Good evening, we would like to call the Durham City Council meeting to order Monday, April the 7th at 7 or 2 p.m. and certainly want to welcome all of you that are in attendance with us this evening. Before I begin I've been asked to announce that DTV8 is now Durham Television Network instead of DTV8 is now DTN I guess, Durham Television Network. The name changes because DTN is now available on Time Warner Cable and AT&T Uverse. It's on channel 97.5 or either channel 8 on Time Warner Cable depending on if you have a digital cable box. DTN is on AT&T Uverse on channel 99. This meeting has been televised and monitored to your left and to my right. We show you the broadcast signal. The monitors behind the council will show you what we are seeing. And lastly, this meeting will be replayed Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights at 9 p.m. and Fridays at 2 p.m. That's a public announcement by Public Affairs Office. If we could just take a moment of solid meditation please. I ask Councilman Brown if he would leave us in the pledge. I ask the clerk if she would call the roll please. Mayor Ville. President. Mayor Pro Tem Cole McFadden. Councilmember Brown. Councilmember Cattati. Councilmember Davis. Councilmember Moffitt. And Councilmember Schull. We have several resolutions and recognitions to present tonight and the first is really a delight. I'd like to recognize Miss Betty Koss. I'm going to ask Betty if she will come and join me along with her. Of course her father is taking pictures. I don't know if he can. Mother can join. Okay. It's good for her to stay right here. She's up high. How are you doing? Okay. Some of you probably know that Miss Koss was a fifth grader from Little River Elementary School and as such has become the first African-American regional spelling bee champion and we need to applause her for that. We had originally planned to recognize Miss Koss early soon after she had won the spelling bee. Dr. Phil Wynn from Duke University. Phil if you want to join us or not was his department. Sponsored it to be and he notified us soon thereafter that Miss Koss had won and we immediately invited her to be at our City Council meeting but you know we've had some weird weather this past year and unfortunately the weather prevented her from coming but she's here tonight. We're here to recognize her. As I understand it were 59 spellers representing schools across Durham and Orange County. It took to the states to compete in the fifth annual Duke Regional Spelling Bee which was held in Page Auditorium on Duke University's campus and the spelling bee kicked off with the word hamster and continue for three hours and 25 rounds. The final three spellers were Betty Koss, a Lower River Elementary School fifth grader and the 2013 Regional Bee Run Up Olivia Fujikawa, a sixth grader at Lakewood Montessori Middle School who has appeared three times at the Regional Bee and Ned Swanson, a Brogdon Middle School sixth grader and a 2012 Regional Bee winner and as you can imagine with three finalists the crowd really waited anxiously for the final word and Miss Koss spelled with relief what you heard and I'm going to ask her to spell it again. The word was impunity. Impunity I am P U N I T Y impunity. I can tell you we're very proud to have Betty represent the City of Durham as she goes off to participate in the strips National Spelling Bee in Washington I think that's in May of this year so we certainly wish you the best you've already made us proud and we know you do your best as you go forth and come back and tell us what the winning word is and we have you spell it again here Durham City Council but I'm going to turn it over to Miss Koss if she has any comments you might want to make. I'm really proud to be representing Durham in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. I know I'm going to do very well in the national because I have plenty of support from all my school and my family and my friends and I just know I'm going to do really well. I'm going to let Betty introduce her mother and her sister if you don't mind and her father if he can get away from those cameras can come up here also. This is my mom she's been helping me a lot with my spelling and my sister who's been really supportive and my dad who just did like a lot of tasks in between like making the food and stuff. When you come back we're going to just spell that word you went on. Thank you. I should have recognized a good friend an old friend of Bert Collins former president of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company and his wife. The next is a resolution memorializing Ferdinand Vincent F.P. Pete Allison Jr. and I'm going to SSC Levone. You see I thought I saw the whole family. Do you mind joining me? This is Levone Allison who just reminded me that she has a couple of precinct people from her precinct that in present so that's important precinct. Nothing has changed Mr. Mayor. But seriously I think it's probably not a person in this room that doesn't know Pete or has had some type of involvement during their time here in Durham certainly I have and I refer to Pete as the general but quiet giant behind Levone Allison, Dr. Levone Allison. Okay but Pete was a great good friend of so many people and I did so much for this community and we were knew he had been in ill health for some period of time and I remember the last time I saw him the rest of him he was still in good spirits and he's going to he's going to get himself together but unfortunately he passed and there was a memorial service for him and I had an opportunity to be a part of that but more importantly we have a resolution memorializing Ferdinand Vincent F.V. Pete Allison Jr. and I won't read all of this but it speaks to the fact that whereas Ferdinand Vincent F.V. Pete Allison Jr. the only son of Ferdinand Vincent Allison Sr. and Elizabeth R. Allison was born January 15th 1923 in Greensville County, Virginia and grew up in Emporio and whereas Mr. Allison served in the United States Army Corps Air Corps during World War II and afterwards returned to Hampton, Virginia earning his bachelor's science degree in 1948 from Hampton Institute now known as Hampton University and later a master's in business administration from New York University in 1952 and upon graduation Mr. Allison traveled to Durham, North Carolina and doing the strip met former Mutual Savings and Loan Association President John S. Shaq Stewart and such a meeting resulted in a job offer as a teller and bookkeeper in 1953 and later involved into an extraordinary career in the banking industry from 1978 to 1996 serving as president chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of mutual community savings bank Inc. SSB whereas doing this Allison's tenure with Mutual Savings and Loan he was instrumental in transcending the institution from a savings and loan to Mutual Savings Bank and later stock company in 1993 in addition he initiated acquisition of two smaller banks in 1995 American Federal Savings and Loan and Greensboro National Bank whereas Mr. Allison was a stronghold in the Durham community for over 61 years having enriched lives of others there was service and involvement of organizations and I won't name all the organizations but one is the Durham Community Affairs of Black people and whereas Mr. Allison was on it on numerous occasions for his unselfish work and contributions to the community to having been inducted into the North Carolina Banking Hall of Fame in 2013 recipient of the Longleaf Pines presented by Governor Jim Hunt mechanics and farmers bank founders award in 2010 honoree of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People active in national and state business organizations such as the American League of Financial Institutions the National Business League US League of Savings Institution Board of Directors the North Carolina Education Association and Authority and also the RDU Airport his life not only impacted the banking world but his strong political skills earned him great respect from city county and state leaders as he served on various advisory boards whereas family was very important to Mr. Allison he was a special proud of his merit for 59 years to Dr. E Livonia Ingram Allison also a longtime member in the head of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People and blessed with two children Michelle Allison Davis Dr. Ferdinand Vincent Allison III and four grandchildren Christopher Brian Curtis and Melissa whereas Mr. Allison was a life member of the NAACP member of Betify Betify chapter of Megasite five fraternity as Hunter large number eight to five of free and accepted masons of North Carolina Prince Hall affiliation Sire icon of Alpha tall belay Sigma Pi five fraternity ink and whereas it was a faithful member of White Rock White Rock Baptist Church where he served as trustee and chairperson of the budget committee now therefore be it resolved by the Durham City Council one that this council pauses in a moment of silence and memory of Ferdinand Vincent FV Pete Allison junior and two that the city council honor his vast contribution to the banking industry and his leadership dedication and service to the community three that this resolution be spread upon the official minutes of this governing body and four that a certified copy of this resolution be presented to his wife Dr. E Livonia Ingram Allison I D Andre duly appointed city clerk of the Durham City of Durham North Carolina to hear by certified that the above resolution number nine eight eight seven is a true and accurate copy adopted by the Durham City Council on March the 17th 2014 what's my hand corpse ill city of Durham North Carolina this is seventh day of April 2014 and signed by me as your mayor and D Andre the city clerk and I'm going to present this to Livonia for hidden comments and to the rest of the family on behalf of K Michelle Allison F Vincent the third cousin is originally from Richmond County and other friends here I have a couple of people from precinct 42 that have looked after me during the time that Pete has been very ill with you all stand I think the chair of the political committee for the Durham committees out there let's give him a hey you know the neighborhood makes a real difference and these are the persons that when I have to call on someone to Pete had been sick very sick for a long time and they have been making it possible for us to continue to do some things for the community but Pete Allison was the reason that I was already out there I couldn't have been out there without a husband like him and everybody knows that and it's a long story but the first year that we were married and I'm not gonna take long to tell that but I got involved because every second and fourth Thursday he was leaving home first year we were mad I said what in the world is going on and I found out that that was a regular meeting of an organization back there then if you came to Durham you showed up and you were there and you work so basically I one night I said well look I have got to go with you because I don't believe y'all meeting like this and believe it or not they let me in and Mr. Wheeler became a mentor and so then Pete said well she's a nice she might as well whatever work hard but I really want to thank this City Council because Pete really love Durham one more story is that when he came to Durham and past Beachwood Cemetery he tells us all the time that he was so proud to see a cemetery that looks so good and clean and beautiful and he said that could be anybody buried there you couldn't tell that it was a black colored cemetery and that's something for Durham but let's see if we can in fact make his legacy even more proud because he loved this city and he told it from the time he was in Washington with his deaf youths or when he was in NYU with friends who went to school with him at Hampton or when he was in Durham he had these very very positive stories about Durham and so I want to thank you on