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DUNN CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA
MINUTES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN HELD A REGULAR MEETING ON OCTOBER
5, 2000 AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING. PRESENT WAS MAYOR
ABRAHAM OUDEH, MAYOR PRO -TEM MIKE WOMBLE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS PAUL
BASS, GEORGE ROBINSON, TOBY SUMNER AND CAROLYN MCDOUGAL. ALSO
PRESENT WAS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN, CITY ATTORNEY BILLY
RAY GODWIN AND CITY CLERK JOYCE VALLEY.
COUNCILMEMBER JOEY TART WAS ABSENT- EXCUSED. CITY MANAGER DEAN WAS
ABSENT DUE TO BEING OUT OF TOWN. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN
PRESIDED AT THE MEETING DUE TO CITY MANAGER DEAN'S ABSENCE.
MAYOR ABRAHAM OUDEH OPENED THE MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. AND STATED THAT
THE COUNCIL WOULD CONDUCT A BRIEF SESSION TO CONDUCT SCHEDULED PUBLIC
HEARINGS AND RECONVENE AT A LATER DATE DUE TO A REQUEST BY
COUNCILMEMBER TART.
INVOCATION
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE TO GIVE THE INVOCATION.
AFTERWARD, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS REPEATED.
MAYOR OUDEH CLOSED THE REGULAR MEETING AT 7:01 P.M. AND OPENED
PUBLIC HEARINGS.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
REZONING REQUEST - LESTER PHILLIPS
I- 100/R -20 TO C -3
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN STATED THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN
NOTIFIED THAT ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMENTS WOULD BE HEARD AND
RECEIVED CONCERNING THE REQUEST BY LESTER C. PHILLIPS AND LESTER RAY
PHILLIPS TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT POPE ROAD FROM 1-100/R-20 TO C -3.
HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE PROPERTY HAS A FRONTAGE OF 638.89 FEET AND
A DEPTH OF 1147.12 FEET. HE ADDED THAT THE PLANNING BOARD MET ON
SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 AND DENIED THIS REQUEST AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS
DULY ADVERTISED ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2000 AND SEPTEMBER 28, 2000.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK FOR OR
AGAINST THE REQUEST FROM LESTER C. PHILLIPS AND BOBBY RAY PHILLIPS.
BOBBY PHILLIPS, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF LESTER PHILLIPS, STATED THAT HE
WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR NOT BEING PRESENT .
AT THEIR MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2000. HE ADDED THAT IF HE OR HIS
FATHER HAD BEEN PRESENT, M FELT THAT THE PLANNING BOARD WOULD HAVE
HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUE AND WOULD NOT HAVE DENIED
THEIR REQUEST.
MR. PHILLIPS STATED THAT COUNCIL HAD BEEN FORWARDED A LETTER SIGNED
BY MRS..SHIRLEY MCKOY, WHO OWNS A I4OUSE WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY THE
PROPERTY IN QUESTION TO BE REZONED. HE ADDED THAT MRS. MCKOY DOES
NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE REZONING OF. THE PROPERTY FROM I- 100 /R -20
TO C -3. HE STATED THAT MRS. MCKOY IS AWARE OF THEIR PLANS TO DEVELOP
THE PROPERTY WITH A COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND THAT THE ACCESS TO HER
PROPERTY FROM POPE ROAD WILL NOT BE CLOSED.
HEARING NO FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, 'MAYOR OUDEH CLOSED
THE PUBLIC HEARING IN REFERENCE TO SAME.
VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION - LESTER PHILLIPS PROPERTY
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN STATED THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN
NOTIFIED THAT ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMENTS WOULD BE HEARD AND
RECEIVED CONCERNING THE QUESTION OF VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF 10.94
ACRES OF PROPERTY OWNED BY LESTER C. PHILLIPS AND LESTER RAY PHILLIPS
AND LOCATED OFF OF POPE ROAD (S.R. 1793). HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE
PUBLIC HEARING WAS DULY ADVERTISED ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2000.
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MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK FOR OR
AGAINST THE REQUEST FROM LESTER C. PHILLIPS AND LESTER RAY PHILLIPS TO
ANNEX PROPERTY LOCATED OFF OF POPE ROAD.
HEARING NONE, MAYOR OUDEH CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING IN REFERENCE TO
SAME AND RECONVENED THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:06 P.M.
SCHEDULING OF COUNCIL MEETING
COUNCILMEM 3ER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD HOLD
THEIR MEETINGS ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH AND TO CONTINUE
RESCHEDULING AND HOLDING SPECIAL MEETINGS WAS A WASTE OF TAXPAYER
DOLLARS. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE LAST
COUNCIL MEETING; HOWEVER, SHE DID NOT ASK COUNCIL TO RESCHEDULE THE
MEETING.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN STATED THAT THE REASON COUNCIL
HELD THE REGULAR MEETING TONIGHT WAS BECAUSE PUBLIC HEARINGS HAD
BEEN ADVERTISED AND SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 5, 2000.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS AGREED THAT TO RESCHEDULE MEETINGS WAS A WASTE
OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
COUNCILMEMBER SUMMER STATED THAT COUNCILMEMBER TART HAD
REQUESTED THAT COUNCIL RESCHEDULE THE MEETING BECAUSE SOME
IMPORTANT ISSUES WERE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AND MR. TART WAS
SCHEDULED TO BE OUT OF TOWN AND WOULD LIKE TO BE PRESENT FOR THE
DECISION OF THESE ISSUES.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE COUNCIL KEEP THE
SCHEDULE OF REGULAR MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON
TO RECESS THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:10 P.M. AND RECONVENE THE COUNCIL
MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. ON OCTOBER 19, 2000 IN THE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
THE CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. ON
OCTOBER 19, 2000 IN THE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING. PRESENT WAS MAYOR
ABRAHAM OUDEH, MAYOR PRO -TEM MIKE WOMBLE, COUNCILMEMBERS
PAUL BASS, JOEY TART, TOBY SUMNER, GEORGE ROBINSON, AND CAROLYN
MCDOUGAL. ALSO PRESENT WAS CITY MANAGER CARL DEAN, CITY
ATTORNEY BILLY GODWIN, CITY CLERK JOYCE VALLEY, PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN, CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR RICKY PARSON,
CITY ENGINEER ED POWELL, FINANCE DIRECTOR RENEE' DAUGHTRY, CITY
ATTORNEY BILLY GODWIN, AND DAILY RECORD REPORTER LISA FARMER
INVOCATION
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED COUNCILMEMBER TART TO GIVE .THE INVOCATION.
