any of the phone calls

[1:15:04] . I think there were three

[1:15:05] or four of those so I think we got

[1:15:07] to the majority of the ones that corresponded with us.

[1:15:08] some ask for phone conversations and sharing

[1:15:21] of our plan for the buffer on the

[1:15:22] fencing

[1:15:23] and what type was it, so it was a

[1:15:24] pretty thorough conversation over the phone,

[1:15:25] so then I finished it up with what time

[1:15:26] would you like to

[1:15:27] meet out there and I can walk your property

[1:15:28] because one of the things I wanted

[1:15:29] to make sure that they knew

[1:15:30] is that orange perimeter that was

[1:15:31] shown on the map

[1:15:35] that they knew there was distance

[1:15:36] between their property and that there was

[1:15:37] hoa-maintained common open

[1:15:40] space that would remain

[1:15:41] and that where the fence wood et cetera,

[1:15:43] just walk it with them.

[1:15:50] probably half of those accepted an

[1:15:51] invitation to meet at their house,

[1:15:52] so I guess that somewhere

[1:15:53] around six or seven of those I met with and

[1:15:57] we did the walk it in the tape measure

[1:15:58] type program

[1:16:01] and walked through

[1:16:08] and spoke of what her plans were,

[1:16:09] when that would happen, the sequencing. It's

[1:16:10] a couple years now

[1:16:11] before the fence would even show up

[1:16:13] but overwhelmingly, the concern was the visual block

[1:16:16] , the not having

[1:16:19] kids walk through blocking off

[1:16:22] clodfelter and just having

[1:16:23] that separation and privacy really

[1:16:24] was a concern and felt like the fence was

[1:16:28] our best offer.

[1:16:31] >> thank you.

[1:16:37] commissioner west, please.

[1:16:40] >> thank you

[1:16:43] . Likewise looking back from the original to this one,

[1:16:46] there was

[1:16:49] a six-foot privacy fence

[1:16:52] and the initial one

[1:16:54] to begin with so I'm not sure I understand

[1:17:05] when we said go use the additional

[1:17:06] money to enhance the buffering I was

[1:17:07] thinking maybe shrubs or something

[1:17:08] or

[1:17:09] trees on the other side of that fence.

[1:17:14] or a berm, or something, so not really

[1:17:15] --I'm a little confused since the

[1:17:16] fence was already in existence, you

[1:17:19] added how many feet

[1:17:27] is what I'm hearing. How many feet

[1:17:28] did you add to that?

[1:17:29] >> I think we have

[1:17:30] an image

[1:17:31] we can show you before and after.

[1:17:32] that when that is up there right now

[1:17:33] would be the before. That is just the entrance

[1:17:35] there at the northern part. That was

[1:17:35] the only place there was a fence at

[1:17:36] our last

[1:17:37] meeting, so we decided

[1:17:43] since then, the fence --

[1:17:44] if you look at that map there on the left

[1:17:45] side of the map, that entry there

[1:17:46] have fencing on it

[1:17:48] and on both sides of the street we

[1:17:49] met with the property owners there

[1:17:51] and did the same thing, just walked it

[1:18:02] . One of the solutions we had was

[1:18:03] to put a fence there, which we decided

[1:18:04] to do and that is what we showed at

[1:18:05] the last

[1:18:06] meeting. Since the last meeting we've

[1:18:08] gone back and met with the other property owners

[1:18:10] along sure and not a defense the

[1:18:11] entire length of the property all

[1:18:12] the way down past the southern entrance and

[1:18:13] the

[1:18:16] furthest property down sure, -- shearer

[1:18:22] , you can see

[1:18:23] the fence has the arrows pointing.

[1:18:24] it is the entire redline that you

[1:18:25] see is a fence line.

[1:18:32] >> so, what was the previous? >> previous

[1:18:34] was just at the entry right where that is highlighted.

[1:18:40] >>

[1:18:43] [ inaudible ]

[1:18:46] we really just focus on every

[1:18:49] parcel we would touch

[1:18:52] [ inaudible ]

[1:19:00] >> okay, thank you. >> and, my understanding

[1:19:01] is that it still has

[1:19:04] the buffer trees up on the top left portion.

