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good evening I want to call to order
this meeting of the wendale Town Board

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of Commissioners and welcome you all
here tonight we have a nice crowd thank

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you all for being here we're going to be
led in the Pledge of Allegiance tonight

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by Lake Meer Elementary School student
Jane

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ma Jane is a dedicated third grade
leader at Lake Myra Elementary School

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her teachers have described her as
hardworking and and as a hardworking and

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humble student who consistently strives
to do her very best Jane's positive

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attitude and kindness shine brightly
creating an atmosphere of encouragement

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and warmth around her she leads by
example demonstrating unwavering

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determination and setting a remarkable
standard for others to

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follow this past fall Jane participated
in the girls on the run after school

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program at Lake Myra Elementary where
she embodied the program's core values

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Girls on the Run is designed to inspire
girls of all abilities to recognize

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their inner strength and build
meaningful connections with others and

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Jane truly exemplified these principles
we are so proud to celebr celebrate Jane

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as a shining example of leadership
strength and compassion and it is an

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honor to recognize such an exceptional
young leader my goodness what a bright

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lovely young lady you
are all

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right flag got moved all right good the
pleasure of allegiance to the flag of

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the United States of America and to the
Republic for stand One

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[Music]

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Nation thank you Jane we're very proud
of

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you our invocation tonight we're going
to hear from Reverend Wallace Johnson of

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Wendell United Methodist Church good
evening big act to follow evening I know

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right there's no following that I
apologize for my dress I'm in the middle

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of practice over on Doug Proctor so I'm
going to pray and then get back to

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practice um thank you Commissioners for
being here and leading us the town

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appreciates you a whole lot I know you
may not hear that a whole lot but as a

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faith community we appreciate you all um
let's

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pray oh God you who are good always you
who are present with us in the spring

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and the rain and the flowers to come we
give you thanks uh for all the newness

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that's springing up and the community we
give you thanks uh thank you for each of

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these Commissioners who put in so so
much work more than any of us can really

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understand into making sure that our
community is safe and thriving and a

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beautiful wonderful place to live guide
them this evening as they are about the

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work of the community I thank you for
them uh this evening we pray for uh

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commissioners
and Honeycut and eatman and deluts and

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Joiner for mayor gray and for all of our
town leaders we give you thanks for that

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God we are grateful it's in your name we
pray

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amen thank
you are there any adjustments to the

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agenda the motion to approve so moved
all in favor I um

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um we have no one signed up for public
comment uh tonight but as a reminder I

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like to remind everybody that you can
sign up if you're interested in

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participating in public comment you can
sign up the night of the meeting at the

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door um and you will have three minutes
to speak or you can submit written em uh

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comments by email to the town clerk on
Friday before Monday's meeting and they

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will be read into the record for the
length of three minutes if they're

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received in on time um see do we have a
motion to approve the the consent agenda

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so moved all in favor

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I uh section four recognitions reports
and presentations we're going item 4 a

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is the recognition of Lake Meer
Elementary School teacher Miss Mary

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Katherine

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Gilbert Mary Katherine Gilbert and I
think she goes by MC is that right is an

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outstanding educator whose unwavering
commitment to the success of every child

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shines through shines through in all
that she does Miss Gilbert brought with

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her 11 years of invaluable experience as
a classroom teacher having taught grades

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1 three and five before joining the late
Myra School Community this marks her

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first as our exceptional math coach and
instructional facilitator where she has

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already made a profound impact on both
students and

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teachers Miss Gilbert's enthusiasm for
math Ma matics and her unwavering

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dedication to enhancing instructional
practices are

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contagious teachers from grades K
through 5 consistently praise her for

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her deep knowledge Innovative approach
and the invaluable support she provides

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her work is directly elevating the
quality of student learning and

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fostering an environment of growth and
Excellence her influence extends far

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beyond the classroom Miss Gilbert's
dedication to the school's mission and

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vision is evident in her tireless
efforts to support and empower the