AFTERWARDS, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS REPEATED.
CONSENT ITEMS
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY CONSENT ITEMS COUNCIL WISHED
TO DELETE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS REQUESTED THAT CAPITAL OUTLAY ITEMS BE' PULLED
FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN
HAS REQUESTED THAT THE PURCHASE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE" , CHIPPER
TRUCK BE PULLED AND POSTPONED UNTIL THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
HEARING NO OTHER DELETIONS, THE FOLLOWING CONSENT ITEMS WERE
CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL:
MINUTES - SEPTEMBER 7, 2000 - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF
THE SEPTEMBER 7, 2000 COUNCIL MEETING.
MINUTES- SEPTEMBER 20, 2000 SPECIAL CALL - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 20, 2000 SPECIAL CALL COUNCIL MEETING.
BUDGET AMENDMENTS- COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF BUDGET
AMENDMENTS #32435. (ATTACHMENT #1)
STREET CLOSING- COTTON FESTIVAL- COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF A
REQUEST FROM DUNN AREA TOURISM AUTHORITY TO BLOCK CLINTON AVENUE
FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH CUMBERLAND TO JUST IN FRONT OF THE
RAILROAD CROSSING, WILSON AVENUE FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH
CUMBERLAND TO JUST IN FRONT OF THE DRIVEWAY TO THE DUNN FIRE
DEPARTMENT; EDGERTON .STREET FROM THE RAILROAD CROSSING TO THE
ALLEY NEXT TO THE CITY PARKING LOT, AND HARNETT STREET FROM
FAYETTEVILLE AVENUE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH WILSON AVENUE WHERE
TOURS WILL BE GIVEN AT QUALITY GIN. THE TOURISM AUTHORITY IS
REQUESTING THAT 'THESE STREETS BE BLOCKED FROM 7:30 A.M. UNTIL 6:00 P.M.
ON NOVEMBER 4, 2004:. ,
PROCLAMATION= `MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY " - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL
OF A PROCLAMATION WHICH DESIGATES' SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2000 AS "MAKE
A DIFFERENCE DAY" IN HARNETT COUNTY. THE DUNN AREA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE REQUESTED THAT THE CITY OF DUNN PARTNER WITH THE CHAMBER
AND OTHER CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO PLAN, COORDINATE, AND PARTICIPATE IN
A CITY -WIDE CLEAN -UP DAY FOR THE CITY OF DUNN. (ATTACHMENT #2)
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MCDOUGAL TO APPROVE THE ABOVE CONSENT ITEMS: MOTION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN IF THE
CITY CURRENTLY HAS A STRIPER.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR 1OLLOMAN RESPONDED NO. HE STATED THAT
CURRENTLY, PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES ARE STRIPING BY HAND OR BRUSHES.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE FELT THAT A MORE INEXPENSIVE
RADIAL SAW COULD BE PURCHASED FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS SHOULD CHECK PRICES WITH OTHER
COMPANIES.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN STATED THAT SEARS DOES NOT CARRY
THE SAME TYPE OF RADIAL SAW AND A COMMERCIAL RADIAL SAW OF THAT
CALIBER IS NECESSARY TO DO THE WORK REQUIRED OF THE DEPARTMENT.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MCDOUGAL TO TABLE THE PURCHASE OF A RADIAL ARM SAW UNTIL FURTHER
QUOTES CAN BE OBTAINED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. MOTION
CARRIED 5 -1.
AYES: BASS
MCDOUGAL
WOMBLE
ROBINSON
TART
NOES: SUMNER
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TART TO
APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A WALK BEHIND STRIPER FROM M &B IN THE
AMOUNT OF $5,700.00. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
REZONING REQUEST - LESTER C. PHILLIPS AND LESTER RAY PHILLIPS
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT A REQUEST WAS RECEIVED FROM LESTER C.
PHILLIPS AND LESTER RAY PHILLIPS TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED ON POPE
ROAD FROM I- 100/R -20 TO C-3. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE PLANNING BOARD
MET ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 AND RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THIS REQUEST.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON
OCTOBER 5, 2000 AND MR. PHILLIPS PRESENTED COUNCIL WITH A LETTER FROM
MRS. SHIRLEY MCKOY WHO STATED THAT SHE HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO THE
REQUEST BY MR. PHILLIPS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE PLANNING BOARD'S
CONCERN WAS THAT MS. MCKOY'S HOUSE WAS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE
PROPERTY REQUESTED TO BE REZONED AND SHE WOULD NOT HAVE ROAD
ACCESS; HOWEVER, MS. MCKOY STATED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE ROAD ACCESS
IN HER LETTER.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN ADVISED COUNCIL THAT ACCORDING TO THE DUNN
CITY CODE, FIVE VOTES BY COUNCIL WOULD BE REQUIRED TO OVERTURN THE
RULING BY THE PLANNING BOARD.
