[4:35] All right. As we call this meeting to

[4:37] order, I would ask if there is a motion

[4:40] to approve the agenda.

[4:44] Hold on. Am I speeding a little bit?

[4:47] Okay. And the agenda is being modified

[4:51] by adding u what letter would that be?

[4:56] F.

[4:58] >> Are you wanting to add it to the consent

[4:59] agenda or the regular agenda?

[5:04] I'm fine with adding it to the consent

[5:05] agenda. Okay. I just assume it be a

[5:07] regular agenda. I

[5:11] >> It is your agenda. You all can make the

[5:13] choice of whether or not you feel

[5:14] comfortable on the consent or wish to

[5:16] talk about it in the regular.

[5:19] » It's a budget amendment uh grand project

[5:22] or next FEMA and

[5:27] » yeah regular agenda.

[5:31] So item F will be budget amendments

[5:35] grant project works.

[5:39] » So make a motion to approve the agenda

[5:41] with modifications discussed.

[5:45] >> A second.

[5:46] >> All right. All those in favor

[5:48] >> I

[5:51] do we have any public comments?

[5:55] How do you want to talk?

[5:58] All right. Well, council comments,

[6:06] » think you're good. All right, gentlemen.

[6:10] >> The honorable mayor prom and council, I

[6:14] need to leave at 45, please.

[6:20] >> All right. Please don't vote yes for me

[6:22] after that.

[6:25] >> Okay. I don't think we're gonna have to

[6:27] excuse you. We will ask our our town

[6:29] manager if he's got something to say.

[6:31] Just say every other word and we'll get

[6:34] it done in half the time.

[6:35] >> Thank you.

[6:36] >> That's one of my favorite checks, by the

[6:37] way. Um Mr. Campbell,

[6:40] >> uh just want to recognize that uh next

[6:42] week will be uh 4th of July and it'll be

[6:44] the 250th anniversary.

[6:48] >> All right. And I'd like to thank y'all

[6:50] for coming out tonight, for being here.

[6:53] July

[6:56] you know, it's it's important to have

[6:58] people show up and cheer us on or cheer

[7:00] us down or hold us accountable. So, all

[7:05] right, that being said, Mr. Manager.

[7:10] » Oh, sorry. Uh, Mayor Pro Tim, if I may

[7:13] just mention that the uh we do need to

[7:15] make a note that the mayor is out and

[7:18] that it's for an exempt purpose.

[7:20] >> Thanks for reminding me. Yes, our mayor

[7:21] is out. is for an excused absence and

[7:25] that's why you get to listen to me

[7:26] tonight.

[7:27] >> Thank you, sir. And and thank you,

[7:30] council, as well. I only have a few

[7:32] items for you really quick. First of

[7:34] all, I know that as you all are well

[7:36] aware and also for the community

[7:37] watching at home uh around the UDO

[7:40] language that is currently within the

[7:42] general assembly. There have been

[7:43] multiple conversations here uh in the

[7:45] past few meetings and so I wanted to

[7:47] give a quick update. So that item is SB

[7:50] 1074 or Senate Bill 1074. It's currently

[7:53] in the House. Uh and as of just uh

[7:55] earlier today, it was calendared as a

[7:58] part of the Finance Committee's next

[8:00] meeting, the House Finance Committee's

[8:02] next meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday. So

[8:05] next Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. it'll be heard

[8:07] at the House Finance Committee. Uh and

[8:09] so I just want to provide that update to

[8:11] you all this evening. The other items

[8:14] that I have is that you all may see

[8:16] outside behind the baseball field.

[8:18] There's a there's some um some soil and

[8:22] erosion control measures that are going

[8:24] on out there. That's the very beginning

[8:26] process for the uh baseball field

[8:28] project. That's our FEMA project to uh

[8:31] repair the uh the drainage issues and

[8:34] other related matters that happened

[8:35] during Hurricane Helen. So, right now,

[8:37] that's currently slated to begin on June

[8:40] 29th. And so you all are going to start

[8:42] seeing that work around there. We've

[8:43] obviously been talking with our our

[8:45] partners that use the baseball fields

[8:47] and making sure that we're trying to

[8:48] that we're working around their

[8:49] schedules. But that's another exciting

[8:51] project. I know that we've been talking

[8:53] about it for about a year and a half and

[8:54] so being able to see that work moving

[8:56] forward. I'm excited about that and I

[8:58] really want to thank staff for all of

[8:59] their hard work in making that happen.

[9:02] Last but certainly not least as well

[9:03] around the North Loop update uh a North

[9:06] Loop update as well. That project is

[9:08] continuing to move forward. it continues

[9:10] to move uh on schedule. Uh as you may be

[9:13] may have seen, we've had a lot of dump

[9:14] trucks coming in and out as they've been

[9:16] hauling off the the debris, the sand,

[9:18] silt, and mud debris out there. I don't

[9:20] have an update on timeline other than

[9:22] that things are continuing to move

[9:23] smoothly out there and I'm just really

[9:25] excited to see all the progress and I

[9:28] hope the community is as well. If the

[9:30] community is not aware, the we we did

[9:33] prioritize and we're very happy to say

[9:35] that the river access is available. all

[9:38] uh all areas of the river that for

[9:41] access are open. Now, there's a lot of

[9:43] orange fencing around because we're, you

[9:45] know, mostly we're trying to protect the

[9:46] grass and make sure that it takes root.

[9:48] And so, we're trying to put people into,

[9:50] you know, certain paths to get paths to

[9:53] get to the river, but the um the you

[9:55] know, for tubing purposes, for uh for

[9:58] the beach access, for fishing purposes,

[10:00] the kayak launch, all of those are now

[10:02] open. Uh and if you haven't had an

[10:04] opportunity to go down there, please do.

[10:06] A lot of the community's been out here

[10:07] using them. I try to walk down there

[10:09] every day and I just see tons of kids

[10:10] out there in the water and a lot of kids

[10:12] at heart as well enjoying the river. So,

[10:14] I'm very excited about that. And that

[10:16] concludes my remarks.

[10:17] >> Very good. Thank you.

[10:20] All right. On to the consent agenda. Do

[10:22] we have a motion to approve the consent

[10:24] agenda or is there any discussion?

[10:27] >> I make a motion to approve the consent

[10:28] agenda.

[10:29] >> Right. Have a second.

[10:32] >> A second.

[10:33] >> All right. I have a a motion and a

[10:36] second. All those in favor?

[10:38] >> I

[10:40] consent agenda is approved. Now on to

[10:42] the regular agenda.