[1:19:12] so you get both, actually.

[1:19:13] >> the

[1:19:14] trees, as well? Okay, thank you.

[1:19:15] >>

[1:19:16] they will be on the hoa side.

[1:19:25] we reviewed what happens if we get another

[1:19:26] storm in the storm hits

[1:19:27] the fence. That is the hoas responsibility

[1:19:28] to fix the storm.

[1:19:31] managing the hoa until the

[1:19:33] last home is built, so we would be

[1:19:34] managing that.

[1:19:35] >> thank you.

[1:19:40] >> [ inaudible ]

[1:20:07] >> I want to

[1:20:10] reiterate what miss calls --

[1:20:14] commissioner qualls is saying. Something's

[1:20:16] going to be built there.

[1:20:19] either hundred and 30 your hundred

[1:20:20] and 87.

[1:20:22] something is going to go there . With

[1:20:23] improvements are without improvements.

[1:20:25] traffic

[1:20:28] is going to be there,

[1:20:31] be

[1:20:33] it two cars or four cars. It's hard, guys.

[1:20:37] I've got the emails. I've

[1:20:40] made the phone calls.

[1:20:43] it's hard for me to tell you what's the right one.

[1:20:46] something is going to go there. Buffers

[1:20:49] that can help you or nothing.

[1:20:54] I mean, it's not an easy thing to sit here.

[1:21:11] I've read your email. I hear

[1:21:12] your concern. I hear mr. Beck's concern.

[1:21:13] I hear your concerns over there. I've

[1:21:14] got your email. I've heard your concern.

[1:21:15] I hear it. Something is going

[1:21:16] to go in there. Do we want the best something

[1:21:17] or do we want it to just be something.

[1:21:18] I will be honest, I'm struggling.

[1:21:19] I don't know what the right answer is.

[1:21:23] anyone else?

[1:21:35] so, bored, if you don't mind

[1:21:36] for a second, I've been born and raised

[1:21:38] here in this is my word and it's interesting that

[1:21:45] sharon brings up the home real estate

[1:21:46] and billing real estate and is a look

[1:21:47] at the project in

[1:21:48] warsaw when we are actually saying

[1:21:49] you could have up to eight units under

[1:21:50] current zoning for this piece of property

[1:21:51] would fall under 2.87,

[1:21:53] we have all set here

[1:21:54] for a long time and that is pretty

[1:21:56] low, but also way out the fact

[1:21:59] that with the trails,

[1:22:02] the greenway going through,

[1:22:11] what

[1:22:12] they have done, how we've stopped

[1:22:13] the connection from clodfelter, there is

[1:22:14] a little bit of a win here. Should

[1:22:15] there be more road improvements? Absolutely,

[1:22:16] across

[1:22:17] the state, but I do sit here and look

[1:22:18] under the court of law and what and

[1:22:20] how we are guided

[1:22:33] . This one here is almost like a no-brainer

[1:22:34] for the fact that the density is so

[1:22:35] low compared to moores mill

[1:22:36] and I'm tired of growth, myself but

[1:22:37] as you sit there and talk, something

[1:22:38] is going to go there and at the end

[1:22:39] of the day,

[1:22:40] to me, you are kind of shooting at the

[1:22:43] middle. I'm not too sure under raleigh's

[1:22:44] condition, the denial is that you

[1:22:47] can defend that because

[1:22:58] at the end of the day were talking

[1:22:59] 56 units compared to a right of 131

[1:23:00] and you

[1:23:01] could say you could have as many as

[1:23:03] eight and I look at it from that legal perspective

[1:23:04] because we all sit in these closed session

[1:23:04] meetings and

[1:23:05] try to figure out how we win again

[1:23:06] but just my comment from where

[1:23:14] I live when I look at a project is

[1:23:15] if you

[1:23:16] cannot defend it legally and where

[1:23:17] I can't, this one here, in my book,

[1:23:18] would be pretty tough, so thank you

[1:23:19] all.

[1:23:20] anymore comments or questions for

[1:23:21] the applicant or anyone else?