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MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SUMNER TO OVERTURN THE PLANNING BOARD'S DECISION OF DENIAL AND
APPROVE THE REQUEST BY LESTER C. PHILLIPS AND LESTER RAY PHILLIPS TO
REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED ON POPE ROAD FROM 1- 100 /R -20 TO C -3. MOTION
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT COUNCIL WAS NOT GOING AGAINST THE
PLANNING BOARD'S WISHES ONCE THE PLANNING BOARD WAS AWARE THAYMS.
MCKOY HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO MR. PHILLIPS' REQUEST.
VOLUNARY ANNEXATION - LESTER C. PHILLIPS AND LESTER RAY PHILLIPS PROPERTY
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, COUNCIL
APPROVED A RESOLUTION FIXING DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON QUESTION OF
ANNEXATION AND A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK TO INVESTIGATE
PETITION OF 10.94 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED ON POPE ROAD AND OWNED BY
LESTER C. PHILLIPS AND LESTER RAY PHILLIPS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT
PURSUANT TO N.C.G.S. 160A -31, A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING SAME WAS
ADVERTISED ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2000 AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON
OCTOBER 5, 2000. HE ADDED THAT THE CITY CLERK HAS PROVIDED A
CERTIFICATE OF SUFFICIENCY.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON
TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE TO EXTEND THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY
OF DUNN, NC. WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF ANNEXATION BEING OCTOBER 31,
2000 OF 10.94 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED ON POPE ROAD AND OWNED BY
LESTER C. PHILLIPS AND LESTER RAY PHILLIPS. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED. (ATTACHMENT #3)
BOARD APPOINTMENT- HOSPITAL
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT HE HAD MADE A DECISION TO TABLE THE
HOSPITAL BOARD APPOINTMENT UNTIL HE HAD MORE INFORMATION AND
RECEIVED MORE APPLICATIONS.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED IF TABLING THIS ISSUE WAS NOT A COUNCIL
DECISION.
MAYOR OUDEH RESPONDED NO AND STATED THAT THE MAYOR HAS THE RIGHT
TO TABLE AN ISSUE.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN IF THE MAYOR
COULD TABLE AN ISSUE WITHOUT COUNCIL CONSENSUS.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN RESPONDED THAT THE USUAL PROTOCOL HAS BEEN
THAT COUNCIL WOULD VOTE TO TABLE AN ISSUE, SUCH AS WAS DONE THIS
EVENING WITH THE RADIAL ARM SAW. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS NO HARD
AND FAST RULE CONCERNING THE TABLING OF AN ISSUE ON THE AGENDA;
HOWEVER, IT IS USUALLY DONE BY A VOTE OF COUNCIL.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT THE MAYOR HAS THE RIGHT TO TABLE ANYTHING
ON THE AGENDA AND HE MADE THAT DECISION WITH MR. DEAN EARLIER IN THE
AFTERNOON. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SPECIAL
MEETING TO DISCUSS THE HOSPITAL BOARD APPOINTMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON AND MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT
NEITHER OF THEM HAD HEARD OF TABLING THE HOSPITAL BOARD APPOINTMENT
UNTIL THIS EVENING.
MAYOR FRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED CITY MANAGER DEAN IF HE WAS SUPPOSE TO
CONTACT COUNCIL EARLIER IN THE DAY CONCERNING THE TABLING OF THIS
ISSUE.
CITY MANAGER DEAN RESPONDED NO, THAT THE ONLY THING THE MAYOR
DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE DAY WAS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THE
HOSPITAL BOARD APPOINTMENT, BUT TABLING ISSUES ARE USUALLY BROUGHT
UP FOR COUNCIL DECISION.
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MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT IF THERE IS A REASON TO TABLE THE
HOSPITAL BOARD APPOINTMENT, HE DOES NOT MIND; HOWEVER, THIS IS NEWS
TO HIM. HE ADDED THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY A VACANCY ON THE HOSPITAL
BOARD. .
MAYOR OUDEH•STATED THAT THERE IS A VACANCY ON THE HOSPITAL BOARD
BUT COUNCIL CAN WAIT ANOTHER MONTH AND IT IS NO BIG DEAL.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE DISAGREED THAT WAITING TO FILL THE HOSPITAL
BOARD VACANCY WAS NO BIG DEAL.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT THE CITY HAS A BIG STAKE IN THE HOSPITAL AND
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT 1S GOING ON WITH THE HOSPITAL. HE ASKED IF
ANYTHING COMES TO THE CITY FROM THE HOSPITAL.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT IT 1S HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
CITY RECEIVES A LETTER OF COMPLIANCE FROM THE HOSPITAL ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED MAYOR PRO-TEM WOMBLE IF HE HAD EVER SEEN A
LETTER OF COMPLIANCE FROM THE HOSPITAL.
MAYOR P.RO-TEM WOMBLE RESPONDED THAT HE HAS NOT NEEDED TO SEE A
LETTER FROM THE HOSPITAL. HE STATED THAT THERE WERE SIX MEMBERS OF
COUNCIL AND IF HE WAS THE ONLY MEMBER WHO FEELS THAT THE HOSPITAL
BOARD APPOINTMENT SHOULD NOT BE TABLED, COUNCIL CAN MOVE ON WITH
THE AGENDA.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD
HEARD OF TABLING THE ISSUE.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT IF SOMEONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE
BOARD APPOINTMENT AND NEEDS FURTHER INFORMATION TO MAKE A
DECISION, HE HAS NO PROBLEM WITH HAVING ANOTHER MEETING TO DISCUSS
THE APPOINTMENT BUT DOES FEEL THAT COUNCIL SHOULD VOTE ON TABLING
THE APPOINTMENT.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT HE ASKED CITY MANAGER DEAN HOW MANY
APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE HOSPITAL BOARD AND CITY
MANAGER DEAN ADVISED HIM THAT NO APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT THE HOSPITAL BOARD HAD SUGGESTED
SOMEONE TO FILL THE VACANCY.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT THE HOSPITAL BOARD REPRESENTS THE HOSPITAL
BOARD. HE STATED THAT IT IS THE DECISION OF COUNCIL TO APPOINT SOMEONE
TO FILL THE VACANCY, NOT THE HOSPITAL BOARD.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT THE ISSUE IS THAT COUNCIL HAS COME TO
TONIGHT'S MEETING AND LEARNED THAT THE MAYOR DECIDED TO TABLE AN
ITEM.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT THIS IS THE SECOND MEETING THAT
THE HOSPITAL BOARD APPOINTMENT HAS COME BEFORE COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED MAYOR OUDEH WHAT HIS REASONS WERE
FOR TABLING THE HOSPITAL, BOARD APPOINTMENT.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT HE NEEDS MORE APPLICATIONS, HE WANTS TO
KNOW WHO IS GOING TO REPRESENT THE CITY, AND THE HOSPITAL IS BEING RUN .