[10:44] First, we have the adoption of a

[10:46] resolution 2026-14

[10:49] supporting the submitt of a water

[10:51] resources development grant.

[10:53] >> Yeah. So,

[10:54] >> Mr. McCan.

[10:55] >> Yeah. Thank you, council. and and I'm

[10:57] going to call Greg Jennings up here to

[10:59] the table as well from Jennings uh

[11:01] environmental who's uh just you know the staple of this project and so many

[11:06] other projects when it comes to

[11:07] environmental work in Mills River and around the entire area. So what's

[11:12] before you tonight is what is resolution

[11:15] 202614.

[11:16] As we mentioned, it is a a a resolution

[11:20] to support the submitt of a water

[11:22] resources development grant. Very

[11:24] similar to what we did years ago uh on

[11:27] the on the project already in Mills

[11:29] River by the picnic area in there. this

[11:32] project. Uh it's not requiring that the

[11:36] town by this resolution is not stating

[11:38] that we must go forward with this grant.

[11:41] Merely one of the steps that's required

[11:43] is the a resolution of support from the

[11:46] council saying that you would wish for

[11:49] uh the staff to go forward and pursue

[11:52] this uh this application. What's before

[11:55] you right now is an application specific

[11:58] or a support specifically around the

[12:01] park expansion property bank. So, as you

[12:04] know, FEMA, there's a FEMA project

[12:06] working with the park expansion

[12:08] property. Well, and Kevin's going to

[12:10] scroll down for me a little bit here to

[12:12] see some of the uh some of the other

[12:14] elements that you all have in front of

[12:16] you uh and in your packet, but really

[12:18] there are two major sections that are

[12:20] around for FEMA projects. And right in

[12:23] the middle of those two FEMA projects,

[12:25] there's uh very important work that

[12:27] needs to be done as well for

[12:28] stabilization and mitigation as we plan

[12:31] for the park expansion property. Right.

[12:34] And so what this is looking at and staff

[12:36] has been working very hard and Greg I

[12:38] really want to thank you for all of your

[12:39] hard work as well trying to find funding

[12:41] opportunities to say while we're looking

[12:44] at FEMA projects which we cannot use for

[12:47] this type of mitigation work not in this

[12:49] area as well. How can we also make sure

[12:52] that we're prepared for future park

[12:54] expansion? And so the the DWR grant,

[12:58] it's one that again we're comfortable

[13:00] with. We've used before. And the request

[13:03] is for essentially the grant would be

[13:05] about four would be for $400,000, which

[13:08] would be $200,000 that the town would

[13:10] have to match as a grant, local grant

[13:13] with $200,000 going from if we received

[13:16] the DWR grant. It's a reimbursementbased

[13:19] grant. So essentially we would have to

[13:21] pay for it upfront and then seek

[13:22] reimbursement afterwards just like other

[13:25] grants especially around DWR it's about

[13:27] 30 days for reimbursement. So right now

[13:30] like I said it's the we're requesting

[13:32] the support for this type of project.

[13:34] I'm going to turn over to Greg here in

[13:36] just a second to talk through a little

[13:37] bit more of the project itself and

[13:39] answer any questions because he's the

[13:41] technical expert. Uh, but really the

[13:44] other piece I think that's really

[13:45] helpful for you to know about this is

[13:48] that it's um it would be coming out of

[13:50] the 7 it would be coming out of the

[13:52] $750,000 that's currently assigned for

[13:55] the park expansion uh in July for the

[13:58] next FY27 fiscal year. So that's one. It

[14:01] would be coming out of the capital

[14:02] project fund. So uh the capital the

[14:04] capital project reserve. So it wouldn't

[14:06] be touching available fund balance as

[14:08] well. and also Withers Ravenel and

[14:11] Jennings Environmental have been doing a

[14:13] great job working with each other

[14:15] throughout this process to make sure

[14:16] that uh the work that Withers is trying

[14:19] to do when it comes to the phase one

[14:20] approach will is going to work in tandem

[14:23] with that uh with the work going on at

[14:25] the river. So having river access

[14:27] opportunities getting people to those

[14:29] access points while also making sure

[14:30] there's stability there and we're really

[14:33] trying to protect the river as much as

[14:35] possible. And so those are the main

[14:37] things. The the last thing I'll just

[14:39] mention, and Greg, I'm going to look at

[14:41] you to correct me on this one. We're

[14:42] looking at a fall timeline for a

[14:45] potential uh uh an potential award about

[14:49] this, which would then be if that if we

[14:51] receive it, it would flow right into a

[14:54] spring uh build uh construction

[14:57] timeline, which again also coincides

[15:00] with the Withers Ravenel discussions

[15:01] that we've had about a mid to late

[15:04] spring uh construction of a potential

[15:06] phase one or phase 1/2 to get, as I like

[15:09] to say, boots on the ground over there.

[15:11] So it really seems like a great

[15:12] opportunity to mir to marry these two

[15:14] types of very important projects

[15:16] together. Before you is whether or not

[15:18] you wish for us to proceed with that

[15:20] request.

[15:25] » Whichever one you feel comfortable like

[15:26] Greg,

[15:27] >> is this okay?

[15:28] >> Absolutely.

[15:29] >> So Greg Jennings, I'm with Jennings

[15:30] Environmental. I'm an environmental

[15:32] engineer and I have been working with

[15:36] the town staff for several years. Our

[15:39] team did the project that you're

[15:41] familiar with that has the two river

[15:43] access points and the stream bank

[15:45] stabilization starting back in 2022.

[15:49] And so we're happy to continue with work

[15:52] on the river river bank. And part of

[15:55] that work is the FEMA funded work.

[15:58] >> Uh for whatever reason the FEMA team did

[16:00] not include the what we could call the

[16:03] middle parcel. And if you're looking at

[16:07] this sheet three overview map, that's a

[16:11] good summary of everything that's

[16:13] included in Mills River Park, including

[16:15] the expansion and the area that is not

[16:19] currently funded project area where Matt

[16:23] has just described the grant

[16:25] opportunity. Uh the grant is division of

[16:27] water resources funding. It's 5050

[16:30] money. And so, as Matt described, we

[16:34] would do the riverbank stabilization on

[16:36] town property would not include the

[16:39] privately owned property on the north

[16:41] side of the river, just to be clear. So,

[16:43] it' be the town owned property would

[16:46] require match. It requires a 50 foot

[16:50] buffer, but no easement and no

[16:53] dedication to the state. The state

[16:56] >> pays for the project. It's permitted by

[16:59] the Army Corps. the state and any local

[17:02] ordinances that are applicable

[17:05] >> and the town continues to own and

[17:07] operate and manage the property when

[17:09] it's finished.