[1:23:25] >> thank you. Just for the record,

[1:23:26] I want to confirm

[1:23:29] the revised conditions

[1:23:32] of the ordinance here.

[1:23:33] there are nine conditions with the change

[1:23:39] to condition seven, which was to not include

[1:23:40] a road or pedestrian connection to

[1:23:48] clodfelter than condition nine, which

[1:23:49] was to provide a six-foot vinyl fence

[1:23:50] within the eight-foot buffer. Thank you.

[1:24:03] >> okay, board members. At this time I'm

[1:24:04] going to entertain a motion so please.

[1:24:19] >> I would like to make a motion to approve

[1:24:20] the request with conditions the planning

[1:24:21] board and staff recommendation again

[1:24:22] a motion to approve cz-2024-10 rezoning

[1:24:24] of the site to a traditional neighborhood with

[1:24:29] added conditions to eliminate the

[1:24:30] connection to

[1:24:32] clodfelter and enhanced

[1:24:39] landscaping the project is consistent

[1:24:40] with the one moores mill comprehensive

[1:24:41] plan. The proposal is consistent with

[1:24:42] desired density, primary

[1:24:43] uses and the opportunity described

[1:24:44] in the neighborhood character area.

[1:24:45] the request is reasonable

[1:24:49] and public interest in the project

[1:24:50] includes conditions to minimize

[1:24:52] the impact on the adjacent properties.

[1:25:00] >> commissioner qualls has made a motion.

[1:25:01] I have a second from commissioner

[1:25:02] west. All in favor.

[1:25:03] >> aye.

[1:25:05] >>

[1:25:08] can we see hands?

[1:25:11] >> any opposed?

[1:25:20] >> okay, so that has failed. >> so

[1:25:21] I guess without the mayor being here

[1:25:28] , that fails. The mayor is not here

[1:25:29] to make that decision for us, so thank you all.

[1:25:32] >> I would suggest

[1:25:33] that we do adopt a statement of reasonableness

[1:25:38] to deny the request and see where that wetlands.

[1:25:43] if one of the members who opposed

[1:25:44] could make that motion.

[1:25:50] >> one of you guys want to entertain that motion?

[1:26:04] commissioner deweese please.

[1:26:05] >> motion to

[1:26:06] deny cz-2024-10 because it is consistent

[1:26:07] with the mooresville

[1:26:08] one plan. It does not match

[1:26:11] because it is too intense

[1:26:14] for the existing area.

[1:26:17] >> is there a second? >> second.

[1:26:20] just under discussion to help me

[1:26:26] can we go back to a 3-3?

[1:26:27] >> the request is failed

[1:26:29] because the motion to approve did not pass

[1:26:34] . This is really logistically to have

[1:26:36] a statement of reasonableness to support that decision.

[1:26:38] >> okay, so all in favor

[1:26:41] with

[1:26:44] commissioner deweese's motion?

[1:26:47] >> aye. >> okay.

[1:26:50] thank you all very much.

[1:26:53] so mr. Cole,

[1:26:56] item number 7b, this

[1:26:59] is the annexation piece

[1:27:02] continued. What are we doing

[1:27:09] ?

[1:27:10] >> the applicant

[1:27:11] will withdraw that request at this

[1:27:12] time.

[1:27:13] >> at this time it has been withdrawn.

[1:27:30] so,

[1:27:33] we will help clarify.

[1:27:39] >> just for the audience,

[1:27:44] the item lanterna request has been denied.

[1:28:01] mr. Cole, could you provide the options for

[1:28:02] the developer to bring the project

[1:28:03] that?

[1:28:04] >> under the unified development ordinance for

[1:28:05] the project is denied the

[1:28:06] developer can wait a year and bring back

[1:28:07] a new request or

[1:28:09] they can petition this group

[1:28:27] at

[1:28:28] a future meeting for a waiver of that

[1:28:29] waiting period and can come back sooner.

[1:28:31] additionally, they can make substantial modifications

[1:28:31] and essentially make any request,

[1:28:32] which might include substantial modifications to

[1:28:33] the plan itself to come back within

[1:28:34] a year.