BY THE HOSPITAL BOARD. HE ASKED COUNCIL IF THEY WERE AWARE THAT THE
HOSPITAL BOARD COULD MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT LETTING COUNCIL KNOW
AND COULD DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THE PROFITS. OF THE HOSPITAL
BUT IF THERE IS A ONE MILLION DEFICIT, THEY COULD SEND IT BACK TO THE
CITY. HE STATED THAT THIS MEANS THAT COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO RAISE
TAXES BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT THE SELECTION OF A HOSPITAL BOARD
MEMBER DOES NOT CHANGE ANY OF THIS.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED YES IT DOES IF HE CAN HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL HE CAN TRUST TO TELL HIM WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE HOSPITAL.
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MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT MOST EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE
KNOWS EACH OF THE FIFTEEN MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES
AND THAT BOARD IS NOT A BOARD OF ANYBODY'S. HE SAID THAT THEY WERE
ALL SOLID BUSINESS PEOPLE AND HE KNOWS MOST OF THEM PERSONALLY. HE
ADDED THAT HE HAS THE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY CAN MAKE REASONABLE
BUSINESS DECISIONS CONCERNING THE HOSPITAL. HE FURTHER STATED THAT
THIS ONE PERSON CHOSEN BY COUNCIL WOULD NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE
BECAUSE THE TRANSFER OF THE HOSPITAL IS HISTORY AND THE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUNN AND THE HOSPITAL CANNOT BE CHANGED
UNILATERALLY AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A BILATERAL CHANGE. HE ADDED
THAT COUNCIL SEEMS TO BE QUESTIONING THE TRUST OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD
F' MEMBERS, WHO ARE PROMINENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE IF HE HAD SEEN THE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE HOSPITAL.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE RESPONDED THAT HE HAS NOT READ THE
AGREEMENT VERBATIM AND ADDED THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER TO
THE BOARD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AGREEMENT.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
BASS TO TABLE THE HOSPITAL BOARD APPOINTMENT.
AYES: MCDOUGAL
BASS
NOES: WOMBLE
TART
ROBINSON
SUMNER
MOTION DENIED 4 -2
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
ROBINSON TO APPOINT MARY DAFFORD TO SERVE THE TERM ON THE BETSY
JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH AN ITEM BEING
PULLED FROM THE AGENDA WITHOUT DISCUSSING THE REASON. HE FURTHER
STATED THAT THIS SETS THE WRONG TONE AND IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT
COUNCIL IS WORKING TOGETHER. HE ASKED IF NO ONE BROUGHT AN
APPLICATION FOR THE HOSPITAL BOARD.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT AN APPLICATION WAS RECEIVED
FROM MARY DAFFORD.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT ONE GENTLEMAN HAD AN
APPLICATION BUT DID NOT GET IT BACK IN TIME.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT THERE WERE NO APPLICATIONS AND COUNCIL HAS
ONLY RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE HOSPITAL BOARD. HE STATED
THAT EVERYONE NEEDS A CHANCE TO APPLY.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT EVERYTHING DONE BY THE HOSPITAL
BOARD IS PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THE COUNCIL CAN LOOK AT THEIR
RECORDS ANYTIME IT CHOOSES TO DO SO.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED CITY MANAGER DEAN IF THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES THE
CITY WITH A REPORT.
CITY MANAGER DEAN RESPONDED THAT THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES THE CITY
WITH A CHECK AND A LETTER OF COMPLIANCE EACH YEAR.
:. CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN STATED THAT UNDER THE AGREEMENT, THE HOSPITAL
MUST PROVIDE A LETTER OF COMPLIANCE AND AS FAR AS HE KNOWS, THE
HOSPITAL HAS DONE THIS.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED CITY MANAGER DEAN TO LOCATE THE LETTERS FROM
THE HOSPITAL. HE RECESSED THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:25 P.M.
MAYOR OUDEH RECONVENED THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:30 P.M.
CITY MANAGER DEAN PROVIDED MAYOR OUDEH WITH A COPY OF THE LETTER
OF COMPLIANCE FROM BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL WHICH HAD BEEN
SUPPLIED IN THE JANUARY, 2000 AGENDA PACKET.
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MAYOR WOMBLE STATED THAT THERE WAS A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE
FLOOR TO APPOINT MARY DAFFORD TO THE BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL
HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR A FIVE -YEAR TERM ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
2005. MOTION CARRIED -1.
AYES: WOMBLE
ROBINSON
BASS
SUMNER
TART
NOES: MCDOUGAL
DEMOLITIONS
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN REQUESTING
DEMOLITION BIDS, BUT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS CONCERNING THOSE
PROPOSALS AND HE REQUESTED THAT COUNCIL TABLE THIS ISSUE UNTIL HE
COULD OBTAIN FURTHER INFORMATION.