[17:10] >> So, I think it's probably most efficient

[17:12] for me to answer questions at this point

[17:14] if you have any

[17:17] >> questions.

[17:19] If in the future we want to put like a

[17:21] boat right up there, could we?

[17:23] >> Yes.

[17:23] >> Okay.

[17:24] >> In fact, we would design in a human

[17:27] access, a walking access if you will.

[17:30] canoes, kayaks, swimming, fishing,

[17:33] tubing would be designed in

[17:37] a boat ramp. Uh, similar to what you

[17:40] have down

[17:42] >> Yeah, that's much

[17:43] >> probably something to talk more

[17:46] extensively about.

[17:48] This is very preliminary.

[17:51] We're applying for the grant. The grant,

[17:53] it's rather vague about what the grant

[17:55] would pay for if and when the funding is

[17:57] approved. October it's state funding. We

[18:00] don't have a state budget yet. So we

[18:02] have to have a state budget. Then we

[18:03] have to be approved and then we have to

[18:06] go through contracting and then design

[18:08] and then that's when we'll get into the

[18:10] details of that.

[18:11] >> Yeah. I'm not I'm I'm saying we have to

[18:13] there's a 50 foot easement.

[18:15] >> Yeah.

[18:16] >> It's not an easement. No. Uh it is

[18:18] strictly a planted buffer.

[18:20] >> Okay. So if in the future

[18:24] somebody wanted to put or the town

[18:26] wanted to put a

[18:27] >> Yeah. You own the property.

[18:28] >> Okay. Okay. That's that was

[18:30] >> there is no deed restriction, no

[18:31] easement, no conservation requirement.

[18:34] >> The budget funding pays for planting a

[18:38] 50 foot buffer. The state likes you to

[18:40] do that. They do not restrict your use

[18:42] of the property.

[18:44] >> Okay. Great.

[18:45] >> There are other grants that do that and

[18:47] I wanted to be clear. This is a

[18:48] nonrestrictive grant. The 50/50

[18:54] » would there be much redisturbance in the

[18:58] area?

[18:58] >> Substantial. Yes.

[19:01] The river banks are 8 to 10 ft high.

[19:05] They're undermined and they're

[19:06] collapsing. Many of the trees that are

[19:08] there are prone to falling in in future

[19:12] events. We would need to remove those

[19:15] the ones that are prone to falling.

[19:18] Regrade the banks. use those trees to

[19:20] help stabilize the pond.

[19:23] >> Well, then how many finger

[19:26] are all up?

[19:28] >> Well, there is an area with that has no

[19:31] trees left currently. There are other

[19:34] areas that have trees that are up to 50

[19:38] or more feet away from the river. And

[19:40] those do not all have to be removed. But

[19:42] because the river meanders as you know

[19:44] how it does, it's the outsides of those

[19:47] bends where it's meandering that it has

[19:50] already washed away all the trees. So

[19:52] we'd be putting trees back there on the

[19:55] insides of the bends. The energy is not

[19:59] affecting the town property. It's

[20:00] actually affecting the neighbors

[20:02] property across the river. And we are

[20:04] trying to work with Mills River

[20:06] Partnership on a whole separate series

[20:08] of grants for agricultural producers for

[20:11] that side. That's separate and we're not

[20:13] asking the town to commit to anything on

[20:16] that, but that's a separate effort for

[20:18] that side. So trees would be removed in

[20:22] areas where they are already falling in

[20:24] or or already gone essentially and a 50

[20:28] foot wide tree corridor would be put

[20:30] back in that area. There is not

[20:34] currently a path there on the expansion

[20:38] property. I'm sure you're familiar with

[20:39] the area. Uh this project would allow a

[20:43] future path. Uh, I'm going to not call

[20:45] it a paved path or a greenway, but a

[20:48] path that could be used. But if we don't

[20:52] do the project, putting a path there

[20:55] would be somewhat at risk because the

[20:58] river is moving quite rapidly onto the

[21:01] propert. And that's one of the items I

[21:03] just wanted to bring forward as well. Uh

[21:06] Greg, if if council would look on the in the black box there on the right

[21:10] hand side, the the water would be

[21:13] flowing into that bend which is at the

[21:15] you know pushing into our property over

[21:19] time. And so as we look at activating

[21:21] that area just by the flow of water uh

[21:24] with having you know conversations with

[21:27] Greg there is there are major concerns

[21:29] that we are going to start losing that

[21:32] property just because of the the

[21:35] degradation of that stream bank. So

[21:38] right now, the reason why we're coming

[21:39] for you to you right now is because

[21:41] there's a benefit with the FEMA projects

[21:44] that we already know that we have to do

[21:45] to get back to preheline conditions

[21:48] while acknowledging that this is a

[21:49] project that requires mitigation and

[21:52] stabilization.

[21:54] Those projects could go simultaneously

[21:57] keeping the funding sources completely

[21:59] separate, making sure because FEMA funds

[22:00] cannot be used for this and we're very

[22:02] clear on that. yet being able to then

[22:05] make sure that the that area is stable

[22:07] and ready for future park use uh at the

[22:11] same time instead of potentially using

[22:13] FEMA funds or using FEMA funds to work

[22:16] downstream only for there to be

[22:18] potential impact again from the fact

[22:21] that this area here is going to continue

[22:24] to degrade.

[22:31] questions.

[22:32] >> Mike, we're allowed to do this with the

[22:34] within the hazard flood hazard.

[22:39] >> I know the answer. I just say

[22:41] >> want it on the air.

[22:44] >> Yes. Uh the flood plane ordinance, one

[22:46] of the specific allowances is basically

[22:49] flood plane and natural restoration

[22:51] projects. So that would be allowed under

[22:52] the ordinance.

[22:57] » Thanks for getting that.

[23:01] All right.

[23:04] Go ahead.

[23:05] >> Good.

[23:06] >> Okay. So, we're good to do a motion. We

[23:09] don't need Okay.

[23:10] >> So, I'll make a motion to approve and

[23:12] adopt resolution 2026-14

[23:15] authorizing staff to apply for the North

[23:17] Carolina Division of Water Resources

[23:20] Develop Water Resources Development

[23:22] Grant for Riverbank Restoration on the

[23:24] Millser Park expansion property and

[23:26] authorize the town manager to sign all

[23:27] necessary documents. Right, we have a

[23:30] motion. Do we have a second?

[23:31] >> We'll second.