[1:28:35] >> thank you, sir. Appreciate

[1:28:36] that. Our

[1:28:37] next item is 7c

[1:28:42] to consider a request from planning

[1:28:43] and community development to approve

[1:28:45] an ordinance for conditional rezoning cz-2024-11 for

[1:28:48] 0.8 a four-acre site located

[1:28:50] off 106 bridgewater line. At this time we will

[1:28:58] open the public hearing and recognize mr.

[1:29:00] cole.

[1:29:01] >> this is for a small site located

[1:29:02] on williamson road

[1:29:03] which is adjacent to exit 33 area.

[1:29:12] this is also in

[1:29:13] ward 1. The applicant is magnolia

[1:29:14] property group llc. The property is

[1:29:15] already in town limit so this was

[1:29:16] a standalone

[1:29:17] conditional rezoning request. Currently,

[1:29:18] the property is

[1:29:19] zoned corridor mixed-use switches

[1:29:25] a mixed-use and commercial district.

[1:29:26] it is also located in a critical watershed

[1:29:30] which caps the site

[1:29:35] and impervious areas so tonight the

[1:29:36] applicant is requesting conditional mixed-use

[1:29:37] zoning

[1:29:38] so just for context conditional zoning

[1:29:39] is required because they are proposing

[1:29:40] a

[1:29:42] drive-through on the site.

[1:29:47] this is in front of the food lion

[1:29:48] which is part of the watermark shopping

[1:29:49] center so

[1:29:50] it is adjacent to a bank, a gas station

[1:29:51] and an arby's restaurant.

[1:29:56] here's the proposal. It is for a 2500

[1:29:57] ft.? Drive-through restaurant and

[1:30:14] it would, because it constitutes development

[1:30:15] of an existing out parcel, it was

[1:30:16] sure the existing shopping center

[1:30:17] access, which is located here along

[1:30:18] bridgewater lane, just for reference

[1:30:19] also, this is williamson road, which

[1:30:20] runs north to south.

[1:30:21] the development would orient the building

[1:30:22] to bridgewater lane with a drive-through

[1:30:23] stacking area plan. The development

[1:30:24] would also

[1:30:27] provide the frontage upgrades

[1:30:29] as required by the udo including a shared use

[1:30:33] paths along williamson road.

[1:30:40] so here just to orient you all it

[1:30:41] is a starbucks that is proposed here

[1:30:42] currently adjacent to the abc store

[1:30:44] over across bridgewater lane and some retail uses.

[1:31:02] so, the conditions associated with

[1:31:03] the site currently there are four. That

[1:31:04] would be adherence to the

[1:31:05] concept plan you see here, a series

[1:31:06] of use restrictions which would narrow

[1:31:07] uses to the drive-through restaurant

[1:31:08] and potentially compatible uses should

[1:31:09] the user change

[1:31:10] in the future, medications if required

[1:31:12] for the change of use and also a density averaging

[1:31:12] certificate which is a little unique and

[1:31:13] I'm happy to explain it further.

[1:31:18] these are the uses that are currently allowed

[1:31:19] on the site

[1:31:20] in the bayreuth cm district so this

[1:31:21] is a pretty broad retail commercial district.

[1:31:24] these

[1:31:27] would all be use restrictions so

[1:31:32] should this request past tonight there

[1:31:33] would only be a few that would be allowed,

[1:31:34] drive-through restaurant of course

[1:31:36] being one of them.

[1:31:38] with density averaging, the site is here

[1:31:42] , this gold star

[1:31:45] . Currently the

[1:31:47] site is proposing 70% impervious area which is above

[1:32:00] the cap of 50% in the critical watershed so

[1:32:01] the applicant, one of

[1:32:02] the four conditions is that before they

[1:32:04] can develop the site, they are required

[1:32:04] to seek a density-averaging certificate

[1:32:05] from the board of

[1:32:06] adjustment that would allow

[1:32:09] transfer of

[1:32:10] that additional 20% impervious area

[1:32:11] from one of the sites across williamson

[1:32:12] road to the subject property. That is

[1:32:13] something that is a process

[1:32:14] allowed by the state and should the

[1:32:16] request be approved tonight,

[1:32:17] they would be required to have that issue.