behalf of our friends in 31 Streets and Precinct 42 for my family and for all the people who gonna come out to vote thank you so very much for this wonderful resolution for the man I love dearly and I know he loved me dearly thank you so much so Laura Benson she'll join me please this is a resolution recognizing the week of the young child and Laura's executive director for Durham's partnership for children the resolution speaks to the fact that Durham partnership for children child care services association and other local collaborating organizations are celebrating the week of the young child under the national theme of early years are learning years whereas organizations improve early learning opportunities which are crucial to the growth and development of young children and to support the school readiness of our youngest children whereas making sure children are ready to learn as a community endeavor than of all parents child care providers policy makers businesses congregations and community agencies whereas transition to kindergarten must be a smooth coordinated process for children parents and schools that greatly minimizes the achievement gap whereas early care and education is economic development strategy at the beginning of the talent pipeline workforce based on research that children with early learning successes are more likely to finish school more likely to attend college and more likely to be employed whereas high quality early care supports Durham's current workforce for families with young children who rely on child care to work and for employers who know that stable child care reduces their employees absenteeism and turnover whereas comprehensive bilingual evidence based programs and parent education health and literacy increases family stability whereas early intervention family support and education can help break the cycle of poverty that affects more than half of Durham's children and create opportunities in early childhood that have a lasting impact in the community whereas the Durham City Council do hereby proudly recognized that early years are learning years and that ages of birth to five of the most critical time in children's development which builds the foundation for success in school and life and therefore we will be able to build them in the city of Durham North Carolina we have our reclaim April 6th April 12th 2014 as the week of the young child in Durham and hereby recognize Durham's partnership for Children and Child Care Services Association for the exemplary model of collaboration which you can continue to improve the landscape of early education for Durham residents and benefits present and future generations I witness my hand corpus City of Durham North Carolina this is the 7th day of April 2014 I want to present this to Laura but I just want to say when she makes the comments probably most of you know that we're embarking on this challenge of trying to reduce poverty in neighborhood by neighborhood year by year starting in 2014 and a very important part of that is looking at the issue of education and I'm convinced and I'm sure most people convinced that this bit about pre-k education has a very very valuable impact on young child's life so I just hope at some point in time that we as a community can come together and really get behind this pre-k piece work with our boards of education and more importantly work with people in Durham Center who funneled all this stuff so we can get this ball really rolling in our community but I'm going to turn this over to Laura and thank her for the work that she provides and leadership provides in this area also thank you Durham's partnership for children is your smart start agency and child care services association is your local resource and referral organization on behalf of our staff including Colby Falconer who's with me from CCSA today our boards of directors we thank you for this proclamation early educators should really be called brain builders or crime prevention officers or national security specialists we are economic development engines and on behalf of all early educators in our community we thank you for celebrating the week of the young child I hope you saw this morning's op ed in the Herald Sun written by our board vice chair Daniel Robinson who is developing several projects here in concert with you at the city he wrote eloquently about the economic rationale of investing in young children now with our shared attention to eradicating poverty as you so eloquently stated mayor bell we can unite around strategies that buffer children from the impact of toxic stress which is symptomatic of growing up in low income households we can expand access to high quality child care we can support parents as their child's first and most important teachers and we can optimize health and well-being for young children by fighting obesity improving dental health and we can move forward with that vision of expanding pre-k as our city leadership you serve far beyond these walls as you well know you guide our work and you make a difference for young children our collaborations and mutual accountability is run deep and I wanted to take a moment to illuminate all of the people on behalf of the city who serve in the partnerships venue mayor bell your recipient of our community builder award last year you're a dedicated advocate for young children and as soon as tomorrow morning you'll be reading to three and four year olds at another beautiful beginning a five-star high quality child care center on Andrew avenue that is in the neighborhood that you have prioritized for your poverty eradication initiative city manager bonfield and all of the city council and staff you prioritize young children in so many ways in your daily work on our board ronda parker serves capably amy blalock is on our community awareness committee using her communications and public awareness expertise to guide us toy a merit sits on our evaluation committee she helps measure the impact of our programs and considers how we can make the best community investments nick allen is a brand new member of our allocations committee he along with others is responsible for making decisions recommended to our board to invest millions of dollars for children in this community birth to five there are only two thousand days between the time a child is born and the time that child enters kindergarten the needs are urgent and you make all the difference in those two thousand days so in celebration of the week of the young child we invite you to see our great display at northgate mall mark your calendars for the next early childhood bus tour which several of you have already taken on may fourteenth that bus tour is now sponsored by mechanics and farmers bank and we're very pleased for that sponsorship throughout this coming year and we also want to be sure that you attend our school readiness summit co-presented with Durham public schools on july the 21st at the germ convention center there's more material in these packets that I've prepared for you and let me not leave this evening without saying that I was in the trail of councilman shul at the 10k at the great human race so I stand in awe of your great prowess on the racetrack and again thank you for this proclamation and for your ongoing support of investing in the lives of young children and their families like to ask lieutenant april browning from Durham city police department to join me this is in recognition of not national crime victims right sweet proclamation whereas americans are victims of more than 22 million crimes each year these crimes also affect family members friends neighbors and co-workers whereas crime can leave a lasting physical emotional or financial impact on people of all ages and abilities and of all economic racial and social backgrounds and whereas in 1984 the crime victims fund was established by the victims of crime act known as voca to provide a permanent source of support for crime victim services and compensation through fines and penalties paid by convicted federal offenders whereas by insuring that federal offender crime criminal fines and penalties are deposited into the crime victims fund congress affirmed that those who commit crime should be held accountable for the impact of their actions whereas formation of the Durham police department victim services unit in 1997 was a pivotal milestone in positioning the agency to better implement and advocate for services that reinforce victims rights whereas through his victim services unit the Durham police department has made significant strides over the past 16 years providing comprehensive services to crime victims whereas the victims assistance community faces new challenges to reach and serve all victims including victims of newly recognized crimes such as domestic human trafficking of children and cyber crime and victims who have not always trusted criminal justice system including immigrant victims urban youth and victims who are lesbian gay bisexual transgender whereas now is the time to embrace and new emphasis on learning what works and reaching underserved victims and meeting victims needs whereas national crime victims right week April 6th through 12th 2014 provides an opportunity to celebrate the energy creativity and commitment that launched the victims rights movement inspired his progress and continues to advance the causes of justice for crime victims where city of Durham police department is joining forces with victim service providers criminal justice agencies and concerned citizens throughout Durham North Carolina and America to raise awareness of victims rights and observe national crime victims right week now therefore when you build the all mayor of the city of Durham North Carolina do that by proclaim the week of April 6th through 12th 2014 as national crime victims rights week in Durham and reaffirm the city of Durham's commitment to respect and enforce victims rights and address victims needs during national crime victims rights week and throughout the year and express our appreciation for those victims and crime survivors who have turned personal tragedy into a motivating force to improve our response to victims of crime and build a more just community with my hands day April 7th and I'll turn this over to April for any comments first I would like to thank Mayor Bell and the council and the city administrators for the opportunity to bring awareness to national crime victims right week I particularly would like to thank Mayor pro 10 McFadden and Councilman shul for showing up at the banquet I mean a lot to the staff and as well as the attendees I would also now like to acknowledge the victim service unit could you please stand at this time I would like to just give a little explanation about what the unit actually does because some people don't really know they do quite a lot and this is just a tad bit of what they do first they are they take the assigned caseload that's pulled on a daily basis they look at the type of contact that needs to be made to determine by reviewing the case details entered in by responding officer in case investigators once that needs of the victim is determined then they make contact with the victim to offer their services by making contact with each victim they can either do it by telephone in person or by mail once they have the victim's cooperation they'll make the appropriate local and state agencies to coordinate the services that they need and there are just a few that I'll name for now they've got something is it's the trauma response at crime scenes they can also coordinate emergency shelter provide safety planning coordinate counseling services they can also coordinate medical examinations court accompaniment and assist in case update that's just to name a few of the things that they do the unit does quite a bit and quite a lot and they are appreciated by the Durham Police Department especially Community Service Bureau and I happen to be the