[23:32] >> All right, motion and a second. Any

[23:35] discussion?

[23:37] Right. All those in favor?

[23:39] >> I.

[23:40] >> Thank you.

[23:40] >> All right. Passes.

[23:41] >> Thank you, Greg.

[23:43] >> Thank you.

[23:45] All right. I'm trying I'm going to try

[23:47] not to get too excited. Is a traffic

[23:49] engine. I'm trying to, you know, breathe

[23:51] normally.

[23:52] But next item is consideration of NC DOT

[23:55] speed limit reductions by the adoption

[23:58] of concurring ordinances. Mr. Milich,

[24:01] >> thank you councel. Um, so this evening

[24:04] we're uh putting before you the

[24:07] concurring ordinances with the speed

[24:09] limit changes that DOT recommended after

[24:12] conducting the engineering studies uh on

[24:15] the roads identified by council. So just

[24:18] going back in time and recapping quickly

[24:20] for the public. So we had a discussion

[24:22] about general speed issues in the town

[24:24] in mid August. Um staff went to DOT,

[24:28] they studied those roads. We got the

[24:29] results uh in late February. And DOT did

[24:33] recommend speed limit changes for those

[24:35] five identified roads. It includes the

[24:38] eastern section of Schoolhouse Road, the

[24:41] entirety of Jeff Road, and I'll go back

[24:44] and state the limits. Schoolhouse Road,

[24:46] the eastern section going from 45 miles

[24:48] per hour to 40. Jeffris Road, the entire

[24:51] section going from 45 to 40. Uh Butler

[24:54] Bridge Road, the short section between

[24:57] Jeff Road and the French Broad River

[24:59] going from 55 to 45. Banner Farm Road

[25:03] within the town limits going from 45

[25:06] miles per hour to 35 and then a couple

[25:08] different sections on Boilston Highway

[25:11] going from 55 to 50. Um and so we

[25:15] presented those results to council in

[25:17] late February. Um, oh, sorry. We

[25:20] received those in late February,

[25:22] presented them to council in late March,

[25:23] and there was consensus from council to

[25:25] move forward. So, we got the concurring

[25:27] ordinances from DOT and the

[25:28] certification documents and basically

[25:30] are presenting those to you tonight for

[25:32] consideration um by adopting these

[25:35] ordinances and having the clerk certify

[25:37] them. The next step is I will send them

[25:39] to DOT and it will probably take a month

[25:42] or two for them to work through the rest

[25:44] of the process and then for the speed

[25:46] limit signs to be changed. I figure once

[25:48] the speed limit signs are changed,

[25:50] that's the the final basically uh

[25:53] regulatory requirement for the speed

[25:55] limits to be enforced. That's when we

[25:56] can always come back to council and

[25:58] formally update the traffic schedule.

[26:01] Um but in your packet, uh you'll see a

[26:03] number of ordinances. I did just want to

[26:05] explain there's three for Boilston

[26:07] Highway. One's for the northern section

[26:10] from Old Haywood to Cardinal. There's

[26:13] another one for the northern section

[26:14] called the westbound couplet. That's

[26:16] just because it's a divided freeway or

[26:18] highway there and so they have to have a

[26:20] separate ordinance for that other

[26:21] portion of road and then there's also an

[26:24] ordinance for the southern section uh

[26:26] basically between Presbyterian Church

[26:28] Road and Schoolhouse.

[26:30] Um we did find this is in alignment with

[26:32] the strategic plan goal six upholding

[26:34] excellence in community safety and also

[26:36] the comprehensive land use plan.

[26:39] Happy to take questions.

[26:41] Do you know I think we talked about on

[26:44] the southern portion of Pollston Highway

[26:47] northern where the right before the

[26:49] right after the fire department you know

[26:50] raise the speed limit right before it

[26:51] got to the red light.

[26:52] >> Correct. The southern portion. Yep.

[26:53] >> Yeah. Did we didn't get any

[26:54] clarification if they could extend it to

[26:56] the red light.

[26:57] >> They will uh change where the they will

[27:00] basically install the signage so that

[27:02] the signage for the increased speed

[27:04] limit is after the light as you go

[27:06] south. So basically drivers traveling

[27:08] south won't see a 5 miles per hour

[27:11] increase in the posted speed limit till

[27:13] after the light. The reason why they

[27:15] didn't want to change it before the

[27:18] light is because it actually affects the

[27:20] signal timing. They'd have to redo the

[27:21] whole signal and they didn't want to uh

[27:23] move forward with that.

[27:24] >> Gota.

[27:26] >> And one other thing I'll throw out that

[27:28] Mayor Prom Moore brought up uh a while

[27:30] ago. I did ask about the uh school

[27:33] zones, the speed limits. They said

[27:35] that's something DOT works with the

[27:37] schools on directly. So I didn't want to

[27:39] get ahead of council, but if council

[27:41] adopts these tonight, I plan to reach

[27:44] out to the school basically inform them

[27:46] of the changes and if they wish for the

[27:48] school speed limit to be dropped by 10

[27:50] miles hour because it's not going to,

[27:53] you know, it's usually 10 miles hour off

[27:55] the posted speed limit. Uh we'll get

[27:57] them with POT and make sure that

[27:59] happens.

[28:00] >> Sounds good.

[28:03] Any questions?

[28:07] All right. Well, like to entertain a

[28:11] motion if someone's got one.

[28:13] >> I'll make a motion that we adopt

[28:14] ordinances 202614

[28:16] through 202620 approving lowering the

[28:19] speed limits on the subject roads as

[28:21] presented.

[28:22] >> All right, we have a motion. Do we have

[28:23] a second?

[28:26] » All those are any discussion?

[28:30] All right. All those in favor? I

[28:34] Thank you.

[28:35] >> Thank you. Thanks for your hard work on

[28:37] that. That's near and dear to my heart

[28:39] because I started griping about it when

[28:41] I first came on the planning board. So,

[28:45] I mean, just that we didn't have a lot

[28:47] of concurring ordinances with DOT. So,

[28:50] but that's great. And I'm not saying it

[28:52] took you forever to do it. I'm just

[28:54] saying that it's hard work and people,

[28:56] you know, we got to realize that getting

[28:58] these things done isn't a snap and it's

[29:01] snap your fingers and it's done.

[29:03] Okay.

[29:05] Next, talk about the adoption of a

[29:08] resolution 2026-15

[29:10] in response to North Carolina General uh

[29:13] GS General Statute 143-135 for force

[29:16] account labor. Ms. Ostein.