COUNCILMEMBER BASIS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT
COULD BE DONE TO ALLOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO DEMOLISH THESE HOUSES
COMPARED TO CONTRACTOR'S PRICES.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT HE WAS DISCUSSING THE DEMOLITIONS
WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND NEEDS TO
GATHER MORE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A FORMAL PROPOSAL TO
COUNCIL.
AFTER DISCUSSION, MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO TABLE DEMOLITIONS FOR SUBSTANDARD
HOUSING UNTIL FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED BY THE CITY
MANAGER. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
BEAUTIFICATION AND IMAGE ENHANCEMENTS
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE DUNN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
IS REQUESTING THAT THE CITY OF DUNN PARTNER WITH THE CHAMBER TO
MAKE THE APPEARANCE AND IMAGE OF THE CITY OF DUNN A PRIORITY FOR OUR
CITY. HE ADDED THAT CLEM MEDLEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL
ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER.
MR. MEDLEY STATED THAT TAMMY WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CHAMBER, WAS DISTRIBUTING A PACKAGE AND PICTURES WHICH ILLUSTRATE
SOME OF THEIR POINTS AND DESCRIBES THE SHORT TERM, INTERMEDIATE AND
LONG -TERM GOALS OF THE BEAUTIFICATION AND IMAGE COMMITTEE OF THE
DUNN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE
CHAMBER SENT OUT A SURVEY CONCERNING THE IMAGE OF DUNN AND A
NUMBER OF THE RESPONDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT
THE APPEARANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE I -95, US 421
CORRIDOR, THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND THE PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS
OF DUNN.
MR. MEDLEY ADDED THAT TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS, THE CHAMBER
DEVELOPED THE IMAGE AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE AND SINCE THAT
TIME, THE COMMITTEE HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO ASSESS THESE MATTERS
AND TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF THE
COMMUNITY. HE STATED THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO
FORM A PARTNERSHIP AMONG CHAMBER MEMBERS, BUSINESS LEADERS,
PRIVATE LAND OWNERS AND THE CITY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE
COMMITTEE'S WORK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE APPEARANCE OF OUR CITY
AND SURROUNDING AREAS IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THE PRIDE WE HAVE IN
THE PLACE IN WHICH WE LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
MR. MEDLEY EXPRESSED APPRECIATION TO THE CITY FOR ALL OF THE WORK
WHICH HAS BEEN DONE AND IS CURRENTLY BEING DONE BY THE CITY. HE
EXPRESSED SPECIAL THANKS TO PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN AND
JOEY TART WHO HAVE HAD AN INTRICAL PART OF WORKING WITH THIS
COMMITTEE. HE STATED THAT MANY IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND
THEY ARE APPRECIATIVE THAT THE CITY HAS TAKEN THE INITIATIVE IN THE
"MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY ". HE SUBMITTED A LIST OF REQUESTS FOR SPECIFIC
ITEMS FROM THE COMMITTEE AND EXPLAINED EACH TO COUNCIL.
(ATTACHMENT #4)
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MR. MEDLEY STATED THAT THE COMMITTEE IS REQUESTING THAT THE CITY
ERECT SIGNS WELCOMING.: VISITORS INTO THE CITY SUCH AS A PROTOTYPE,
WHICH WAS BROUGHT IN AS AN EXAMPLE, ALONG THE ENTRANCES INTO THE
CITY. HE STATED THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED A QUOTE FROM
ELDERLEE, INC. FOR THESE SIGNS IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,301.90. HE ADDED THAT
THE CITY IS FREE TO OBTAIN OTHER QUOTES IF IT IS DESIRED, BUT THE
COMMITTEE FEELS THAT THESE SIGNS ARE NEEDED AT THE CITY'S ENTRANCES.
MR. MEDLEY REVIEWED THE LANDSCAPING PROPOSAL WITH COUNCIL WHICH
TOTALED $12,968.00. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THE
ITEMS PRESENTED IF COUNCIL HAD ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER ASKED WHAT TYPE OF INCENTIVES WAS AVAILABLE
TO OWNERS OF DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.
MR. MEDLEY STATED THAT AT ONE TIME, SUCH AS WITH THE DOORS PROJECT,
THERE WERE SOME GRANTS AND TAX CONSIDERATIONS AVAILABLE TO
BUSINESS OWNERS WHO RENOVATED THE OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUSINESSES.
COUNCILMEMBER TART EXPRESSED APPRECIATION TO THE COMMITTEE FOR
BRINGING THESE ITEMS TO THE ATTENTION OF COUNCIL AND STATED THAT THE
CITY SHOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO BEGIN WORK ON THESE IDEAS.
MR. MEDLEY STATED THAT THE COMMITTEE IS AWARE THAT THE CITY HAS
BUDGET RESTRAINTS; HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE BELIEVES THAT THE ITEMS
PRESENTED SHOULD RECEIVE A HIGH PRIORITY FROM THE COUNCIL. HE ADDED
THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO ACHIEVE
THE PROJECTS.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER TART, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE
TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF FIFTEEN (15) CITY OF DUNN ENTRANCE SIGNS
FROM ELDERLEE, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,301.90, SUBJECT TO DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION APPROVAL OF THE SIGNS. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED.
CREDIT CARD ACCEPTANCE- FINANCE DEPARTMENT
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOW
ACCEPTING CREDIT CARDS FOR PAYMENT OF UTILITY BILLS AND STAFF HAS
BEEN REVIEWING THE PAYMENT OPTIONS FOR SAME. HE FURTHER STATED THAT
MORE INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED AT THE RECENT LEAGUE OF
MUNICIPALITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND HE WOULD LIKE TO GATHER
FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS ISSUE PRIOR TO SUBMITTING A
FORMAL PROPOSAL TO COUNCIL.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
ROBINSON TO TABLE CREDIT CARD ACCEPTANCE UNTIL FURTHER INFORMATION
CAN BE OBTAINED. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
FRIENDLY ROAD RESURFACING PROJECT
CITY MANAGER DEAN YIELDED TO CITY ENGINEER ED POWELL AND PUBLIC
WORKS DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN TO REVIEW THIS PROJECT WITH COUNCIL.