lieutenant over that assistant district commander and I want to say thank you for this proclamation this really is very important for us to recognize that you know people are victims of crime and that they do need the assistance by this victims all this victims rights unit and I want to say thank you again the next proclamation speaks to the issue of Fair Housing Month and I would ask Delilah Donison the Boundaries of Human Relations Department and Consciousness actually Conscious National Improvement Service whereas April marks the anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 which sought to eliminate discrimination and housing opportunities and to affirmatively further housing choices for all Americans whereas the ongoing struggle for dignity and housing opportunity continues to be an issue and vigorous local efforts must continue to combat discrimination whereas the Durham City Council has authorized the Human Relations Division of the Naval Improvement Services Department to take necessary action to enforce the city's Fair Housing Ordinance and the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 as amended whereas ongoing Fair Housing Education Outreach and Monitoring is a key to raise an awareness of a person's Fair Housing rights and responsibilities whereas only through commitment continued cooperation and full support from the Durham community can the barriers to Fair Housing be removed and therefore I will be billed by the state of Durham North Carolina do if I proclaim the month of April as Fair Housing Month in the city of Durham in order to all citizens to take special notice of the servants and assistant promoting good Fair Housing practices throughout the city of Durham. What is my hand? Corporate City of Durham North Carolina. This is 7th day of April 2014. And thank you Mary Bill and I would like to call up our Vice Chair of the Human Relations Commission also. And it's Kurt West present.  He is the President of the Durham Regional Association of Realtors and each April the US Department of Housing and Urban Development recognizes Fair Housing Month in April and this law recognizes and marks the passage of the 1968 Fair Housing Act. This is the landmark law passed shortly after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The law prohibits housing discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability and families with children and the city of Durham Human Relations Division is the agency that's the local agency where persons can come and file complaints if they feel they've been discriminated against on behalf of any of those bases. Each year, the City's Human Relations Division plans activities designed to enhance the public's awareness and knowledge of their Fair Housing rights. This year's theme 2014 Fair Housing Month theme is Fair Housing is your right use it. And some of the activities that we are having this year, the ones that are open to the public will give you the dates and as you leave out, you can feel free to pick up a copy of this flyer to with the details. The next on April the 12th, which is Saturday, April the 12th. Actually, we have two events. One of them will be the first annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Good Neighbor Breakfast. And we will partner with several organizations. We have our Human Relations Division, Human Relations, of course, our agency, the Commission, the Durham Martin Luther King Steering Committee, and the Durham congregations in action. This is Saturday, April 12th, 11 o'clock to 12 30. And it will be held at the first Presbyterian Church, which is here downtown Durham. And we and this is open to the public. And they're asking for an $8 donation for that. The other event where we will have a Fair Housing outreach table will be the Bull City Play Streets event. We'll have an outreach booth there with promotional items and information. Please stop by and and for a take of those activities. This is Saturday, April the 12th. It will start at nine o'clock and go through two o'clock p.m. And it will come they will start congregating at W. W. G. Pearson Elementary School. And this is on Fayetteville Street. The next event, this is also open to the public. We have a bilingual Fair Housing training that will take place at Eagle Point Apartments. This will take place on Thursday, April the 17th from four o'clock to six o'clock p.m. It will be in Spanish and English. And Eagle Point Apartments is located on 412 East Pallet Street. The next event is the Fair Housing and Sustainability Conference sponsored by our division, the Fair Housing Project legal aid of North Carolina, the North Carolina Justice Center and the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency. This will take place Thursday, April 24th at the Cotton Room from 830 to 1230 p.m. The Cotton Room is located at 807 East Main Street Building 2. So you're invited to all of these events that are open to the public. You will have to register for the Fair Housing and Sustainability Conference. You will have to register for that online. The Fair Housing Education Day will take place at W. G. Pearson Elementary School also. But this will be activities, diversity, discrimination, activities that will take place with the fifth grade class there. We will teach them about Fair Housing. They will do other activities. And W. G. Pearson is located on Fayetteville Street. This is not open to the public. It's open only to those fifth graders that are participating. But anyway, but it will be Fair Housing Education Day and that will be Monday, April 28th, 2014. So those are the activities I will leave for those of you that are here. If you would like to get your own copy, it will be located in the back of the room. And here again, on behalf of the Human Relations Division, the Human Relations Commission and the Neighborhood Improvement Services Department, we thank you for this proclamation. And next, I would like to introduce Kirk West. And he is the President of the Durham Regional Association of Realtors. He wants to talk about Fair Housing also. As President of the Durham Regional Association of Realtors, we joined the City of Durham in celebrating April as Fair Housing Month. Members of DRA are support the Fair Housing Act to affirm the right of every citizen to obtain the housing of their choice without being limited by race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or familiar status. We celebrate the Fair Housing Month and the strength the diversity brings to our communities and nation. We pledge to work in partnership with HUD and other housing related organizations to eliminate discrimination in our communities. Thank you. The last recognition we have this evening is for National Public Safety 9-1-1 Communications Officers Week. And I would ask Mr. Sharon Carson, Durham Emergency Communications Employee of the Year, and I don't know where she is. In fact, I'm going to let you do it, since you look at the manager, why don't you do it? Thank you. Jim Sukup, Director of Emergency Communications. National Public Safety 9-1-1 Communications Officer Week is observed across the nation the week of April 13th through the 19th. In honor of the occasion, Durham City Council will be issuing the following proclamation and the proclamation reads, whereas emergencies can occur at any time that require police, fire, or emergency medical services. And whereas when an emergency occurs, the prompt response of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics is critical to the protection of life and preservation of property. And whereas the safety of our police officers and firefighters is dependent upon the quality and accuracy of information obtained from citizens who telephone the Durham Emergency Communication Center. And whereas the public safety communications officers are the first and the most critical contact our citizens have with emergency services. Whereas public safety communications officers are the single vital link for our police officers, firefighters, and paramedics by monitoring their activities by radio and providing them information and ensuring their safety. And whereas the public safety communications officers of the Durham Emergency Communication Center have contributed substantially to the apprehension of criminals, suppression of fires, and the treatment of patients. And whereas each dispatcher has exhibited compassion, understanding, and professionalism during the performance of their job in the past year. It has proclaimed the week of April 13 through the 19 2014 as National Public Safety 9-1-1 Communications Officers Week. It is my pleasure and my honor to have this person who received a proclamation from our Durham Emergency Communication Center as our recently announced employee of the year. This individual has demonstrated over the past 12 months exceptional customer service to the citizens of Durham and the extraordinary ability to maintain composure in tense situations. Her job knowledge is outstanding and one of the best and exemplified in her achieving the highest score in the department's end of year testing examination. It is my honor to present this proclamation to the Durham Emergency Communications employee of the year, Ms. Shannon Carson. Privilege to be here tonight and to represent the Durham Emergency Communication Center. It is an organization that strives for greatness and excellence. And we set the highest standards for our employees. So to be one of them is truly a pleasure. And it makes me very proud to serve the citizens of Durham. And again, thank you for this honor. Dr. Allison, don't leave yet. I'm not sure the mayor has registered to vote. Let me ask first, are there any comments by members of the council? If not, recognize city manager for any prior times. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Good evening, everyone. No priority items. Likewise, the city attorney. Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of council on agenda item number 12 proposed sale of air rights easement at 106 West Main Street. This is to Empress Development LLC based in part on the conversation that I had with you all at the work session. I'd like to replace both A and B in the motion. And the motion simply read to authorize city manager to execute in return for $2,400 paid by Empress Development LLC, an agreement granting the legal rights necessary to install windows in the east wall of the building at 112 West Main Street. This will allow us to to effectuate the proper legal document to to make this particular request occur. And I think if if that's voted on, you can read that into the item number 12 since it's already on consent. I'm taking a motion on the city attorney's prior time. It's been proper to move the second. Madam clerk, will you open the vote? Close the vote. It passes seven to zero. We'll ask for their prior times by the city clerk. No items, Mr. Mayor. We're proceed with the agenda is printed consent agenda item from first. If member of the council and member of the public as for a consent agenda item to be removed, we will remove it and discuss it later in the meeting. Read the heading of each one. Item one is approval of city council minutes. Item two is a Durham Performing Arts Center oversight committee appointment. Item three is the mayor's appointee Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau Tourism Development Authority. Item four is the board's commission committees and commission attendance reports for the period January one, 2013 through December 31st, 2013. Item four is use of social media performance audit February 2014. Item six is FY 2014-2015 budget development guidelines. For item number six, item number seven is the third amendment to contract for emergency solutions, grant and dedicated housing fund rapid rehousing services with housing for new home. Item number eight is location change for public art project grant number grant for Brenda Miller Holmes. Item number nine is acceptance of the