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entire School Community her colleagues
described her as passionate committed

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and truly a gift for our of to our
school one whose positive impact will

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resonate for years to
come that's so very nice that was sent

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by the your principle at your
school so we're very impressed and we

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wanted to have you here tonight and just
thank you for what you do for all of our

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kids in Wendell and thank you for
that well thank you guys it is um such a

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privilege uh speak speaking in front of
you tonight and being recognized I

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really appreciate all the Commissioners
that are here um being my first year at

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Lake Mya um the community that I feel in
this city and for the students that

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we're serving um is just incredibly
strong um I kind of Wake County is a

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very big County but it's really nice to
just have that small town Touch of

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lendell um and so I really appreciate
all the support you've given all of our

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local schools um and I hope we have
continued support um especially as you

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know our our students are are in high
need right now um our students and our

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teachers um and so your continued
support is extremely valuable and I

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thank you for your time tonight you're
very welcome thank you for all that you

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do
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thank all right item 4B is a
proclamation recognizing April 2025 as

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Autism Awareness Month in the town of

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Wendell whereas autism is a lifelong
disability resulting in significant

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impairment of an individual's ability to
communicate understand social

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interactions and develop interactive
behaviors and whereas autism affects not

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only the diagnosed individual but the
entire family and the community at large

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and whereas there is currently no
identified cause or c for autism Al some

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work autism Works celebrates
neurodiversity and works to support

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individuals on the autism spectrum and
whereas alome is it aome works I

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apologize uh is hosting its second
annual sensory walk at Lake Meer

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Elementary School on April 5th 2025 at
10:00 a.m. and whereas the event will

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feature a variety of engaging stations
where families can explore different

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sensory experiences together from
tactile activities to calming spaces

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there will be something for everyone to
enjoy and whereas in addition to the

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sensory stations there will also be a
bounce house for children to play and

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burn off energy whereas information
tables will also be available where you

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can learn about autism
diagnosis uh support resources and

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advocacy efforts and no event is
complete without delicious food and

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entertaining performances now therefore
on behalf of the Wendell Town Board of

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Commissioners I Virginia Gray mayor of
the town of Wendell to hereby Proclaim

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April 2025 as Autism Awareness uh day
for the town of window I invite everyone

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to attend the second annual sensory walk
duly proclaimed this the 24th day of

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March 2025 and it's signed by me
so is there someone here that would like

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to receive the

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proclamation come to you okay

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all right item 4 C is the February 2025
organizational update for financial

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operations and strategic uh project
measures and I'm available if the board

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has any questions on the materials
provided okay any questions from the

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board right
now all right moving

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on Section Five is our our public
hearings item 5A is a public hearing to

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Annex and reone approximately 44. 626
Acres from rural agricultural to plan

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unit at development to create uh Dean
Farms development Mr coat yep good

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evening mayor and board members so items
5A and 5B are public hearings related to

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this project the applicant is here and
has requested the items not be heard

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once a new date is determined the public
hearings uh for both items will be re

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advertised so we need a motion to table
them both or just how do we need to that

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Mr
collie are are they being continued or

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taken off taken off we do not have a
date yet for them to come

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back okay you don't really need any
action there all right so just skip them

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and move on they'll be Ren noticed is
what they will be Ren noticed yep all

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right nothing for Action okay moving on
thank you you're welcome uh section six

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our administrative items is 6a is the
contract award to the Fred Smith fredith

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Company for the construction of
improvements at the intersection of

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windowell Boulevard and windowell Falls
Parkway uh contingent upon uh North

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Carolina do concurrence Mr codes yep
good evening mayor and board members as

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as mentioned this is a contract award to
the Fred Smith Company for the

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construction of the intersection
improvements at Wendell Boulevard and

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Wendell Falls Parkway otherwise
referenced as lap U

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6244 uh it is contingent upon ncdot
concurrence masking to adopt a

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resolution uh for that uh just to give
some background during the fiscal year