CITY ENGINEER POWELL STATED THAT AFTER DETAILED DISCUSSIONS, HIS FIRM
HAS PLOTTED TWO PLANS OF THE FRIENDLY ROAD PROJECT WHICH ARE POSTED
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT ONE PLOT IS THE
PROJECT WITH THE ADDITION OF CURB AND GUTTER AT A COST OF $700,000.00
AND THE OTHER PLOT IS THE RESURFACING WITHOUT CURB AND GUTTER AT A
COST OF APPROXIMATELY $300,000.00. HE EXPLAINED THE MAPPING OF EACH
PROJECT.
HE STATED THAT THE MOST ECONOMICAL METHOD WOULD BE TO DO THE
RESURFACING PROJECT WHICH WOULD INCLUDE CORRECTING SOME OF THE
DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. HE ADDED THAT THE MOST EXPENSIVE PROJECT WOULD
BE ADDING THE CURB AND GUTTER AND EVEN WITH THE $700,000.00 PROJECT,
SOME OF THE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS WOULD NOT BE CORRECTED.
CITY MANAGER DEAN REVIEWED THE 2000 -2001 PUBLIC WORKS
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, WHICH WAS SUBMITTED BY PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN. (ATTACHMENT #5)
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HE STATED THAT THE MISSION OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PAVE STREETS IN THE
CITY, WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE PASSED THE PROJECTED NINE -YEAR PLUS
RESURFACING LIFE. HE ADDED THAT STREETS THAT ARE NOT PAVED HAVE BEEN
PINPOINTED ALONG WITH STREETS CONTAINING EXPOSED AND LOOSE
AGGREGATE. HE STATED THAT ALTHOUGH FRIENDLY ROAD IS ALREADY LISTED
AS A SEPARATE PRIORITY, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BRIDGE ON JOHNSON
STREET 1S A COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT.
CITY MANAGER DEAN SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY LOOK AT AN OVERALL
POWELL BILL PAVING PROJECT WHICH COULD BE BID ON AT ONE TIME,
INCLUDING ALL OF THE STREETS AS LISTED IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
AND ON A LEASE - PURCHASE BASIS. HE ADDED THAT THE CITY WOULD BE USING 3
POWELL BILL FUNDS, WHICH WOULD BE PAID BACK OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS,
BUT MANY OF THE PROJECTS COULD BE COMPLETED.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT MOST OF THE PROJECTS WOULD NOT BEGIN
UNTIL THE SPRING DUE TO WEATHER AND HE ASKED COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE
PROJECT TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE ADDITIONAL PAVING NEEDS IN THEIR
DISTRICTS AND AFTERWARD, AN OVERALL PACKAGE COULD BE DEVELOPED FOR
COMPLETION IN THE SPRING.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED CITY ENGINEER POWELL IF THE CITY GOES THROUGH
WITH RESURFACING FRIENDLY ROAD NOW, WOULD THE ROAD NEED
RESURFACING IN 9 -10 YEARS.
CITY ENGINEER POWELL RESPONDED THAT MOST ROADS NEED RESURFACING
EVERY NINE TO TEN YEARS AND IF THE CITY DOES EITHER PROJECT, THE ROADS
MAY NEED RESURFACING IN NINE TO TWELVE YEARS. HE ADDED THAT THERE
ARE POWELL BILL FUNDS AS A REVENUE SOURCE AND WITH ONE -HALF OF THE
POWELL BILL REVENUE COMMITTED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS; THE CITY COULD
UNDERTAKE A $3 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. HE ADDED THAT THE CITY
RECEIVES $360,000.00 IN POWELL BILL REVENUE WHICH MUST BE SPENT FOR
STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
CITY ENGINEER POWELL STATED THAT WHAT CITY MANAGER DEAN WAS
SUGGESTING IS THAT WHILE NO ONE WANTS TO DELAY THE FRIENDLY ROAD
PROJECT, WHY NOT ADD THE OTHER NEEDS AT THE SAME TIME FOR COMPLETION
NEXT SUMMER. ;
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THIS WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO DO THE
FRIENDLY ROAD PROJECT, AS WELL AS OTHER NEEDS, AND THERE IS A REVENUE
STREAM WHICH IS NOT AD- VALOREM TAX BASED AND MUST BE USED FOR
STREETS. HE ADDED THAT THE POWELL BILL REVENUE GROWS ABOUT $14- 15,000
PER YEAR.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HE AGREES WITH THE APPROACH AND
WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PACKAGE; HOWEVER, HE THINKS IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT THE DEBT BE AMORTIZED OVER THE LIFE OF THE ASPHALT AS
OPPOSED TO FIFTEEN YEARS.
CITY ENGINEER POWELL STATED THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT HOW
LONG A ROAD WILL LAST. HE FURTHER STATED THAT WHEN PUTTING TOGETHER
THE INITIAL NUMBERS, THEY LOOKED AT AMORTIZING THE DEBT AT TWENTY
YEARS AND THEN BACKED UP TO FIFTEEN YEARS. .