[29:25] » Thank you, council. Um so one of the

[29:28] items um for one of the FEMA projects um

[29:31] is the wellhouse and the wellhouse needs

[29:35] a roof. So um the um resolution that you

[29:41] have here in front of you is what is

[29:43] required if the town wishes to use staff

[29:48] to do the work on the on the warehouse

[29:52] and not fit it out. So that is why you

[29:55] have a resolution here um to request

[29:59] permission

[30:01] um to actually have our staff to do a

[30:04] repair for a project that could be bid

[30:07] out to contract.

[30:10] >> Yeah. And thank you Julie for that. Just

[30:12] a a couple other points of

[30:14] clarification. U obviously we don't have

[30:16] to do this for everything because our

[30:17] staff does a lot of work around here.

[30:19] That's part of their jobs. But this is

[30:20] really around that contracting and that

[30:22] construction type work. We do have a

[30:24] member of staff that does have a

[30:25] contracting license. Uh and so being

[30:28] able to lean in on that the there's no change in expect of

[30:34] responsibilities or costs that are

[30:36] associated with this by using someone in

[30:38] house. There's no extra fitting or like

[30:40] your internal cost structures that

[30:42] change with this. It's there. It's their

[30:44] hours. It's their time. We were just

[30:46] asking we are asking for that permission

[30:48] if you then

[30:50] an outside

[30:53] and that'll save time from having to do

[30:55] a contract

[30:57] someone were already paying they've got

[30:59] the skills the ability so it'll be

[31:02] should be a pretty good cost savings for

[31:04] town

[31:05] >> sure and it's also a FEMA project so

[31:07] then it is time reimbured

[31:09] >> reimburse

[31:13] all right so this is the form the formal

[31:15] part which allows allows us to do it and

[31:17] keep the FEMA funding

[31:22] » questions on that.

[31:24] >> He's just making

[31:26] salary not correct.

[31:28] >> He's he will just be paid for his hours

[31:32] work like he would normally for anything

[31:34] he does in the park. If we have this

[31:38] future events, but they have to

[31:41] reclock this indivision or would this

[31:44] cover

[31:46] is just for this one?

[31:47] >> I believe they would. Yes.

[31:51] >> Okay.

[31:54] It's anytime you're you're doing

[31:56] something that you would normally bid

[31:57] out

[31:58] >> that you have to come back and get

[32:00] permission.

[32:06] discussion, questions.

[32:10] » So, I make a motion to approve and adopt

[32:12] resolution 2026-15

[32:14] authorizing the use of force account

[32:16] labor to repair the warehouse roof on

[32:18] the expansion property.

[32:19] >> Got a motion. We have a second.

[32:21] >> Second.

[32:22] >> Motion and a second. All those Any

[32:24] discussion?

[32:26] All those in favor? I

[32:30] >> we need to talk to FEMA about changing

[32:31] the term force account labor.

[32:33] >> Yeah.

[32:34] >> For staff members, but uh I think that's

[32:36] going to be a bigger problem the cross.

[32:39] >> Sure.

[32:41] >> All right. Now, we've got a couple of

[32:43] vacancies on our boards. U the first one

[32:46] is the second alternate position on the

[32:49] board of adjustment.

[32:51] >> We have received no new applications

[32:53] since last time we talked. Um so, you

[32:56] have some options. you can appoint from

[32:57] the applications on file. Um, one thing

[33:00] I wanted to talk to you about is a lot

[33:03] of communities um, use their planning

[33:05] board as the board of adjustment. As you

[33:08] know, this board um, some some boards

[33:11] already serve on board of adjustment.

[33:13] So, that's something you might want to

[33:14] also think about is would you like me to

[33:16] talk to your planning board to see if

[33:17] any of those would be willing to serve

[33:19] on board adjustment also. So, that's an

[33:22] option. Um or we can continue to

[33:24] advertise position.

[33:28] >> Okay. We have we do have some some

[33:31] applications on file.

[33:33] >> Applications on file right now.

[33:51] And I think that's They had said before

[34:01] it's a lot to ask someone. We've got

[34:03] dedicated people that are willing to do.

[34:06] It's a lot.

[34:09] >> How many I mean I know at one time at

[34:12] one point in time there was discussion

[34:13] about letting the uh council serve as

[34:17] the board of adjustments.

[34:19] Do you have an

[34:20] >> some places do that?

[34:23] >> Does you have a legal opinion about

[34:24] that?

[34:25] >> I mean, you can do that. Um,

[34:28] that is it's a lot. It's a big

[34:29] responsibility. Um, and the issue that I

[34:32] see when you're putting planning board

[34:34] members on board of adjustment and vice

[34:36] versa. It's two different processes. One

[34:38] is legislative, one is quasi judicial.

[34:40] And it's hard to differentiate between

[34:42] the two when you're trying to do both.

[34:44] Would be my concern.

[34:47] >> We have

[34:48] I have experience where they have served

[34:52] in both roles and I will say if that is

[34:54] a direction that the council wishes to

[34:55] vote for there's a lot of training that

[34:57] has to go to uh making sure that we do

[35:00] protect that they that they do

[35:02] understand those clear differences

[35:04] between those two and so um obviously we

[35:07] can get that training done but there's

[35:09] also going to be a dedicated they need

[35:11] to be dedicated to make sure that they

[35:13] go through all the required trends so

[35:15] that we don't run into those issues.

[35:18] having served on both at the same time.

[35:20] It is Yeah, it's

[35:24] turning your brain off from one way of

[35:26] thinking

[35:28] uh when you're in the other meeting is not always easy, especially if you know uh have certain expertise that

[35:38] you're really wanting to do it. that you

[35:40] have to put that aside and and listen to

[35:42] it is um that what's being presented. So

[35:47] it's it's not easy

[35:53] discussion.

[35:57] I mean, I'm okay with tableing it for

[36:00] now because it's a second alternate

[36:01] position, but

[36:03] see what pops up.

[36:06] >> One person.

[36:08] >> To do that, we would um

[36:11] do we do that with consensus or we need

[36:13] to make a motion to table it or not?

[36:22] » I'll make a motion that we table this. I

[36:26] don't continue to advise the vacancy for

[36:30] future date.

[36:32] >> Have a motion. Do we have a second?

[36:33] >> I'll second.

[36:34] >> Right. Discussion. Further discussion.

[36:37] >> Do we have a future date? Do you have

[36:38] anything in mind

[36:41] like August?

[36:42] >> August. The first meeting in August.

[36:48] » All right. We have a motion and a

[36:50] second. All those in favor?

[36:53] >> I.