donation of the sculpture for CCP Plaza. I'm 11 is bid report January 2014. Item 12 is proposed sale of air rights easement at 106 West Main Street, parcel number 102776 to Empress Development LLC. Item 13 is amendment to grant project ordinance number 14548 HUD Fair Housing Grant. Item 14 is intergovernmental agreement with US Geological Survey for Operation Maintenance of the city of Durham Rainfall and Streamflow Network FY 2015. Item 15 is the contract amendment increasing 2013 Street Repavement Project ST 265. Item 16 is you 0071 East End Connected agreements with North Carolina Department of Transportation item that concludes the consent agenda items. Entertain a motion for the approval of consent agenda with the exception of item six, seven and 12. It's been properly moved. The second Madam Clerk, will you open the vote? I'm trying to vote. Can you can you do it again? My button isn't working. Okay, open the vote. You passed the seven. Thank you. We move to the general business agenda for public hearings. Item 18 is consolidated annexation item for Chapel Creek. Good evening Mr. Mayor and members of Council Pat Young with the Planning Department. I can first certify for the record that this public hearing item was properly advertised in accordance with the provisions of law and there's an affidavit to that effect on file the Planning Department. The item before you is the coordinated annexation item associated with the proposed Chapel Creek Development. It's located on 17.1 acres at George King Road and Crossland Drive just north of NC Highway 54. There are three associated items that are before you tonight. The first is utility extension agreement which would allow the applicant to serve the development with city water and sewer service. The public works and water management departments have conducted a utility impact analysis and determine that water and sewer facilities and infrastructure are adequate to serve this site. The second is a voluntary petition for annexation submitted by the property owners. That's case BDG 13-10. The budget management services department performed a fiscal impact analysis based on the most intense uses permitted within the proposed zoning designation and the analysis they completed estimated that revenues would exceed estimated expenditures by the city immediately following annexation. The third portion of the request is initial zoning KC 13-14. It's the request initial zoning of a PDR plan development residential 8.00 which would allow up to 105 multi-family or single-family residential units on the site. It includes a number of text and graphic commitments which are outlined in the staff report that's included in your agenda package. The request is consistent with the comprehensive land use plan. Based on the reviews I just outlined the staff recommends approval of the extension agreement voluntary annexation and initial zoning for Chapel Creek. At their February 11th 2014 meeting the planning commission recommended approval of the initial zoning by a vote of 12 to 0. Thank you and I'll be happy to take any questions. Thank you. This is a public hearing. You've heard the staff report on this item. I would ask first are there questions or comments by members of the council on the staff report. Here and on we have three persons that have signed up to speak on this item. I would ask is that anyone else that wants to speak I have Lynn Scott, Chris Selby and Gerard Edens. Is there anyone else that wants to speak on this item? Either four against. If not recognize Lynn Scott, Chris Selby and Gerard Edens in that order if you can come to the podium to my right. And you each have three minutes each on the item. I'm Lynn Scott. Good evening Durham City Council members. I'm a new resident of Durham. I moved there in August of this year and I'm delighted to be part of Eastwood Park. It's a wonderful neighborhood and I'm here to advocate tonight for the developer because I think their plans to enlarge our neighborhood are really nice. Eastwood Park is a lovely neighborhood that's very treed and borders on the Army Corps of Engineers waterfowl containment area as my son says the duck prison. And it's really lovely. One thing that I've noticed living there is it's an area that needs well controlled because it's loaded with water. That's what it comes down to. So I think that the recommendation of eight units per house or per acre is a good one. And the only other thing I would add is I did some research on David weekly builders and I just want to say they're an excellent company and I think having good companies be a part of Durham is a good long range plan and I'd love to see them be one of the first people that adds to this community. If you didn't know they are rated as the number 13 in the fortune's best companies to work for and they match college scholarships for their employees up to two thousand dollars for four years. So they've invest back in the people that work for them. So they'll bring employment to the area as well. So I think it's a win for everybody. Thank you. You're welcome. Next is the right. Thank you mayor for this opportunity to speak. I'm Chris Salby. I live at 138 Celeste Circle in the Eastwood Park neighborhood and my property of Butts Chapel Creek. The NC 54 I 40 corridor study report recommends that Eastwood Park remain a residential area with single family homes for the long term and recommends measures to preserve and protect Eastwood Park. I expect to reside there for a long time and I am enthusiastic about living on the periphery of a vibrant Lee village with a light rail line. Chapel Creek is located between Eastwood Park and the planned Lee village. I support the rezoning of Chapel Creek at the currently planned density of no more than eight units per acre. This density is consistent with the future land use map and Durham comprehensive plan and it is appropriate for several reasons which I communicated in detail to the city council members by email to summarize these main reasons. The Chapel Creek parcel is small and narrow continued increases in density from eight units to acre per acre and successive narrow parcels towards the Lee village core will allow the ultimate density of Lee village to be high enough to be successful as a transit node. Secondly it seems prudent to limit the amount of impervious service in this environmentally sensitive area. Finally higher density would be out of scale and inappropriate located adjacent to Eastwood Park. Our neighborhood has demonstrated an interest in preserving and protecting our community for the long run as indicated by among other things the corridor study recommendations and it seems appropriate that our interests be considered in this development of crap Chapel Creek. Thank you. Welcome. Now. Edens. Jarrett. Good evening. Jarrett Edens with Edens Land Court. President say that I feel guilty about I'll feel guilty about billing my clients for my time tonight because I know neighbors have done such a good job of presenting our project. But I'm still going to bill you. Anyways just I'm just going to make a few points and I appreciate our neighbors coming out. As Pat mentioned we were eight units an acre were consistent with the not only the land use plan but the highway 54 corridor study. We had the up to density. Due to some feedback from staff and planning commission to better support the rail station. We are keeping the single family portion of the project adjacent to the existing single family homes on Celeste Circle and we have pushed a multifamily as far away from that section as we can. This should provide a good transition as you get closer to the rail station. Do want to make one proffer this evening. I see from the staff report the rezoning results in twenty six additional students of the Durham school system. My clients are offering to contribute $13,000 to Durham Public Schools. That's five hundred dollars per student and this payment will be made prior to the first final plat for this project. And that's all I have. I'd be glad to answer any questions you have. Thank you. Thank you. Are there questions of the developers representative. Is anyone else that wants to speak on this item that's been a public hearing. Let the record reflect no one else asked to speak. I would encourage the public to be closed. And that's about to put council. Okay. I've got a first and a second discussion. So council. Just briefly. Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Thank you for the proffer for the schools. I appreciate that. Good thing to do. I did have one question for you know the one thing that I don't again I'm totally in favor of this. But I just in the long term this just is adding and we're continuing to add traffic to fifty four. And what is the just briefly pat when does fifty four ever get fixed. Or semi fixed or you know is there something that happens that triggers a change there that is obviously not this development. But just as you think as you all think this through and look ahead. Thank you council. Michelle Pat Young I'll let Bill judge with transportation elaborate on that. I'll give a brief answer. I think one of the reasons you're seeing this project before you something of this relatively modest scale maximum 105 units is they didn't trigger the threshold that requires a transportation impact analysis. And usually that means offside improvements to fifty four. I think what you what you are likely to see is only smaller projects that don't trip that threshold until there's able to be significant improvements such as great separation and widening. I'll let Mr. Judge elaborate on whether where he sees that at in terms of priorities and financing in the future. Bill judge with transportation. Yes Mr. Young indicated the prioritization would be through future state N.C.D.O.T. T.I.P. projects through the N.P.O. and the T.A.C. and the T.C.C. Right now the state's prioritizing projects statewide the first step in this whole corridor was really the 40 N.C. 54 corridor study that came out with a number of recommendations and so some of those recommended actually the first steps of those recommendations are in this prioritization process so. We hope and expect that this corridor will score well but ultimately it'll be it'll have to compete statewide and or I guess this will be a regional for N.C. 54. Any other questions comments if not madam clerk we open the vote. Close the vote. It passes seven is zero. We now move back to the concern agenda and councilman sure if you don't mind I'm going to take your item last because we have seven people. The item is and item 12 has been approved when we did the prior times for the city attorney so item seven is item that was pulled and we have several people that have signed up to speak for that. I don't know if the mayor pro tem had yet you might recall that there was a request for us to suspend the rules and vote on this item at the work session and I was opposed to that because I thought it was unfair to to do that without public comment and the need for transparent transparency in the allocation of housing rapid rehousing services clearly complaints have been voiced in the past and it was just unfair I thought to pass it without others having an opportunity to comment on it so I'm glad the folk came out tonight to do so thank you sir you're welcome I'm going to recognize the person that signed up to speak on this item and if you come to the podium to the right you each have three minutes first is Dr. Sharon Elliott by them followed by Kelly thinner followed by Darrell P. Hickam and Carolyn Hinton I think as anyone else that had wanted to pull this item and didn't pull this item if not recognize Dr. Banner good evening mayor bail city manager Bonfield and mayor pro tem and the other council members my name is Sharon Elliott by them and I reside at 105 chancellors Ridge here in Durham North Carolina as you recall I was here a couple of months ago to express my concern with process and how funds were equitably distributed for housing and more importantly rapid rehousing and what I think I wasn't aware of is that maybe people didn't know that other people did provide rapidly rapid rehousing for citizens of Durham so I am saying tonight that healing care has provided transitional housing for homeless veterans since 1999 so we are not new to the housing business since 2012 we were awarded funding from the state of North Carolina for 2013 to provide rapid rehousing we successfully provided rapid rehousing to 42 citizens who were formally hope homeless and what I would like to do now is to yield the rest of my time to my colleagues so they can speak specifically to the role of rapid rehousing and what we were able to do in the process. You probably don't know where our procedures we don't yield time if persons are signed up to speak they can speak Darrell Hickam one of the persons. