[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.