[36:54] now have vacancy on the planning board

[36:57] to discuss.

[36:59] We did have

[37:01] >> you you have received a new application

[37:03] since last time we talked about this and

[37:05] I've included um it in your packet. Um,

[37:08] I did ask her to come tonight, but she's

[37:11] out of town, so she's unable to attend

[37:20] four applications on file and options

[37:23] are from one of the applications. Um,

[37:31] » wait till she has a chance to get

[37:33] talking.

[37:37] I asked um

[37:41] why

[37:43] I would be okay with

[37:50] her over the weekend.

[37:53] >> I called her spoke with her today.

[38:03] She said she's start

[38:12] she have a lot of good.

[38:24] Can I make the motion to appoint Amber

[38:26] Fulmore to the planning board to

[38:28] two-year term ending June 25th, 2028?

[38:32] >> All right, we have a motion.

[38:34] and a

[38:35] second. All in favor?

[38:37] >> I

[38:39] >> All right, thank you. Do we have any

[38:41] other business?

[38:43] >> F.

[38:44] >> Oh, some idiot didn't write it down

[38:46] first.

[38:49] » I'm F.

[38:52] Okay. So, we have a budget amendment

[38:54] grant project ordinance FEMA Z.

[39:03] And by the way, when I say some idiot,

[39:05] that's me. Don't call anyone else that.

[39:08] Young people don't call people idiots.

[39:09] It's no good.

[39:11] >> So, council, before you is a budget

[39:13] amendment um for the grant project

[39:15] ordinance with the approval of the

[39:18] submission for the

[39:21] grant um for um

[39:25] the uh baseball field. The that

[39:28] application that process was completed.

[39:31] Uh the grant was awarded. We have

[39:34] received the money for the uh baseball

[39:36] field. So we are asking that um this

[39:40] budget amendment be presented to reflect

[39:43] what we've received from FEMA to cover

[39:45] the expenses for that project that will

[39:47] begin on Monday as well as um to add

[39:52] some additional cost for CAT Z which is

[39:55] the administrative costs um to for the

[40:01] engineering company firm to oversee

[40:03] those as well as the land of sky that

[40:06] helps us with the grant um project

[40:10] management of the theme projects. So

[40:12] that's what the um amendment here is for

[40:15] is $45,000 for the CATZ administrative

[40:19] costs and then the $161,000 that we were

[40:23] awarded by FEMA for the baseball repair.

[40:29] Have any questions?

[40:39] So,

[40:40] >> would anyone be interested in a motion?

[40:41] You'll have to freelance this one.

[40:43] >> I'll make a motion to adopt the

[40:44] amendment to the grant project ordinance

[40:46] 2026-21 to allocate additional funds for

[40:48] category Z

[40:50] >> and the baseball field.

[40:54] >> Thank you.

[40:55] >> All right. Is there a second?

[40:57] >> Second.

[40:59] You all right? Any discussion? If not,

[41:03] all those in favor

[41:05] >> I.

[41:09] » All right. Now, on to other business.

[41:17] » Um,

[41:19] for this meeting, is there anything

[41:21] other business? I'm not showing anything

[41:23] here. And then we'll adjourn this

[41:25] meeting.

[41:28] >> Do we need to talk about Tuesday?

[41:32] We don't want to talk about that.

[41:33] >> It would be if council would just talk

[41:35] about it.

[41:37] >> Okay. Sounds like we've got a candidate

[41:39] for other business. Um

[41:44] >> I guess it's just arranging who's going

[41:45] to go since we made the motion to send a

[41:47] delegation team down there.

[41:49] >> Yes. So, uh yes,

[41:53] mention BTO is who may miss the last

[41:55] meeting. Yeah. So with the the a letter

[41:58] was sent uh for uh council request and

[42:03] to the finance committee the house

[42:06] finance committee uh earlier this week

[42:09] to all all of those legislators and

[42:12] their assistants also through our

[42:14] representatives and also at that meeting

[42:17] council uh requested that a delegation

[42:19] would be able to go down there once it's

[42:21] calendared assistance calendar for two

[42:24] days not that try to better understand

[42:27] whether or not that is still the case

[42:29] for this uh for this council and or uh

[42:32] if there's anyone who's willing and able

[42:34] to

[42:36] >> would now be an okay time for you to

[42:38] read the letter so we can get it in the

[42:40] uh the record.

[42:41] >> I'm happy to read the letter if you want

[42:44] to have that submitted. This is what we

[42:48] sent.

[42:50] Y'all okay with that?

[42:53] Okay. Would you be willing to read it?

[42:56] >> Okay. Asking me to read it. Okay. Yes.

[42:58] Happy to.

[43:02] » It's a long letter.

[43:03] >> It is a long letter.

[43:04] >> I just hit the highlight.

[43:07] If it's all right for the record, I may

[43:08] read it word for word.

[43:11] >> Careful what you ask for. Yes.

[43:14] >> So, it says, "Dear honorable

[43:17] representative Julia C. Howard, senior

[43:19] committee chair. We the town council of

[43:21] Mills River, North Carolina formally

[43:23] oppose part two of SB 1074 titled Mills

[43:26] River Unified Development Ordinance.

[43:29] Header legislative request oppose part

[43:32] two of SB 1074 at a minimum amend the

[43:35] bill to remove the town of Mills River

[43:38] ensuring the implementation of a UDO

[43:40] that reflects the will of the community.

[43:42] SB 1074 was referred to the finance

[43:44] house standing committee on June 22nd,

[43:46] 2026. It is imperative for the house

[43:49] committee to understand the town's

[43:50] unique circumstances that generated the

[43:53] downzoning exemption granted under

[43:55] SL2025-32

[43:57] and our yearslong dedication to

[43:59] receiving and incorporating community

[44:01] feedback. These efforts resulted in

[44:03] council's adoption of the town's first

[44:05] unified development ordinance in

[44:07] parentheses UDO on June 11, 2026 by a 4

[44:10] to1 vote. The UDO becomes effective

[44:12] September 1, 2026. Part two of SB 1074

[44:17] would nullify the actions of town

[44:19] council and more importantly the efforts

[44:21] of the town's residents.

[44:23] Subheader Mills River, a unique story.

[44:26] In July 2024, town council officially

[44:29] approved a contract to draft the town's

[44:31] first UDO, which included the

[44:33] development of a new zoning map, the

[44:34] first since the town's incorporation in

[44:36] 2003, at a cost of $194,000.