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2021 round of lap funding the town uh
was granted funding for the project um

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with a local match that provides
pedestrian improvements installation of

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a turn lane and traffic signal at that
intersection uh the construction will

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provide for those those improvements um
the uh contract was advertised on

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October 7th the construction had to be
rebid as we only had two responses

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um the second round we still had the
same two responses so we moved forward

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with the lowest bid which was the Fred
Smith uh bid at 2271

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282 um construction for the improvements
is expected to start in the spring I do

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have a map here showing those
improvements and just to go over for the

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the public that's listening at home this
project does include a traffic signal

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installation a turn lane from Wendell
bouevard onto Wendell Falls Parkway

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pedestrian improvements which will be
signalized and there in front of the

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school Wall Street will be closed at the
intersection taking an unsafe

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intersection and improving that updating
the sidewalks and then also storm water

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improvements on Wendel Falls Parkway
down to the Cook Street

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intersection overall project uh we are
uh we did get additional funding from

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Campo um which was higher than our
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2021 um the town's contribution will be
just over a million dollar total project

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uh for the budget is is $2.9 million for
those improvements which also includes

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inspections ncdot fees in a contingency
as well I can feel any questions you

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have right any questions from the

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board Madame mayor move uh we adopt the
resolution awarding the contract uh for

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the lap project to Fred Smith

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Company we we have a motion to adopt the
resolution awarding the contract to Fred

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Smith Company uh is there any discussion
on the

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motion all in favor I any want to
oppose okay thank you item 6B is the

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interlocal cooperation agreement between
central Pines Regional Council and the

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town of Wendell regarding the Little
River Watershed storm water

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infrastructure mapping and training
project and we're going to hear from

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Sarah
lentin good evening evening Madame mayor

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and board members
um so I'm here to ask for your approval

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um for this agreement and authorize the
town manager to sign um so the central

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Pines Regional
Council um they received a 205j grant

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from the North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality on behalf of the

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town for the Little River Watershed
storm water mapping

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project
um and my slides kind of touch on these

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other items so um the mapping of the
storm water infrastructure is part of

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Wendell's stormwater management plan um
when we map we identify location

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material size age and condition of the
infrastructure which helps us um manage

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everything um our rapidly growing town
has made it uh very difficult to keep up

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with the updating of this map um right
now developers submit design files um to

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us and then um you know that's once the
development is completed and accepted

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and then that information has to be
translated from the design software to

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the gis software and um weeded out
unnecessary

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information so it's a lengthy process
for us the grant um like I said it was

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funded by the 205j water quality
planning Grant that's from the EPA and

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um submitted through the NCD
DEQ um it supports the town's ongoing

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efforts to complete the mapping of storm
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infrastructure and allows $25,000 for
the hiring of a qualified firm to help

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provide mapping and trading services to
the

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town
um Central Pines Regional Council um

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will be awarded the funds and they will
provide the administrative services for

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that contract um the town of Windell uh
is committing to an in kind match of

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$10,000 um to be spent on that uh
project um all of that money will be

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fulfilled by a staff time working on the
project um and the match does include

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work that we have already completed this
year and um um the upcoming workload so

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this does not have any impact to our
current staff

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workloads you guys have any
questions anything from the

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board need a

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motion can we go back a
slide

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sure um this one here

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mad mayor I move we approve the
agreement to authorize the town manager

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to sign same we have a motion to approve
the agreement and authorize the town

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manager to sign is there any discussion
on the motion all in

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favor anyone opposed okay thank you
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you uh moving into our other business I
think we have one uh from Campo

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commissioner eeman thank you mayor we
did have a Campo meeting last week uh I

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think think the most important thing for
the town that was considered was the

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additional funding for the lap project
at the windowell Boulevard windowell

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Falls Parkway intersection that we just
covered in the previous item uh so that

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was passed also had presentations about
the the updated strategic Transportation

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Improvement program the 10year state
transportation funding program uh