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Sure. Darrell you have three minutes. Good afternoon. My name is Darrell P. Hicklin. Just let you know that I just want to give you an example of a veteran that we've able to help through rapid rehousing. Example. Cancers he has had cancer is currently going through chemo treatment. Homeless chose not to go in the shelter sleeps in his car does not have a honorable discharge. His discharge is up for appeal. But receive services from the Durham VA so graciously. Secondly this veteran does not have good credit. We've been told his credit is fair. He does have a criminal record but nothing major minor stuff that kept him from going into other housing opportunities. We've helped we provided this gentleman with food stamps help him navigate the food stamp process. He's not the best at even filling out applications but his pride by being a veteran meant that he wanted to didn't want to live here. He want to live there. He wanted his own just living in his car alone. We had some very cold nights. He's called and came over to care. We provided him with food through the shelter that we have there at care through rapid rehousing. We were able to have him with a utility deposit. We would able to have him with his housing deposit. We would able to have him with food. We were able to help him with shoes because the shoes were worn. Pride a veteran that had all the pride in the world who served this country faithfully through little things and he has some cognitive issues. Just imagine this person. Where does he fit in the gap? Where does it where would this person be served? Healing with care made that decision in conjunction with USA Veterans Health. We work together. This could have been your relative. This was possibly easily could have been one of my relatives. Where would we enderm to have served this person? And yes, he does. He is in that poverty poverty line. So as of right now today, this gentleman has his own apartment. He's cooking his own food. And he his chest is stuck out proudly because he is one of our proud citizens of Durham North Carolina. Thank you. Kelly Fener. Hello, Mayor Bill and council members. My name is Kelly Fener and I am a housing specialist slash case manager working with rapid rehousing program at Healing with Care Incorporated. Most people have little to no knowledge of the intensity of this program and the duties that comes along with transitioning an individual from homelessness to permanent or semi permanent affordable housing. I find myself working long hours daily to meet the needs of our consumers. We accept participants who meet the homeless definition by hood have income and are a Durham County resident at Care Incorporated. We believe in a holistic approach and meeting the consumer where they are. This includes working with individuals who may have health issues and or disabilities, mental health and or substance abuse issues. Working with individuals who are duly diagnosed increases the amount of time that you are working with each consumer. Our job is to advocate for these consumers and try our best to place them into safe, affordable housing. The clients that we serve are considered the underserved population here in Durham County. Most of these individuals average income of seven hundred dollars a month have bad credit and several inquiries on their criminal background, which makes it extremely difficult for a landlord to prove their application. Most of our participants uses data as their primary source of transportation. When searching for housing, you have to go to the landlord, pay to check out the key, then travel into the community to look at potential housing placements. When traveling on the bus line, this makes it difficult for homeless individuals who are in need of immediate housing. We are literally taking these consumers out on a daily basis utilizing the agency's van to search for housing. We take these consumers through a mandatory training which teaches them how to budget and responsibilities as attendant. We complete a thorough assessment with each consumer to assess their needs to the best of our ability. Most of these individuals are great level educated, which means they are literacy deficit, which makes our jobs as housing specialists last case managers more difficult. Additional duties include us having to walk them through tasks such as setting up a Duke energy account, other utilities assisting them with lease filling out lease agreements, etc. The contract grant is designed that funding primarily goes to housing the homeless individual without the consideration of providing much funding for the case managers that are doing all the work to get these individuals off the street and back into society as productive citizens. I am standing here today on behalf of Healing with Care to advocate for funding for the rapid rehousing program and to be recognized for the work that we are doing in the community. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome. Carolyn Hinton. Is that correct? Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Carolyn Hinton. I don't want to speak too loudly. Mayor Bale and members of the council, I'm trying to advocate for our housing program to continue to be able to do it and to receive funding. And the way that I'm approaching it is to give you three candidates that we assisted in this past six months. The first candidate was a veteran who was living at the homeless shelter. He had come with service-connected disability. He had a history of substance abuse. But he had a strong desire to have independent living. So what did he do? He applied for housing. He attended our training. He assisted in looking for adequate housing for himself. And he followed all of the directions that we gave him. We developed long and short-term goals. He is now currently in his home and having no problems in managing his household. A good success story. The next candidate was a young single female, 24 years old. What was interesting about this young lady when she came in, she admitted to me that she had been living in a car. You see, she had expended all of her resources from her family and others so she didn't have any resources or help. She was chronically homeless from the age 16 up to age 24. But she had a job. And she had sustained that job for the past six months. She admitted that previously she did not have a substantial work history. We looked at her credit record. We looked at her criminal record. And none of the landlords who would have independently assisted her. But we managed to talk to them to give her an opportunity to have an apartment and she is doing fine. She's working at a fast food restaurant and takes seriously the responsibility of managing her household. The last final candidate I want to acquaint you with was a middle-aged female. Now, three strikes against you. She was chronically homeless in and out of the shelter, living in a car and she faced a chronic illness. She had limited income. And we mentioned before most of these have incomes less than $700 a month. We were able to help her obtain a lease. So please help us to continue to help people like this who have no advocates. Thank you. Complete all the persons that had signed up to speak on this item. I'll go back to the medicine now before the council and entertain comments that we have on this. Yes, sir. At the work session, it was noted that the majority of the council was going to go on and vote for this item. However, I think it is important that you share the stories that you did. What has happened is that the system, and I should have caught this earlier, we have set this system up so that there was no opportunity for anyone else to get money because of the amendments. And so in the future, we need to be more careful in looking at process, as you said, so that we other folk who can do the same kind of work are not denied the opportunity to do so. So I apologize to you for not catching this earlier, but I assure you that I will be looking very closely in the future. Thank you for coming. Other recognized councilman Katahdin, councilman Schuhl in that order. Thank you, mayor. I have a few questions, but I guess I'll start with staff because we had a good amount of discussion at the work session about this. And I do appreciate the services provided by Healing with Care and of course housing for New Hope. So my understanding was this was FY 14, like the current years, funding of 200,000 and the housing penny and 67,000 in ESG funds. For FY 14, the upcoming year, no new funds. This was a contract extension. Can you clarify when the period of, I'll call it the open solicitation period for ESG funds? I'm thinking, I'll just stop and let you answer that. Good evening, Mayor Bell, members of council. Larry Jarvis, Department of Community Development. The funds that we are recommending that we add are 13, 14 funds. FY 13, 14 funds. Can I just ask, because I'm still confused by this, if you would just use a single year, either calendar year, but say FY 14 or FY 15, we're going into FY 15 and when we talk in a minute about budget guidance, that's FY 15, the current year is FY 14. So when you do FY 13 and 14, I get confused. We're adding 14. Okay. Yes. And we had the open process for requesting 15 funds last fall. We had an application workshop. We advertised the availability of the funds again in the Herald Sun and the Carolina Times. There was a notice of the workshop posted on our website. People were notified by way of listserv. And once again, for 15 funds, for next year, Housing for New Hope was the only applicant for the funds. And when do you anticipate the next go round of the same process? Again, next fall, we would have the same type of competitive process. We will go above and beyond the steps we've taken in the past to make sure that organizations are aware of the opportunity. If necessary, as Mayor Pro Tim had suggested at the work session, if we need to pick up the phone and call people to make sure that they're aware of the opportunity and the process for applying for funds, then that's what we'll do. Recognize Councilman Schultz. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just to clarify then, Mr. Jarvis. So when you say next fall, you're talking six months from now, roughly. Correct. So, OK. So just to say to Dr. Elliott Bynum, that's a target to keep in mind. And I'm sure you'll be contacted, but it's always good to be aware as well. And I just want to make clear I'm very supportive of Housing for New Hope and the work that they do. And also, I think that the work that you all do down there at care is wonderful as well. We're lucky to have great organizations here in this town. And it was good for me to hear some of these details. And I really appreciated hearing these. And I know a lot of the work that you do with veterans and with the health care and so forth, but I really wasn't aware of some of these situations and the work that you do with them. So it was really enlightening and I want to thank our Mayor Pro Tem for bringing that to our attention. But thank you very much and thank you, Mr. Jarvis. Thank you. Are there other questions? I recognize Councilman Brown. Yep. I want to echo what my colleagues have said. Dr. Vine, thanks, the four of you for coming here this evening. It was certainly enlightening for me. And part of what you're doing is, as you pointed out, sort of filling the void, particularly for our veterans, which I think is absolutely crucial. And I don't know how it happened that somehow you were not notified or were not cognizant of the enrollment process and the work session, but perhaps not perhaps. I know that in the future you will be. But I also know that housing for new hope has an excellent track record. And that's why I will be supporting them this evening. But again, thanks so much for coming. Any other comments? I recognize Councilman Davis. Mr. Mayor, I'm interested in why healing with care has not applied for funds for the next fiscal year. Thank you so much for that question. We did apply for $108,000 to rehab a facility for homeless veteran women. And we were a competition with three other individuals. And if I'm not mistaken, I think that's the same application that housing for new hope and the housing authority and one other individual applied. And if I'm not mistaken, housing for new hope applied for their streets to home, which is their rapid rehousing. So I'm certain that's where the funding was. But we were applying for permanent supportive housing for female veterans. And we were told by the department that there wasn't really a real need for female veterans. And so we then bought some data back saying here are the numbers for homeless female veterans because we are seeing those individuals and they're coming to us and they're identifying themselves. So we did apply for $108,000. The funds that we're doing, rapid rehousing right now with our state funds only. If I could just clarify the funds that healing for with care did request were continuum of care funds. That is a separate application process. We have a workshop for the dedicated funding source for CWG funds, the home funds, our emergency solutions grant funds. That is a totally separate process from continuum of care funds. That's Councilor Davis question and if you head into further comments. Yes, I'm satisfied. Recognize before Steve thought Councilor Moffett had phrases there. I asked this at the work session. But I'm back in the same position of going, can you explain the dates again? Just the dates of the contract and the fiscal year funding because I noticed it said through June 2015. Right. The initial funding was 13 funding that was awarded to Housing for New Hope. And that was both the ESG funds and the dedicated housing funds. That contract was not actually executed until February of 2013. So they had those funds for a year. The way that contract was set up, subject to satisfactory performance, that we would then extend the term of that contract for one more year and add the 14 funds to it. So the outside date for the extension would be June of 2015. But as we indicated at work session, given the pace of spending and the level of service that Housing for New Hope has been providing, most likely they will complete this contract amendment well before June of 2015. And the funding for this extension is in fiscal year 14. 14. Thank you. Yes. Is that it? I recognize Councilman Schuhl. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So just to make sure I understand, and Dr. Elliott Bynum understands, I will say this, Larry, and if I'm wrong, you set me straight. So as we talked about after the continuum of care, after you all didn't get that money when we talked, so the contract tonight has some ESG money, some federal money in it, but it also has some local dollars, $200,000 in general fund money. And so we're really talking about two separate application processes for the future just to keep that in mind. One is for the various streams of federal money, which was what your 108,000 was for. And then the other will be the possibility of using our Penny for Housing, our dedicated funding source. So I know we've talked about that, but just wanted to say that again and just make sure I'm right in front of our staff person. Is that correct? We advertise the availability of dedicated housing funds or general funds in conjunction with our entitlement funds. So it is one application process, but that process is separate from the continuum of care process. OK. And I know you'll be available if they have any other questions about that. Yes. Thank you. Recognize the mayor, Pro Tem. Is this very clear that getting money is sort of complex? And it should not be that complex, especially with the Penny for Housing, which we all pay taxes to fund. So I suggest that we demystify the way we fund and take whatever steps necessary to make sure that there is clarity in how we allocate funds so that there is not a perception that people are being left out. And that is a perception. I've heard that from several agencies. So please, we have got to do something to demystify. I mean, we need to help people who are helping people. And it shouldn't be this complex. It should not be this complex. Thank you. Any other comments, discussion on this item? If not, the items before us entertain the motion on the item. It's been a proper move in second. Madam Clerk, we open the vote. Close the vote. It passes. Second is zero. Thank you. We move now to the last item that was pulled. Recognize Councilman Schultz. This is item six. Mr. Mayor, this is regarding the budget guidelines. And we left the work session without a budget guideline regarding parks. And I felt there was a majority of the council continue to be interested in this funding. And I wanted to see what I'm hoping that the council will support this language that I in front of you. I think that I've given it to all my council colleagues. Give it to the city manager as well. As a budget guideline, I think it's pretty self-explanatory. I'd be happy to talk about it. But the basic idea being that not more than just the funding level for the maintenance and renovation of parks and trails would not exceed 0.50 cents per $100 excess value. And that we're asking the staff to give us a couple of different levels of funding so that we could see something between zero and 0.50 cents and make a decision when budget time actually comes as to whether or not we want to spend that money. So I'd be happy to make a motion at the appropriate time, Mr. Maynard. I would entertain the motion. But I'd like to have... I'd like to make some comments on this. My position relative to funding of parks and recreation centers has not changed from the start of this process. I have always been an advocate for maintaining the properties that we have before we talk about expanding the funding for parks and rec. My mind hasn't changed on that. When this idea of paying for parks was first introduced, I don't think that was very clear among the general population as to how the one cents would be spent if it were supported by the council. Some people talked about expansions. Some people talked about buying land and land banking in a variety of things. And none of those that I support. I still think that maintenance should be a higher priority for the properties that we have. I'm not wedded to half cents or quarter cents or any particular number, except when we had discussion at the last work session, it was pretty clear to me that we were far below what we would recognize as a meanable funding source for maintenance. I don't have a problem with one cents if it gets us closer to where we are in terms of the maintenance requirements. But before I even go there, I wouldn't have a problem amending your recommendation from a half cents up to one cents with the staff coming back with the same type of information as how it would be spent. And ultimately, the council made us out on one cents, made us out on half cents. But it gives us these puts us in a better position to really get into the maintenance funding that we need for parks. But even before I could support any amount, I want some additional information to come back from the staff, Mr. Manager. I like the staff to look at our five largest cities, Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Selton, and of course Durham. And I'd like to add also the city of Kerry and the city of Chapel Hill since they are the major cities within the region. I'd like to know what is their present tax rate for each one of those cities. I would like to know what fees and services do those cities charge for things like solid waste and et cetera, whatever they're charging for. And I wanted to be clear to the general public with respect to solid waste that we're already supporting solid waste. And I think if I remember it's almost 67%, I'm not sure but you can come back and tell us what that number is. So I'd like to have that information as we go into the budget discussion. And I said I don't have a problem for discussion purposes to raising that half cents to one cents because it gets us closer to what the staff has said it would be. But I still would like, well, no matter what it is, to come back and tell us what type of maintenance are we speaking about? What's going to be maintained? Where are we going to step up the efforts? And more people maintaining the buildings and more people mourn the lines, just where is that money going to be spent? And I'd like to know what are other cities spending those major cities that we just spoke about? What are they spending in terms of maintaining their parks and recreation centers? And if you can find out how much are they spending for maintenance of those facilities? And if, in fact, it's all being done through the same source of revenue that we have, which is basically the property tax and fees and services and, of course, any kind of grants that we might get to go towards that. But for me, I'll be in a better position to really weigh the pros and cons and speak about what I personally, not the council, what I personally feel comfortable in supporting with respect to parks and rec. But in no case is what I support a budget that's going to take any amount of entries to increase property or buildings or what have you if we're not talking about maintenance. And the maintenance, I know we've got a part of the maintenance that's coming out of parks and recs and those coming out of general services. But it's still a dollar amount that is coming from the taxpayers. So I'd like to know what that is. So Steve, what I'm saying to you, to your motion, I don't have a problem in raising this to one sense. Providing that. That suits me fine, Mr. Mayor. I would like that. Thank you. All the other pieces there. I recognize, recognize the Mayor Pro Tem. Mr. Mayor, I have to admit that I do have problems with raising money for, do I need two of these?  I am, I am really interested in protection of our assets. And unless I'm comfortable that there can be some sort of policing of our, of our parks, somehow, I've noticed how I see police cars parked at businesses very often. And I think it's important that if we raise, raise tax for this purpose, that we need to make sure that this, our assets are, are protected. Secondly, I do have some reservation too because the gap between the haves and the have nots continue to widen. And we have, I think we anticipate increases in water and sewer rates, stormwater rates, and other kinds of things, I believe. So we need to be cognizant of the fact that there are so many people who don't have the resources that those of us around this guy has had. Thank you. I recognize Councilman Brown. Yeah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. I concur with much of what you just articulated. And I would also add that apparently at our last work session, again, I may be in the minority on this, but there appeared to be an agreement that we should shift the $1.85 sense fee for solid waste into a 0.4 sense tax increase. And I think that all of this, before we reach, and I hope, before we reach any final decision, should be discussed holistically. We had agreed at one time that a relatively small amount was just that, very small. And I did an investigation that demonstrated how the poorest interim, those who need the most housing assistance would not be affected by this. So I'd rather step back. I certainly concur with what Steve and you two, obviously, Mayor wanted. And I want to see some numbers. I want to see where the money may or may not be spent, what the priorities are within the Parks and Rec Department. We had a very didactic tour, four of us, about two weeks ago. And there's a lot of work that needs to be done. There's absolutely no question about that. But the question is, where is the money going to come from and what are our top priorities within the Parks and Rec Department? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Nice. Councilor Moffitt, too. Have you heard? Thank you. Mr. Manager, in addition to and what the mayor's asked for in terms of information, something I've been sort of turning over my mind over the last few weeks is an aggregate number per capita for various cities for both revenues and expenditures so that I think the mayor asked for them sort of, what kind of fees do they charge for various purposes? But I'd like to see, what's the total amount of money that Cary raises, for example, per capita compared to the other cities that we're talking about, including Durham? So I think that you could probably pretty easily do that. And then I'll ask the question on that clarification. Are we speaking about money raised through property taxes, sales taxes, fees and services, federal money, state money? I think I just want clarification for the staff and us in terms of what you're asking. Yes. I'm primarily interested in the amount of money that we're raising from the citizens to the amount of each municipality. So I guess that would exclude state and federal grant money. It's a little bit tricky, I guess, because state and federal grant money might require local matches. I don't really know. And so local tax would be gone that way. But I just want to see, I think, well, I don't know what it'll look like. So I don't know if it'll be useful or not. But I know that we look at some cities and they charge, I don't know, $25 or $12 a month or something for solid waste to pick up and people want to point to them and say, look how led their taxes are. So I just want to see the total amount of money that each municipality is raising from their citizens and give a sense for that. The second thing is, is that I'll support the mayor's request to raise it to a penny because we're simply seeking information right now so we can actually make an informed decision. And I'm not ready to do it, but I am ready to look at the information. And I think the guidance for staff is really important so that we get the information we need. Thank you. I said, that's the purpose that I'm asking for that. I haven't committed to one since. I haven't committed to anything yet, but I think if we have enough information that at least it'll help me in trying to solve where I want to go. And I just want to make sure and clear on this solid waste for you. I haven't committed to switching from the fee to the tax change. That wasn't part of my discussion. I'm in a better position to make those kind of decisions once I've got this other information. That's why I want to know what other municipalities is charging. How, what is their revenue source for the solid waste? That's what I'm trying to understand. Is it all property tax? Is it a combination of fees and services? Just what is it? So I don't want anybody to go away to say I've committed to switching from the fee to six cents or whatever, point six cents or something like that. Do we need a motion on this today? Okay, Councilman Schuel. I'm happy to make a motion, but just wanted to say I just want to say to all assemble that I realize I have lost my effort to get new facilities for Parks and Rec in this budget. I know it is a six to one situation. Mr. Brown, I just want to go on record to say I'm no longer pushing for that this year. I wanted to also add that one of the things that Eugene had discussed on our, when we did go out with Parks and Rec was the opportunity to perhaps repurpose some of our smaller parks. And that also could be part of this consideration. We apparently don't have, we have some parks that are small and underused or maybe not even used, but we can't, they're federal, we got them from some federal grant or something and it's not something we can give away or sell, but that they could be repurposed. And so that I'm sure would be part of the consideration as well. But I appreciate this and I think it's a great thing to look at and when we get it back we can see how we all feel about what the plan is and how much it costs. And so I appreciate that, Mr. Mayor. Do you want a motion now? For the Managers' Director? Mr. Scholl, I think it'd be appropriate to a motion to amend the draft budget guidelines that are before you vote on that motion and then ultimately then vote on the entirety of the budget guidelines. Okay. So Mr. Mayor, I would move that we amend the draft budget guidelines to include this, a dedicated funding source for the maintenance and renovation of parks and trails will be considered, comma, and staff will prepare a specific plan that can be addressed at different levels of funding not to exceed one cent per $100 assessed value. And I have a copy of that further. It's been properly moved in a second. I assume that includes the Mayor Pro Tem's question about police security. Okay. I have no further discussion. Madam Clerk, will you open the vote? Close the vote. It passes seven to zero. It's been properly moved in a second. Madam Clerk, will you open the vote? Close the vote. It passes seven to zero. Thank you. Is there anything else that needs to come before the Council tonight before we close? A adjourn. If not, it means adjourned at 8.43 p.m. Thank you. Thank you.


Tell us, release this one, huh? Rules of Talk CSS since I learned from someone else. If you participate anyway whatsoever, you get chocolate. Throne at you. If you ask a question, you have a comment, anything, you'll get chocolate thrown at you. You may like chocolate, you may not, but you'll get chocolate anyway. Throne at you. Yes. This is to encourage participation as well as get through. This hasn't worked out so far, but why not? I will keep persisting. So Firefox 55 released a latest one. And so there is the frames timing function, which is related to CSS animations. There's actually a lot of interesting CSS animation functions that are starting to come out in the sense that they haven't been around very long. I mean, there's always been in working draft status, but browsers have been implementing them. We may or may not cover this if I can strong arm any one of my still remaining friends to talk about CSS animations in upcoming Talk CSS. A few other bug fixes. One thing that's interesting is that the CSS variables feature is enabled all the time, meaning if we are using CSS custom properties on Firefox, it's going to be forever on Firefox 55, meaning you don't have to worry that people won't be able to. As in, you can kind of, if you didn't write a fallback, you can just ask people, oh, it looks better on Firefox, but don't do that, always try a fallback. Safari Technology Preview 38 was also released, and it now has Carrot Color support. So Carrot Color is now actually very, very well supported. So if you didn't know what Carrot Color does, you know when you try to input text and then there's this blinking type thing where you're supposed to type your text. Now you can add color to it. Yeah, I'm sure there's a good reason for this.  You can make it blink rainbow colors or something, but that's always an option. So that's that. A few other interesting CSS properties. Basically, the point of this segment is to just inform you all of the various CSS properties that exist, but you may not know because the last time I checked, there are 499 distinct CSS properties, and I'm sure nobody knows all of them. So there's this thing called the CSS Type OM Working Graph. This one is more of a CSS object model, so it's actually very technical, the specification. Not so much for you to actually use in your work, but it's more related to when you use JavaScript. So interested people can click on the link and read the spec, although I'm very sure none of you do, even though I talk about the spec every month. There's also the CSS Containment module, which I mentioned a couple of times because now this particular specification is constantly being worked on, so there are updates all the time, but the Containment module, basically, it helps in terms of performance in that if you're not too familiar with how browsers render things, basically what happens is that it comes in stages, so you first have to lay up, then paint, then composite. So what this particular property does is that you can tell the browser if this particular element can be rendered independent of the rest of the page. So in a long story short, you don't have to re-render the entire page if you change something on a particular section. So in a sense, it kind of saves in terms of the browser doing work because it's like, okay, I only have to re-render this tiny bit. It's now candidate recommendation status, so it's kind of advanced along the spectrum now, so maybe this will be out, I don't know, next year. CSS Text Module is now at level three, so the Text Module is the specification that covers all your white space, your word break. Okay, it's not called word break, break something, so that's the specification that covers those things. And so they have updated it a bit if more with regards to the breaking because that's a hyphenation. Hyphenation, basically now there's an algorithm where you can sort of manually indicate that you want your word to be broken up. You can also let the browser do it for you, but it may or may not end up where you want it to break, things like that, so this particular specification controls those type of things, and it's still working well, so I don't think most of... I think Chrome has a lot of the hyphenation stuff, but maybe not other specs. Last one is Scroll Snap Module, which is the scroll jacking module. This one, this is actually quite fun in that you can actually sort of use CSS to scroll jack. I mean, I know some people say it's not a good idea, but I mean, it works when you want to... Maybe you have an image gallery, which is like horizontal scrolling. It actually works very well with keyboard, so you can just, oh, keyboard fresh right in there like... nicely, yes, yes, sir. What do you say? It still sucks, but I've been trying to find and it's fine, it's great, but the problem there is your mouse wheel is double... It's really buggy. It was buggy when I talked about it last year, so... So, what about in Polyfill Chrome... The Polyfill wasn't updated, so it doesn't work with the newest value, so... And sometimes the implementation is buried between browsers, so Firefox, for example, let's say like, from a whole page to log, and then you go to the next one, and you do one scroll, they all tick, and it goes to the next one in Firefox, whereas in Safari, it's more like flick over multiple steps, then it makes it so that it's horribly implemented right now. Okay, folks, so the moral of this conversation is this specification is still being worked on, so when a specification is being worked on, it's like if you write it this way, this month, and then when they update it, then the keyword doesn't work anymore. So, it's good to try it out, but don't expect it to work correctly. Ta-da! Okay, so that's that. So I want to introduce our first speaker, Maure, who is going to talk to us about how to speed up your animations. So let's welcome Maure.