[1:32:23] because this is a conditional request

[1:32:25] there was a

[1:32:26] neighborhood meeting required held

[1:32:30] that was a virtual meeting and advertise to

[1:32:34] adjacent

[1:32:37] property owners.

[1:32:43] we would consider this

[1:32:51] consistent with our standards. There

[1:32:52] is only one small inconsistency with

[1:32:53] one

[1:32:54] mooresville. One mooresville considers

[1:32:56] this area mixed-use corridor and commercial character.

[1:33:07] this

[1:33:08] is just looking to add another commercial use

[1:33:09] to the next so it is compatible with adjacent

[1:33:10] usages and future character map. The

[1:33:11] only inconsistency is

[1:33:12] one mooresville considers mixed-use corridor

[1:33:13] is more of a pedestrian walking style.

[1:33:21] however, it is worth noting there

[1:33:22] are other drive-through uses adjacent

[1:33:23] to the site

[1:33:24] already. We do recommend approval of the request.

[1:33:29] that concludes my presentation. The applicant is

[1:33:30] also here to present some information

[1:33:31] and happy to take questions.

[1:33:40] >> does anyone have any comments or

[1:33:41] questions? Is the applicant prepared?

[1:33:44] would you like to come forward, please.

[1:33:54] >> my name is martin friday with magnolia property group

[1:33:59] . This is jesse hamlin with blue ridge

[1:34:00] engineering. Can you hear me okay?

[1:34:07] I guess I will go through these

[1:34:09] even though that was an excellent

[1:34:10] presentation of the facts.

[1:34:13] I

[1:34:16] think everybody is aware of the

[1:34:19] ncdot

[1:34:22] project in process as far

[1:34:25] as the planning design .

[1:34:28] completed the traffic study and

[1:34:31] I don't think we have any mitigation requirements.

[1:34:36] the property is right in front of the

[1:34:40] arby's with the drive-through

[1:34:43] . Certainly understand

[1:34:44] the one mooresville plan and will

[1:34:45] point out this is adjacent to the interstate

[1:34:49] , so it certainly seems like an appropriate

[1:34:51] place for drive-through uses . I think

[1:34:52] there is also a drive-through

[1:34:58] [ inaudible ] across the street.

[1:35:01] that is the information

[1:35:04] on the project and site plan.

[1:35:07] we worked

[1:35:08] probably for two years on the site plan to

[1:35:11] come to an agreement that makes everyone happy

[1:35:13] with the

[1:35:15] design and the layout between the two ordinances

[1:35:19] . The good design, the

[1:35:22] building is oriented towards

[1:35:24] wilson road. It's got a patio feature

[1:35:28] on the front of the building

[1:35:31] , covered patio ,

[1:35:34] a lot of glass on

[1:35:37] the ridgewater lane side. And

[1:35:40] I will go back

[1:35:43] . A lot of landscaping along

[1:35:44] the front, too as well as pedestrian way.

[1:35:46] and I guess I

[1:35:49] should also point out

[1:35:52] the stacking is through the internal portion

[1:35:55] of the overall development

[1:35:58] which is by

[1:36:07] bb belt, as

[1:36:08] well. Either jesse or myself will

[1:36:09] be happy to answer any questions if you

[1:36:10] have any.

[1:36:11] >> comments or questions for the applicant?

[1:36:14] >> thank you. Just for the record

[1:36:16] on page 112 and 113

[1:36:24] , there is a draft ordinance with

[1:36:25] four proposed conditions. I just wanted

[1:36:26] to confirm you are agreeable to those

[1:36:27] conditions.

[1:36:28] >> yes. >> thank you.

[1:36:31] >> any comments or questions?

[1:36:34] next

[1:36:36] is we don't have anyone from the public

[1:36:40] signed up to speak on this matter so

[1:36:43] at this time we will

[1:36:46] close the public hearing

[1:36:49] and entertain a motion.

[1:37:04] commissioner qualls, please.