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unfortunately and this is something I'm
kind of concerned about the improvements

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of the Smithfield Road interchange on 87
and the widening of 87 past uh windowell

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Boulevard to the 264 split at zebulun
both were pretty significantly delayed

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in the updated draft uh Statewide
Transportation plan um most of that's

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related to funding availability and just
the reality of how much a project costs

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you can only afford as many projects as
you have money to pay for um but I think

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that's always ongoing concern and
something that I think ought to happen

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sooner than later both of those projects
uh and then there was also

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uh included in that increased service
for the zwx the zebulun Wendell express

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bus route that goes from zebulun through
Wendell downtown Raleigh uh that's going

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to be heading toward increased hourly
service with some additional stops that

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is going to be a good good Improvement
but certainly not the only

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Transportation investment we need in
Wendell right this minute that's all

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thank you uh commissioner's reports
we'll start with commissioner

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Joiner thank you madam mayor we didn't
make any comments during the meeting um

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but seeing that lab project be assigned
uh to a contractor to be built out um is

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exciting um I told the manager this week
when I met with him to talk about budget

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uh one of the things that is exciting
for me right now is that we're starting

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to see things come out of the ground um
and actually U for a long time we were

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making plans to do things and designing
and getting ready to build things uh and

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you're starting to see a lot of uh
improvements come out of the ground and

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uh certainly uh want to in that vein
compliment our public works department

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and uh all their contractors for u a a
big outlay of uh our Paving plan and

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getting that wrapped up this week um
certainly a lot smoother towns in a lot

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of different places or a lot smoother
roads in a lot of different places in

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town thank you Madame mayor commissioner
luds commissioner eatman else

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tonight um I certainly want to Echo
commissioner J statements a lot of times

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he hits the nail right on the head and
he did again tonight and I appreciate

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his comments I'll add one more thing I
thought Town staff did an excellent job

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on the Food Truck Rodeo I always like to
come downtown and see the businesses

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packed they seemed happy and excited and
the people were excited so it's always

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good that we do things that promote the
downtown Corridor so thank you for all

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your hard work appreciate it
commissioner Delo thank you Madame mayor

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I just want to mention one thing uh
senior health fair uh that was uh

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previously scheduled we were I think
snowed out Iced Out uh cold out Etc uh

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actually rescheduled for this coming
Friday March the 28th from 10:00 a.m.

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until 2: p.m. so just wanted to remind
everybody of that community center

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community center so thank you madam
mayor I have a couple things uh real

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quickly I recently filmed the 2024 we do
it at into the next year uh state of the

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Town um it should be available to viw on
social media and I assume on the town

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website in the next few days I've seen a
copy of it it turned out great it's not

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too long so please take a look at it I
think it'll make you feel really proud

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of all the things we've accomplished
it's a really quick um not everything

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but it hits some of the high spots of
things that we have H had happen in the

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last um year or so Town staff's been
working very hard on your behalf you'll

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see that if you watch that um Community
Arbor Day celebration was this past

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Saturday and I went out and planted a
pecan tree and that was a lot of fun

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right over there in the pecan Orchard
they had Philip Smith always does a

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really good job with that he has a bunch
of real tiny shovels and little kids can

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help and there were some little kids
there and it was just the cutest fun

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thing so if you've never been I highly
recommend it you should go next year

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because it's really cute and fun and um
it's nice that we're maintaining the

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pecan Orchard out there so that it will
be available for the future and I think

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that's important too and that very same
day the Food Truck Rodeo went down there

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for a little while and it was great
everyone was packed and everyone was

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happy and a lot of people beautiful
weather so thank you to town staff for

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all three of these things because they
don't happen without y'all so I really

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appreciate all your efforts and the town
manager we really thank you for that all

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right uh do we I think we have a closed
session we have a motion to go and close

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session M mayor move the board going to
close session pers North Carolina

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General statute 143 318
1185 all

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right I guess I should