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT COUNCIL SHOULD GO AHEAD AND VOTE
ON ADDING FRIENDLY ROAD TO THE PACKAGE.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN STATED THAT HIS RECOMMENDATION
WOULD BE TO GO WITH THE RESURFACING OF FRIENDLY ROAD AND ADD TO THE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE WATER AND SEWER
CREWS HAVE IDENTIFIED ANY WATER AND SEWER PROBLEMS ON THE LISTED
STREETS AND IF THERE ARE ANY BAD SITUATIONS, THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE
INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL PROJECT. HE ADDED THAT HE HOPES TO BRING THE f
TOTAL PROJECT BACK TO COUNCIL BY DECEMBER:
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN STATED THAT THE PROJECTS INCLUDED
ON THE LIST WERE LESS THAN ONE -THIRD OF THE CITY. HE FURTHER STATED
THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE EVERY
NINE YEARS.
COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER STATED THAT HE FELT THE CITIZENS ON FRIENDLY
ROAD DESERVE TO HAVE FRIENDLY ROAD CURB AND GUTTERED, WHICH IS THE
$700,000.00 PROJECT.
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COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT IF FRIENDLY ROAD WERE IN HIS DISTRICT,
HE WOULD ALSO THINK THE CURB AND GUTTER ON FRIENDLY ROAD WAS A
GOOD PROJECT AND HE WOULD FIGHT HARD FOR IT. HE FURTHER STATED THAT
HE DID NOT THINK THE COUNCIL COULD SPEND THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION
DOLLARS FOR ONE STREET AND LET BROAD STREET LOOK LIKE IT DOES IN THE
PICTURES PRESENTED BY THE IMAGE AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE. HE
ADDED THAT HE FEELS THAT THE CITIZENS DESERVE CURB AND GUTTER ON
FRIENDLY ROAD; HOWEVER, THERE ARE A LOT OF ROADS IN DUNN WHICH NEED
WORK AND THE MONEY NEEDS TO BE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER DUNN.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT SHE FEELS THAT COUNCIL SHOULD
FOLLOW THE PLAN AND FRIENDLY ROAD HAS BEEN PART OF THE LONG -RANGE
PLAN FOUR YEARS AGO.
AFTER DISCUSSION MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER BASS TO INCLUDE FRIENDLY ROAD IN THE PUBLIC WORKS
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
RESOLUTION - ACCEPTANCE OF STREETS -DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT A REQUEST WAS RECEIVED FROM THE DUNN
HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT THE CITY OF DUNN ACCEPT DEDICATION OF ALL OF
THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS WITHIN SEVERAL OF ITS PROJECTS, INCLUDING
POWELL VILLAGE, MCKAY COURTS, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, AND HA.RNETT
TERRACE. CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT TILGHMAN POPE, ATTORNEY FOR
THE DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY AND DARLENE MAYNARD, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY WERE PRESENT TO ADDRESS
COUNCIL CONCERNING THIS REQUEST.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT STAFF HAS GONE OUT TO LOOK AT THE STREETS LOCATED IN THE PROJECTS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND IT DOES
NOT APPEAR THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TOUCHED SINCE THE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE CITY WAS PUT IN PLACE IN 1968.
HE ADDED THAT SHOULD COUNCIL WISH TO PROCEED WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF
THESE STREETS, HE HAS INCLUDED A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE STREETS
WITHIN THE PROJECTS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY
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FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE HAS READ THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY AND THE DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY AND LOOKED AT THE STREETS
EARLIER AND IT IS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THE CITY ACCEPTS THE
STREETS, THEY WILL NEED PAVING AND THAT IS LIKE BUYING A CAR WITH A
BLOWN -UP MOTOR
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT IT WAS TRUE THAT THE CITY
WOULD NEED TO LOOK AFTER THE STREETS ONCE THEY ARE ACCEPTED AS PART
OF THE CITY, BUT THERE WOULD BE BENEFITS TO THE CITY TO ACCEPT THEM.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DETERMINE HOW
MUCH IT WILL COST TO REPAIR AND RESURFACE THE STREETS BEFORE IT
ACCEPTS THEM AS PART OF THE CITY'S SYSTEM.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN STATED THAT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY DOES REQUIRE A REASONABLE TIME FOR THE CITY TO
ACCEPT THE STREETS, WHICH BRINGS UP THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS A
REASONABLE TIME. HE ADDED THAT THE AGREEMENT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN
1968.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S
RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT COUNCIL TABLE THIS ISSUE UNTIL THE
NOVEMBER MEETING IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE STREETS AND
SIDEWALKS MEET CITY SPECIFICATIONS, NOT SAYING THE CITY WILL OR WILL
NOT ACCEPT THE STREETS.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT ONCE THE STREETS ARE ACCEPTED INTO
THE CITY, THEY THEN BECOME PART OF THE POWELL BILL APPLICATION AND
THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE DOLLARS FOR HAVING THE STREETS IN ITS SYSTEM,
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE ACCEPTED
THE STREETS BEFORE NOW, SINCE THE AGREEMENT WAS MADE IN 1968.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE -WAY THAT THE AGREEMENT IS
WRITTEN, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MUST REQUEST THAT THE CITY ACCEPTS
THE STREETS AND TO HIS KNOWLEDGE, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS NEVER
MADE THAT REQUEST.
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DARLENE MAYNARD STATED THAT IN RECENT YEARS, HUD HAS PLACED A
GREAT BURDEN ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITY DUE TO THEIR RESTRUCTURING.
SHE EXPLAINED THE METHOD WHEREBY A HOUSING AUTHORITY IS GRADED BY
HUD AND TOLD COUNCIL THAT THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALKS,
STREETS AND CURBING ARE INCLUDED IN HUD'S GRADING SYSTEM OF THE
HOUSING AUTHORITY. SHE TOLD COUNCIL THAT DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY
RECEIVED A GRADE OF 17.1 POINTS OUT OF A TOTAL OF 30 POINTS FROM THE
REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT CENTER FOR THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF STREETS, .