[1:37:05] >> make a

[1:37:06] motion to approve cz 2024-11 because

[1:37:07] the proposal is consistent with the

[1:37:08] towns one mooresville plan specifically

[1:37:09] the proposal to develop an info site

[1:37:10] with commercial use that largely conforms

[1:37:11] with the projected character

[1:37:13] of

[1:37:14] the mixed-use corridor future land use

[1:37:16] and the character area on the condition

[1:37:18] that requires adherence

[1:37:19] to ws

[1:37:22] four watershed standards, the density

[1:37:25] proposal is

[1:37:26] reasonable and it will provide retail

[1:37:31] and a logical location amongst

[1:37:34] similar uses among a

[1:37:35] similar thoroughfare providing active

[1:37:40] transportation improvements in alignment

[1:37:44] with the towns pedal plan

[1:37:47] and one mooresville plan.

[1:37:48] >> I will second that.

[1:37:53] all in favor.

[1:37:58] >> aye. >> oppose? Motion carries.

[1:38:02] thank you all. Congratulations.

[1:38:05] you got something to stick.

[1:38:12] our next item

[1:38:15] is agenda item 7d and

[1:38:18] it is a request

[1:38:21] from the planning and

[1:38:22] community development to improve -- a proven ordinance

[1:38:41] for 137 lorenzo line. With that I

[1:38:42] open it up to public hearing and recognize

[1:38:43] mr. Cole. Thank you.

[1:38:44] >> thank you,

[1:38:45] mr. Mayor pro tem. This is a standalone

[1:38:46] annexation request, 137 lorenzo lane

[1:38:47] , so the owner and the applicant tonight

[1:38:51] are

[1:38:54] tim and dana

[1:38:59] derylak. This is a voluntary continuous

[1:39:00] annexation adjacent

[1:39:02] to the towns boundaries. It is currently located

[1:39:09] in our etj so it

[1:39:12] already carries town zoning.

[1:39:19] properties adjacent to it on three sides.

[1:39:20] there is no zoning change or development

[1:39:21] proposed with this request so the

[1:39:22] purpose of

[1:39:23] the request is to annex them recombine

[1:39:24] with the property adjacent to it along sure

[1:39:30] road to brent fee-simple access

[1:39:31] to the subject property so currently

[1:39:32] it is just there to accommodate a single-family home

[1:39:33] that

[1:39:34] is the proposed continued use of the site.

[1:39:41] there are both water and sewer available on scherz road.

[1:39:49] property was within the preferred

[1:39:50] four-minute response time. That is

[1:39:51] just down the road from station three.

[1:39:54] both

[1:39:55] police and public works sanitation

[1:39:57] can service the site.

[1:40:00] therefore staff recommends approval

[1:40:03] of the annexation request.

[1:40:07] and, the applicant is also present

[1:40:09] if you have any questions.

[1:40:12] >>

[1:40:13] board members, comments, questions?

[1:40:20] commissioner qualls please.

[1:40:21] >> are the

[1:40:22] applicants the current owners of this property?

[1:40:29] >> yes, ma'am. >> reflected on the

[1:40:30] tax bill?

[1:40:31] >> that is

[1:40:32] my understanding. They may be able

[1:40:33] to speak to that further.

[1:40:36] >> would we like

[1:40:39] to invite them forward?

[1:40:48] >>

[1:40:51] good evening.

[1:40:52] I tend derylak. I reside at 124 lorenzo line.

[1:41:11] I didn't quite hear the question, commissioner

[1:41:12] qualls.

[1:41:13] >> are you the current

[1:41:14] owner of this property?

[1:41:15] >> we own

[1:41:16] three parcels. We have the house at 970

[1:41:17] scherz road in front of this parcel.