[44:40] In conjunction with the project kickoff,

[44:42] the town was considering a new less

[44:44] dense zoning designation for

[44:45] approximately 1/ half of the town's

[44:47] geographic area located within a

[44:49] mixeduse district. That district, the

[44:52] Mills River mixeduse in parenthesis MREN

[44:55] MU, covers approximately threequarters

[44:57] of the town with few restrictions and

[44:59] few dimensional standards, raising

[45:01] concerns over future developments that

[45:04] neither reflect the town's vision nor

[45:05] infrastructure capabilities. However,

[45:08] prior to approval of the town's UDO,

[45:10] SL2024-57

[45:13] passed, which removed local government

[45:14] downzoning authority without property

[45:16] owner approval. We believe the North

[45:19] Carolina State Legislature recognized

[45:21] the unique challenges the town of Mills

[45:23] River faced when it approved SL2025-32

[45:26] which states colon Mills River Unified

[45:29] Development Ordinance section 2.3

[45:32] parenthesis A notwithstanding GS160D

[45:38] 601 as amended by section 3K.1

[45:43] parenthesis A of SL2024-57.

[45:46] The town of Mil River may adopt the

[45:48] unified development ordinance initiated

[45:50] by the town council in October 2024.

[45:53] Section 2.3

[45:55] parenthesis B. This section is effective

[45:57] when it becomes law and any adoption of

[45:59] the unified development ordinance shall

[46:01] occur on or before July 1, 2026.

[46:05] In light of such exemption, the town

[46:07] worked tirelessly to create a UDO that

[46:09] accurately reflected the goals and

[46:10] desires of the town and its residents.

[46:14] subhead communitydriven approach. The

[46:18] town of Mills River made a good faith

[46:19] effort to work within its granted

[46:21] authority throughout the UDO process

[46:23] focusing on transparency and community

[46:25] engagement. Below are key statistics

[46:27] outlining our citizen focused approach.

[46:29] Item one or bullet one five total public

[46:33] forums with a total of seven separate

[46:35] sessions. Total time hyphen

[46:37] approximately 20 hours. sub bullet. Two

[46:40] large scale formal presentations and

[46:43] input sharing sessions at Mil River

[46:45] Elementary School. Meeting number one

[46:47] had an estimated 125 plus attendees.

[46:51] Bullet two, 10 office hour sessions

[46:54] totaling 34 hours. Sub bullet. These

[46:57] sessions were conducted over a year

[46:59] where the public could attend, ask

[47:00] questions about the UDO, and provide

[47:02] their input. Bullet three, 11 town

[47:05] council meetings, presentations, and

[47:07] code report code review sessions with

[47:09] consultant. Sub bullet conducted over

[47:12] approximately 1.5 years to receive

[47:14] feedback and present updates. Bullet

[47:17] four, 16 project steering committee

[47:20] meetings. Total time hyphen

[47:22] approximately 39 hours. Sub bullet. The

[47:25] project steering committee was made up

[47:27] of members representing various local

[47:29] boards and committees. Bullet five,

[47:32] 4,358

[47:34] informal postcard and sorry

[47:36] 4358formational

[47:38] postcards mailed to all unique property

[47:41] addresses in January 2026. Subullet one,

[47:45] 1,115formational

[47:47] one pagers were distributed to local

[47:49] elementary schools to reach parents in

[47:51] January 2026. Sub bullet two. 490 public

[47:55] notice letters mailed to out of town

[47:58] property owners in May 2026 announcing

[48:00] the public hearing. Bullet six

[48:04] 38 zoning change requests submitted by

[48:06] community members out of 4,330

[48:09] parcels parenthesis less than 0.9%.

[48:14] Sub bullet 28 zoning change requests

[48:17] approved. Correction period for all

[48:19] residents colon one year. Bullet seven.

[48:24] Four publicly available zoning map

[48:25] drafts available for review and feedback

[48:27] from the community. Community input,

[48:30] council direction, and steering

[48:31] committee guidance directly influenced

[48:33] each iteration.

[48:35] Bullet 8. 21 hours of other public

[48:38] engagement through stakeholder

[48:40] interviews, informational presentations

[48:42] to committees, andformational booths at

[48:45] local events. The town of Mills River

[48:47] acts in good faith and within the

[48:49] authority granted in SL2025-32

[48:53] when adopting the town of Mills River

[48:55] Ordinance 2026-9

[48:57] colon an ordinance adopting the town of

[48:59] Mills River unified development

[49:01] ordinance official zoning map and

[49:03] overlay district map semicolon

[49:05] consolidating and replacing existing

[49:07] land use and development regulations

[49:10] under GS160A-1

[49:12] 174 the town is granted broad ordinance

[49:15] making power to regul or abate acts

[49:17] detrimental to the health, safety, or

[49:19] welfare of its citizens and to define

[49:22] and abate nuisances. The town utilizing

[49:25] such authority along with that of

[49:27] GS160D-601

[49:29] adopted ordinance 2026-09

[49:33] to now undo what has already been done

[49:35] under the town's authority to regulate

[49:36] health, safety, and wear welfare and the

[49:39] abatement of nuisances would seem to

[49:41] conflict with NC constitutional article

[49:44] 2 section 24 which states that the

[49:48] general assembly shall not enact any

[49:50] local, private, or special act or

[49:52] resolution relating to the health,

[49:54] sanitation, and the abatement of

[49:56] nuisances. For more information, contact

[49:59] Matthew McCarahan, town manager, town of

[50:01] Mills River, 828892901.

[50:04] Matthew mccaranham river.gov.

[50:08] >> Thank you. That was excellent job. I

[50:11] could have made it through that. Very

[50:13] good. Um, I think that was very well

[50:16] written. It was done. It was

[50:20] uh done by our town manager and our

[50:23] legal working with our legal staff and I

[50:26] think you all just did a fantastic job

[50:28] on that.

[50:31] >> Thanks sir. If I may, I'll just mention

[50:32] as well before this letter went out uh

[50:35] there was council consensus to send this

[50:37] letter out to uh council council was

[50:41] able to review and there was council

[50:42] consensus to send this letter out uh to

[50:44] the finance house. Very

[50:48] good

[50:50] questions, comments.

[50:52] I mean it

[50:55] that outlines the whole process and it

[50:57] also reflects the comprehensive plan. So

[51:01] it wasn't just four people imposing our

[51:05] will on the town. It was a council that

[51:09] listened to the people, understood their

[51:12] will,

[51:14] doing our best for the town. All

[51:19] right, that being said, who wants to go

[51:21] to Raleigh? Who can go to Raleigh?

[51:25] If that's still something we as council

[51:27] want to do.