SIDEWALKS, CURB AND GUTTER, WHICH IS WHY SHE IS CONCERNED. SHE ADDED
THAT IF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FAILS AN INSPECTION, THERE COULD BE
PENALTIES IMPOSED ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN ASKED IF THE STREETS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE
GRADED BY THE REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT CENTER IF THE CITY ACCEPTS THE
STREETS.
MS. MAYNARD REPLIED YES, BECAUSE THEY ARE WITHIN THE PREMISES OF THE
DWELLING UNITS.
PAUL WHITE, CHAIRMAN OF THE DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY STATED THAT
WHEN THE AGREEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY MADE, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS
TO ACCEPT THE STREETS AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED THIRTY -TWO
YEARS AGO.
AFTER DISCUSSION, MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO TABLE THE ACCEPTANCE OF STREETS WITHIN
THE PROJECTS OF THE DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY UNTIL THE NOVEMBER
MEETING.
SATELLITE ANNEXATION -LEE PROPERTY -LONG BRANCH ROAD
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT A PETITION WAS RECEIVED FROM ALBERT G.
LEE REQUESTING SATELLITE ANNEXATION OF TWO (2) TRACTS OF LAND
LOCATED ON LONG BRANCH ROAD. HE FURTHER STATED THAT TRACT #1
CONSISTS OF 10.75 ACRES WITH A TAX VALUE OF $24,130.00 AND TRACT #2
CONSISTS OF 3.53 ACRES (CURRENTLY THE LOCATION OF THE PANTRY), WITH A
TAX VALUE OF $387,5480.00 (LAND AND BUILDING).
HE FURTHER STATED THAT SHOULD COUNCIL WISH TO PROCEED WITH
ANNEXATION OF SAME, A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK TO INVESTIGATE
PETITION AND A RESOLUTION FIXING DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING (DECEMBER 7,
2000) HAVE BEEN INCLUDED FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS
TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK TO INVESTIGATE PETITION AND
A RESOLUTION FIXING DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING (DECEMBER 7, 2000) FOR THE
SATELLITE ANNEXATION OF THE ALBERT G. LEE PROPERTY LOCATED ON LONG
BRANCH ROAD. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. (ATTACHMENT #6)
CABOOSE - INSURANCE
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT PURSUANT TO AN ORAL REQUEST FROM
RICK LASHMIT, THE CITY HAS BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER PLACING INSURANCE
ON THE CABOOSE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF RAILROAD STREET
AND BROAD STREET. HE YIELDED TO CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN, WHO HAS
DISCUSSED THIS MATTER WITH THE CITY'S INSURANCE CARRIER, TO ADDRESS
COUNCIL.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN PROVIDED A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CABOOSE,
INFORMING COUNCIL THAT THE CITY CONVEYED THE CABOOSE TO THE DUNN
HISTORICAL SOCIETY SEVERAL YEARS AGO UPON A REQUEST FROM MR.
LASHMIT. HE ADVISED COUNCIL THAT THE CITY CANNOT INSURE THE CABOOSE
BECAUSE THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE AN INSURABLE INTEREST IN THE CABOOSE.
AFTER DISCUSSION, MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO DECLINE THE REQUEST BY RICK LASHMIT TO
INSURE THE CABOOSE, BASED UPON THE ADVICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL. MOTION
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
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BRIDGE- JOHNSON STREET
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE JOHNSON STREET . BRIDGE WAS
INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, WHICH WAS
DISCUSSED EARLIER HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE COST TO REPLACE THE
BRIDGE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $100,000.00 AND THE USEFUL LIFE OF A
BRIDGE IS USUALLY FIFTY YEARS.
STRATEGIC PLAN
CITY MANAGER DEAN INFORMED COUNCIL THAT IN THE EARLY 1980'S, THE CITY
OF DUNN CONDUCTED A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS TO EVALUATE THE
NEEDS OF THE CITY THROUGH THE YEAR 2010. HE STATED THAT A MAJORITY OF
THE ITEMS, WHICH THE STUDY ADDRESSED, HAVE EITHER BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
OR NEED TO BE RE- EVALUATED. HE FURTHER STATED THAT IT WOULD BE AN
EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO INVOLVE OUR CITIZENS TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM
OF WORK TO IDENTIFY NEEDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND WOULD PROVIDE
AN EXCELLENT PLANNING DOCUMENT FOR FUTURE BUDGETS.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT HE HAS CONTACTED JIM DOUGHERTY, WHO
IS THE CHIEF PLANNER WITH THE N.C. DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE
CONCERNING THIS PROJECT AND MR. DOUGHERTY ADVISED HIM THAT HE
WOULD ESTIMATE A COST OF $5,000.00 TO COVER EXPENSES AND OTHER
ASSOCIATED COSTS WITH THE PROJECT; HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL WORK WOULD
BE DONE FREE OF CHARGE.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH
THE PROJECT, A FORMAL LETTER SHOULD BE SENT TO MR. DOUGHERTY WHO
WOULD BEGIN THE PROJECT IN JANUARY.
H.O.P.E. MINISTRIES
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CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT MR WILLIE SNEAD HAS REQUESTED TO
PULL HIS REQUEST TO UTILIZE FOUR BACK ROOMS AT THE FORMER TEMPORARY
LIBRARY FACILITY AND USE OF THE PAL GYMNASIUM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE,
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COPY OF THE
LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND H.O.P.E. MINISTRIES.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE COUNCIL TO GO
INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THE NEXT MEETING CONCERNING A PERSONNEL
MATTER.
MAYOR OUDEH EXPRESSED APPRECIATION TO EVERYONE FOR . HIS OR HER
PARTICIPATION IN THE DRUG FREE SUMMER JAM.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS, MAYOR OUDEH ADJOURNED THE
MEETING AT 9:06 P.M.
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