[1:41:18] it is already in the

[1:41:19] city limits. We have the nearly 3

[1:41:20] acres in the back of that that is

[1:41:21] outside the city limits at 137 lorenzo

[1:41:22] lane, then we have

[1:41:23] a house and reside at 124 lorenzo lane so

[1:41:24] ultimately we are renovating the house

[1:41:25] up on scherz road. We are looking

[1:41:26] to do a recombination to give ourselves

[1:41:29] our own driveway that we own from

[1:41:30] scherz road back to

[1:41:34] our house at 124 lorenzo lane and

[1:41:35] in the process we will maintain that lot

[1:41:39] we are asking to be annexed in the house will

[1:41:44] either eventually be rented or sold off

[1:41:45] but while we own the house up on

[1:41:48] shira's reverie took this

[1:41:54] opportunity to get the combination

[1:41:55] to do

[1:41:56] our own driveway. Right now it is

[1:41:57] just an easement in the previous owners

[1:41:58] did not take care of the property at all.

[1:42:02] >> it was this year back in april or may.

[1:42:07] >> any comments or questions for anyone?

[1:42:09] okay. Thank you all.

[1:42:12] >> thank you.

[1:42:15] we have

[1:42:16] no one signed up for public comment so

[1:42:17] at this point we will close the public

[1:42:18] hearing

[1:42:21] and entertain a motion.

[1:42:24] commissioner

[1:42:26] deweese is made a motion. Do I have a second?

[1:42:39] I didn't

[1:42:40] quite hear the question, commissioner qualls.

[1:42:41] >> are you the current owner of this

[1:42:42] property?

[1:42:43] >> we own three parcels.

[1:42:44] we have the house at 970 shearers

[1:42:45] road in front of this parcel. It is

[1:42:46] already in the city limits. We have

[1:42:47] the nearly 3 acres in the back of

[1:42:48] that that is

[1:42:49] outside the city limits at 137 lorenzo

[1:42:50] lane,

[1:42:51] >> all right, we will give it

[1:42:52] to you tonight. We

[1:42:53] have a motion by commissioner deweese,

[1:42:54] second by commissioner aven. All in favor

[1:42:55] .

[1:42:56] >> aye. >> any opposed? Motion carries.

[1:43:09] our next item

[1:43:14] is seven lottery to consider a request from

[1:43:15] planning and community development department to

[1:43:20] schedule a public hearing for land-use item.

[1:43:26] mr. Cole, please.

[1:43:27] >> thank you, sir. Previously

[1:43:30] this board scheduled the mackenzie bluffs neighborhood

[1:43:42] which is cz-2024-09 and

[1:43:43] ax-23 4-04 out to december 9th for

[1:43:44] discussion. The only other item we

[1:43:45] have scheduled for this evening is

[1:43:55] 1740-1814 mecklenburg highway which

[1:43:56] we are also proposing beta scheduled

[1:43:57] on november 4th.

[1:43:58] >> any questions?

[1:44:04] with

[1:44:05] all that being said, would anyone like

[1:44:06] to make a motion please?

[1:44:07] >> so moved.

[1:44:12] >> commissioner west made a motion.

[1:44:13] second by commissioner deweese.

[1:44:15] all in favor?

[1:44:16] >> aye. >> motion carries.

[1:44:19] our next item is

[1:44:22] 7f .

[1:44:34] >> thank you, mayor pro tem. This is

[1:44:35] a request from an outside party, langtry development company.

[1:44:38] the request tonight is to have an

[1:44:39] agenda item placed on your upcoming agenda

[1:44:43] . Town staff received this

[1:44:46] request from langtry development

[1:44:47] and they are requesting this be scheduled

[1:44:49] at a future date

[1:44:50] . The ultimate request that would

[1:44:52] be heard if you do

[1:45:00] choose to schedule this tonight would be

[1:45:01] a request for the

[1:45:02] board to waive our voluntary annexation

[1:45:03] utility extension policy as applies to 179

[1:45:13] transco

[1:45:14] road and to authorize connection of

[1:45:15] that property to town water and sewer

[1:45:16] so the only action you're being asked

[1:45:17] for tonight is whether to schedule

[1:45:19] this item for a future date.

[1:45:20] >> I will start it. What you are saying

[1:45:25] is [ inaudible ]

[1:45:31] gotcha. Comments or questions?

[1:45:39] commissioner west.