[51:28] >> And if I may, I'll just mention because

[51:30] it's 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Uh there may need to be consideration for

[51:35] leaving on Monday for an overnight stay

[51:38] or else we'd be leaving about 3:00 a.m.

[51:40] on Tuesday morning. And if that is a

[51:43] desire of this council as well, there's

[51:46] we could have a discussion about whether

[51:48] or not there needs to be other potential

[51:50] meetings set up on that Monday prior to

[51:52] the Tuesday discussion. So again, I just

[51:54] throw that out for consideration,

[51:56] potential discussion. There's no

[51:58] recommendation.

[52:03] » I'm available to go if we need to.

[52:10] Next week's a short week. It's a 4 day

[52:12] week or

[52:15] you know at work. So it'll be hard hard

[52:18] for me to go next week. Lose for all

[52:21] intents and purposes two days.

[52:25] » Yeah, it's going to be hard to go Monday

[52:27] night.

[52:42] If council does not wish to try to have

[52:44] meetings on that Monday, then there

[52:46] could be a late Monday

[52:52] movement to you know, you know, a lead

[52:54] time departure time on that Monday

[52:56] night. I just want to make sure that we,

[52:58] you know, get there by the 9:00 a.m.

[53:00] meeting. It is sometimes difficult to

[53:02] get meeting. So it easier if there was a

[53:05] late at least a minimum of late Monday

[53:08] uh departure and then once the meeting

[53:10] is over depending on whether or not the

[53:12] delegation wish to stay longer after the

[53:14] meeting for other meetings were to come

[53:16] back.

[53:19] >> I mean I don't think there's any issue

[53:20] with leaving after work Monday.

[53:23] >> I could do that. and it would just be

[53:26] one day.

[53:31] » We don't have to go all the way to

[53:32] Raleigh to stay.

[53:34] We could stay and how out or something

[53:36] if that's a concern getting there too

[53:38] late.

[53:40] >> I don't go to bed till 1:00 in the

[53:42] morning anyways.

[53:44] >> It doesn't matter what time I go to bed.

[53:46] I'm asleep before that.

[53:49] Just where am I sleeping at at the time?

[53:53] Okay. So we'll talk

[53:56] >> as long as we can coordinate. I mean

[53:58] we'll coordinate it outside of that.

[53:59] >> So what I'm hearing is that there's

[54:01] still a desire to go with a delegation

[54:04] with

[54:16] read letter. Well if we do I I can read

[54:19] it if that's can't read that whole

[54:22] letter like needed.

[54:25] You'll do fine.

[54:27] >> Thanks. Appreciate that. Okay.

[54:32] Sounds like a plan. All right. That

[54:35] being said, I would entertain a motion

[54:37] to adjourn this the regular meeting.

[54:40] >> I make a motion to adjourn the regular

[54:42] meeting and enter into our business

[54:44] meeting.

[54:45] >> All right. Need a second.

[54:49] >> All those in favor? I.

[54:52] >> Okay. Now, uh, call to order the

[54:56] business meeting.

[54:59] First item on the agenda, future

[55:00] preliminary agenda items. July 9th,

[55:04] adoption of the updated PAL bill map and

[55:07] charge the tax collector with collecting

[55:09] taxes.

[55:12] Discussion.

[55:13] >> Yeah. Talk about that.

[55:15] >> Yeah. Normally we only have one item. Uh

[55:17] so for the July meeting so this year we

[55:20] have two just just the PAL bill

[55:21] requirements as well. So that that's the

[55:23] only rule of this year

[55:26] >> and then consensus I'm I'm good with

[55:28] that. What do you need?

[55:30] >> No just just making sure that you all

[55:31] are comfortable with the the agenda as

[55:34] if there's anything else we need to

[55:35] start

[55:37] right now for August 13th. The only

[55:39] thing that's really on that agenda right

[55:41] now is around ETC computer survey

[55:43] presentation. That's

[55:46] the public and sorry I apologize the uh the public hearing for R262

[55:52] and and as well as the

[56:01] August meeting set

[56:04] in July set.

[56:10] Yeah, I believe the public hearing is

[56:12] already set. We just set it up.

[56:15] >> Yeah. Said um

[56:20] » sounds reason. No, I I've had several

[56:24] people. I don't know if we need to do

[56:26] this during the business meeting or what

[56:28] we need to do. But on Jish

[56:31] that short

[56:33] the road

[56:39] around hurricane

[56:44] side.

[56:47] So there um and just just for

[56:49] clarification, we if you're coming from

[56:52] 280 coming towards Atlanta, if you go

[56:54] through the bin going and uh going

[56:57] towards Lane on the right, there has

[56:59] been under there has been some

[57:00] undermining there. We actually uh have

[57:02] been working with DOT for uh we we

[57:05] reached out to DOT quite a while back

[57:07] about that issue because we've heard

[57:09] from those that live up uh in those

[57:11] neighborhoods about that concern. And so

[57:13] at least Mike, I don't want to put you

[57:15] on the spot here, but at least my memory

[57:17] served to me that

[57:19] well instead of me trying to do it, Mike

[57:22] again. So

[57:22] >> I remember y

[57:24] >> uh very familiar with that section. Um

[57:26] besides just submitting a request to DOT

[57:29] through their portal, we also emailed

[57:31] the maintenance yard supervisors so they

[57:33] are aware of it. Um, I actually went out

[57:36] and climbed down that bank and believe

[57:38] it or not, there are uh dozens of uh

[57:42] animal dens in the hillside that are

[57:45] also contributing to the undermining.

[57:46] And so we got DOT to put I think a

[57:49] couple of cones out, but uh we got

[57:51] basically the response that they would

[57:53] put it on their list and they would get

[57:54] to it as time allows. I'm happy to

[57:57] follow up on that with them again if

[57:59] that's

[58:01] >> they did fix

[58:03] bridge. Yes,

[58:04] >> they did some repault

[58:09] there because it's coming back

[58:12] roads getting

[58:14] >> pretty scary.

[58:16] >> I'd be happy to bring that back to their

[58:17] attention.

[58:19] >> Very good. Thank you.

[58:21] All right.

[58:23] any future potential agenda items we

[58:25] want to talk about.

[58:32] » Okay,

[58:33] >> I make a motion to adjourn.

[58:35] >> I'll second.

[58:36] >> All right. All in favor?

[58:39] >> I

[58:41] thanks for coming tonight. Thanks for

[58:43] what y'all do. Thank you for being up

[58:45] here. Thank you.

[58:47] That was fast.

Town Council Meeting - June 25, 2026

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