Hi, students. It's Shayna, your English teacher from espressoenglish.net. Are you ready to learn today's phrasal verb? I'm going to teach you back down. Before I start, I wanted to tell you that I have a lot of online courses and ebooks available to help you improve your English faster. So if you've been enjoying my tips and you like learning from me, you'll really love my online courses. Just click on the link in this video or in the video description to see the description of the online courses available. You can also try some free sample lessons. Okay, back down. Here are the three options. One of these is the correct definition of back down. So does it mean A, do something again, B, reduce something, or C, retreat from a strong position? Here's an example where this phrasal verb would be used. Let's say a company buys a large piece of land because they want to build a factory there. But the people who are living in the area don't like this idea. They organize some protests because they say we don't want a factory in our neighborhood. It will produce a lot of pollution. It will be noisy. There will be more traffic. We don't want this factory here. And the company tries to work with the neighbors by saying, no, no, we have new equipment. It won't make very much pollution. We'll keep the noise to a minimum. But the neighbors refuse to back down. So they keep organizing protests and they hire a lawyer to try to fight and block this proposed construction of the factory. They're not backing down. Based on this example, what does it mean to back down A, B, or C? Post your guess about the correct answer in the comments, and then I'll tell you which one is right in just a moment. Back down means C, retreat from a strong position. So in this case, the people living in the area, they have a very strong opinion, and they have a cause that they are fighting for. They don't want this factory in their neighborhood. They are fighting against it. And even though the company is trying to make some concessions and trying to minimize their concerns, the people living in the area refuse to back down. They refuse to retreat from their position. We often use back down in the case of confrontations. So maybe you'll have two countries, which are next to each other. And one country starts to put a lot of troops, a lot of military people near the border. And that makes the other country nervous because they think, oh, maybe this other country is going to attack us. So the other country also brings their soldiers and their army towards the border. And so you have two armies who are facing each other, just waiting for the other one to attack. But then maybe one of the countries decides to back down, to pull their military troops away and retreat from their position. All right? You'll also see this in interpersonal conflicts. So if, let's say, two people at work have a disagreement about how something should be done, and they're arguing about it so they're in conflict with each other. But then one of the people, I don't know, maybe has more evidence to support his idea. And so the other person backs down. They go back from their strong position and they stop fighting and stop resisting. I hope this gives you a better idea of what it means to back down. If you can, try to use this phrasal verb in your own English by posting a comment using it in a sentence. I look forward to reading your comments. Thank you for watching today's daily phrasal verb video. And I'll see you next time. Bye bye.


Hey guys, welcome back to our channel. My name is Andrea with Food and Mentory Adventures in Food and I am here today with a quick Aldi fill-in haul. I just got a few things but I wanted to share with you what I picked up because I have some new stuff. So I'll start over here. I grabbed some chicken lo mein. This is something that I grab every once in a while. I really like it a lot and I've mentioned that Howard is working from home. He's been working from home since March. So we eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at home. So this will be a quick lunch or dinner actually. I would probably need to bulk it up with a little bit of broccoli but I really like this. It has a good flavor. And then the new items that came out at Aldi this week are mandu. So normally I get my beef mandu from Costco. I've showed that on our what's for dinner videos that come out on Tuesday. But I don't know that Aldi has ever had mandu, not sure. But I grabbed their beef mandu and this is what it looks like. You can deep fry it or pan fry it. I'm going to pan fry mine. And then they had chicken mandu and I've never had chicken mandu because the one they sell at Costco is beef mandu. And like I said Howard and I really like it. These were $6.49 a bag. Then I couldn't resist these cute fall socks. They had lots of variety left in my store. And so the ones that I got looked like this. It's fall y'all. And then the other one with a little fall print. I needed some rice. We eat a lot of rice here. I know it's at least two or three times a week. So as you can see the packaging looks different. Now I don't know if it's always going to be this brand but it was $4.95 for this five pound bag of jasmine rice. Then I wanted to try out their crisp mix. It is a seasonal item. So I got two boxes. There were only three left on the shelf. So I grabbed two and they were $1.39 a box. Now this is something that is new to me. I've never seen this before. And I wasn't sure how much it was because it did not have the price tag on the store shelf.  It has tortillas. You get six. And then it has Monterey Jack cheese, cheddar cheese, and salsa verde. It says just heat and serve and you can see everything is packaged individually. So this ended up being $6.99 when I got to the register. So of course I took it anyway. I don't know that I would have picked it up had I known that it was so expensive. And these other like the little mini tacos but hopefully it's good. So decided to give that a try. Then I just grabbed some bacon bits because for breakfast if I don't feel like chopping up their ready cooked bacon or ready cooked bacon that I already have or if I don't want to fry up some bacon. If I just want some bacon bits I just like to have this on hand. This was a dollar something. I haven't picked up my french toast sticks in a while so I grabbed a box and then I grabbed and these are $1.99. And then I grabbed a package of this three cheese tortellini and this was $1.99. This is enough for one meal for Howard and I just throw some pasta sauce on it and we are good to go. I was completely out of cheddar cheese so I just grabbed two blocks cheddar cheese whoops. And then I don't remember seeing these at Aldi before. Maybe I just overlooked them but I'm always trying to find stuff for Harrison to eat. That's my little boy and I'm gonna give these a try and see if he'll eat them. They're little freeze dried yogurt snacks and they have two varieties. They had mixed berry and I don't remember what the other one was. I grabbed some cilantro for recipes. I grabbed a Caesar salad chopped kit. Now it took me a long time to find a bag of lettuce there that looked okay. The last few times I've been to Aldi their lettuce has not looked great even though the expiration dates are way out so this one looked pretty good but I know we're gonna have to use it pretty fast because Aldi produce for me it tends to go bad pretty quickly. Then I got Howard's some avocados and I don't remember how many came in this bag a bunch. Maybe seven or something like that. Anyway these are the minis and they were $2.19 a bag and then usually every time I go to Aldi I grab some of their green onions. These were 49 cents and it's a pretty big bag and they weren't looking all that great either so I grabbed the best of the best. So anyway this is everything that I picked up from Aldi. I spent $50 and some change. Like I said it's just a quick little filling haul. I hope you guys enjoyed this video. If you did please make sure to give us a thumbs up and if you have not subscribed to our channel I certainly hope you'll do so. Thanks so much for watching and we'll see you guys next time.


I'll be able to buy a house light or put a deposit down a house. It's It's it's sad, but you have to laugh, you know because if you don't you know, you gotta let go you've got surrender But Hanes say it's a wonderful thing like oh someone said to me someone said to me like what would you hear it from? I've heard it from the age of 10 to now it's like You know if we if we knew now what we knew what we know now at 22 how different life would be But how boring would that have been at the same time? Yeah, I mean, you know, there's a there's a journey, you know and You know, I have a story to tell but my story now is to tell it to get people to understand Not to go through it because I have a choice now and I think people need to have a choice I didn't know I was an ill person I just thought I was a bad bad person who was trying to be good all the time and when that doesn't work out Which is never gonna work out because you're just gonna keep on going back Then it hurts


There are varying unexplainable ruins, which either due to their location or sheer enormity are almost universally known and recognizable. Yet nearly all possess hidden factors and layers of truth within, simply unexplainable by mainstream academia. Yet along with these tourist magnets, there are an equal number of ruins not well known, some due to their remote global position, but others due to being actively ignored, and it is these in particular which are of interest to us. As this motivation to ignore such sites must be based on an ulterior motive, this lack of academic funding to explore such sites, we believe, and also have discovered to be true over and over again, lies within their controversial and inexplicable nature. But like a set straight out of Indiana Jones, the claimed lost tombs of Mitla are of no exception. Hidden within the Mesoamerican sites of Mexico, it is indeed visited by tourists, yet many are left perplexed once they depart, this labyrinth of carefully constructed megalithic tunnels when looked at critically and honestly, baffle all who investigate the site. Unique factors include its unusual, yet impressive structural design, its competent, delicate stone-cut patterning, not even attempted to be attributed to being Mesoamerican, and simply the overall bizarrely unique method of construction. We feel it has been claimed, and either lazily or conspiratorially simply written up as a Mesoamerican ruin, with its location nestled amongst this enormous, magnificent complex of pyramids, a still-existing part of the lost ancient world, vastly helping in this attempt to explain away its origins. Some of the monolithic lintels employed in the passages of this site, some claiming as an ancient palace, while far more believing it to have once been the now lost tombs of Mitla, possesses a particularly large collection of stones. Known as the Columns Group, measuring six meters long, a series of solid basalt megaliths, with an estimated weight in excess of 30 tons. The stones came from quarries located a distance of over 10 kilometers away, carried from the lower side of a valley. As mentioned, the location has been coined the Lost Tomb of Mitla, yet the reality is that Mitla was not a person, but is a long-sought location for the burial of incredibly important historical figures. The name Mitla derived from the Nahuatl name of the same spelling, meaning the Place of the Dead or Underworld. Thus it must be noted that although this site is of an extraordinary nature, 9 miles away other megalithic tombs built from equally massive megaliths have since been found, shedding even more doubt on its true purpose being that of the tombs of Mitla. Yet regardless, to academic claims that it is a standard Mesoamerican ruin, we find such sites highly compelling.