[1:45:40] >> mayor pro tem, I

[1:45:41] have thought long and hard about this

[1:45:42] one. I took some time and thought

[1:45:43] about it on the weekend and I noticed

[1:45:44] just a request to rehear this

[1:45:46] , but I go back to

[1:45:50] over a year ago when this came before

[1:45:52] us and I did not like it then.

[1:45:55] you know, we did not have the land that

[1:45:58] we wanted to use for

[1:46:02] the department set up to support that

[1:46:03] area. We did not even have the agreement

[1:46:06] back from the east-west. We did not

[1:46:07] even know how much it was

[1:46:10] going to cost us.

[1:46:13] at that time I did

[1:46:14] ask them, would they be willing to

[1:46:15] at least wait until we had the infrastructure in place first

[1:46:22] and that is the unicorn, right?

[1:46:23] we got this federal grant, not the

[1:46:24] state. We got a federal grant to create

[1:46:25] great infrastructure down there.

[1:46:28] they

[1:46:29] said no. They were going to move forward with it.

[1:46:33] in the last but not least is that board split

[1:46:39] , there are three of us appear that

[1:46:40] voted no for it, not and

[1:46:43] --

[1:46:52] when that second board came up three of

[1:46:53] us voted

[1:46:54] no on it. It was high-density. I didn't

[1:46:55] like that. When they singled us out with

[1:46:56] an intent to hold

[1:46:57] that ms. Crawford received, singling

[1:46:58] out the three of us,

[1:47:01] commissioner qualls and you,

[1:47:09] mayor pro tem dangler and myself I

[1:47:10] said that I'm not going to be bullied

[1:47:11] and intimidated by this and I will

[1:47:12] say it again. After thinking more

[1:47:13] about it on this weekend, if the board

[1:47:14] wants to rehear

[1:47:16] it, they can. I

[1:47:22] in no all day long again.

[1:47:23] I don't trust them. It's not in the best

[1:47:24] interest of the town of mooresville.

[1:47:25] >> thank you. Any other comments?

[1:47:36] >> it gets a little bit wonky like is

[1:47:37] this a request for annexation

[1:47:40] ? This is a request to waive our rules

[1:47:43] .

[1:47:44] >> this is

[1:47:45] merely a request to be scheduled at a later date.

[1:47:48] it is a request that came in normally

[1:47:49] , town staff

[1:48:02] is the only person who can add things to

[1:48:03] the agenda. Roles and procedure allow

[1:48:04] for an outside party to add an item to

[1:48:05] the agenda

[1:48:06] so this is only a request to be scheduled

[1:48:07] at a future date.

[1:48:12] the request, if you choose to schedule

[1:48:13] it tonight, would be

[1:48:16] heard at that time.

[1:48:19] >>

[1:48:21] at this time, I will call for a motion.

[1:48:25] >>

[1:48:31] mayor pro tem, I

[1:48:33] will make a motion to deny the request to

[1:48:34] place this

[1:48:37] item on the agenda.

[1:48:38] >> commissioner west is made a motion. We have a second?

[1:48:48] I believe from this position I can

[1:48:49] make a second so I will make that

[1:48:50] second. Any

[1:48:52] discussion on the motion?

[1:48:58] all those in

[1:49:01] favor please say aye.

[1:49:03] >> I go. >> any opposed? Motion carries.

[1:49:12] our next item , number eight, is

[1:49:14] new business. Would any

[1:49:15] board member have any new business

[1:49:16] you would like to discuss at this time?

[1:49:25] I will be honest, I really appreciate that tonight.

[1:49:36] our next item

[1:49:37] is closed session and under closed

[1:49:38] session we are going to consult with

[1:49:39] the attorney under gs143-318.11 a13

[1:49:43] , langtry development company

[1:49:45] versus the town of mooresville, the

[1:49:46] economic development gs143-318.1 1a4

[1:49:53] . Item c is acquisition of property gs143-318.1

[1:50:00] 1a5 then personnel, gs 143-318.11a6.

[1:50:07] >> motion going to close session.

[1:50:12] >> commissioner west made a motion.

[1:50:16] commissioner karriker a second that motion.

[1:50:18] all in favor please say aye.

[1:50:20] >> we are in closed session.

October 21, 2024

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