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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
NOVEMBER 2, 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, JOEY TART, TOBY SUMNER AND CAROLYN
MCDOUGAL. ALSO PRESENT WAS CITY MANAGER CARL DEAN, PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN, PUBLIC UTILITIES DIRECTOR JOE CAMPBELL, CITY
ENGINEER RANDY MCNEIL, FINANCE DIRECTOR RENEE' DAUGHTRY, POLICE CHIEF
PAT GODWIN, CAPTAIN MORRY DENNING, CAPTAIN RONNIE RADCLIFFE, FIRE CHIEF
AUSTIN TEW, CITY ATTORNEY BILLY RAY GODWIN, CITY CLERK JOYCE VALLEY,
AND DAILY RECORD REPORTER LISA FARMER.
MAYOR ABRAHAM OUDEH OPENED THE MEETING AT 7:00 P.M.
INVOCATION
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED MAYOR PRO -TEM TART 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
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT -MARY B. FLORANCE
CITY MANAGER CARL DEAN STATED THAT THE PUBLIC WAS NOTIFIED THAT
ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMENTS WOULD BE HEARD AND RECEIVED CONCERNING
THE REQUEST BY MARY B. FLORANCE TO OPEN AN IN -HOME DAYCARE AT HER
RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 120 HOLLY STREET. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE
PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED R -10 AND THE PLANNING BOARD MET ON
OCTOBER 11, 2000 AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST.
CITY MANAGER DEAN INFORMED COUNCIL THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS
DULY ADVERTISED ON OCTOBER 19, 2000 AND OCTOBER 26, 2000.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
HEARING NONE, HE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING IN REFRENCE TO SAME.
FINAL PLAT REVIEW
GLENEAGLES SUBDIVISION
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE PUBLIC WAS NOTIFIED THAT ORAL AND
WRITTEN COMMENTS WOULD BE HEARD AND RECEIVED CONCERNING THE FINAL
PLAT REVIEW OF GLENEAGLES SUBDIVISION LOCATED OFF THE INTERSECTION
OF POWELL AVENUE AND ASHE AVENUE.
HE INFORMED COUNCIL. THAT THE PLANNING BOARD MET ON OCTOBER 11, 2000
AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AND T14E PUBLIC HEARING
WAS DULY ADVERTISED ON OCTOBER 19, 2000 AND OCTOBER 26, 2000.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
DWIGHT SNOW, STATED THAT HE WAS THE ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTS
WELLONS REALTY, INC. AND LEISURE LIVING, INC. HE FURTHER STATED THAT
MR. WELLONS WAS REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR
THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF THE GLENEAGLES SUBDIVISION. HE ADDED THAT
TINS PROJECT IS LOCATED JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WESTFIELD
SUBDIVISION AND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE AT THE
GLENEAGLES LOCATION.
ATTORNEY SNOW STATED THAT COUNCIL HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED A LETTER
FROM MR. WELLONS OF WELLONS REALTY AND LEISURE LIVING COMPANY
WHICH HAD LISTED THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS BY WHICH THE DEVELOPER
AND OWNER OF GLENEAGLES SUBDIVISION WOULD ABIDE:
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1. IN ORDER TO CONFORM TO THE CITY OF DUNN SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS,
WELLONS CONSTRUCTION, INC. SHALL POST A SURETY BOND IN THE AMOUNT
OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY -FIVE (125) PERCENT OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF
CONSTRUCTION OF THE REMAINING IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE POWELL
AVENUE EXTENSION AND GLENEAGLES AVENUE (AS SHOWN ON THAT PLAT
RECORDED IN MAP NO. 2000 -631 HARNETT COUNTY REGISTRY) AND THE
INGRESS AND EGRESS INTO THE TWO (2) PHASES SHOWN ON THE FINAL PLAT
(THE CREST AT GLENEAGLES AND GLENALMOND VILLAS). THIS BOND IS FOR
CONCRETE CURB AND ASPHALT: SAID BOND TO BE DELIVERED TO THE CITY
MANAGER'S OFFICE ON OR BEFORE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2000.
2. THE OWNERS OF THE 44.5 MORE /LESS ACRES, NAMELY WELLONS REALTY,
INC., AND LEISURE LIVING COMPANY, WILL SUBMIT A PETITION REQUESTING
VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF DUNN FOR ITS CONSIDERATION
WITH SAID SUBMISSION TO OCCUR ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2000.
(ATTACHMENT # 1)
ATTORNEY SNOW STATED THAT THESE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED
WITH CITY MANAGER DEAN AND TOLD COUNCIL THAT MR. WELLONS WAS
AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
HEARING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, MAYOR OUDEH CLOSED. THE PUBLIC
HEARINGS AND RECONVENED THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:06 P.M.
CONSENT ITEMS
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED COUNCIL IF THERE WERE ANY CONSENT ITEMS THEY
WISHED TO DELETE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DELETE THE
MINUTES OF OCTOBER 5, 2000 FOR CORRECTION.
HEARING NO FURTHER DELETIONS, THE FOLLOWING CONSENT ITEMS WERE
CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL:
BUDGET AMENDMENTS- COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF BUDGET
// AMENDMENTS #38440. (ATTACHMENT #2)
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TECHNOLOGY APPROPRIATE USE POLICY - COUNCIL CONSIDERED A TECHNOLOGY
APPROPRIATE USE POLICY. (ATTACHMENT #3)
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SUMNER TO APPROVE THE ABOVE CONSENT ITEMS.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT A CORRECTION SHOULD BE MADE TO
THE MINUTES AS FOLLOWS:
BOARD APPOINTMENT HOSPITAL - STATEMENT SHOULD READ ".HE (MAYOR PRO -
TEM WOMBLE) STATED THAT IF HE WAS THE ONLY MEMBER WHO FEELS THAT
THE HOSPITAL BOARD APPOINTMENT SHOULD NOT BE TABLED, COUNCIL CAN
MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA ".
WITI•i CORRECTION BEING MADE, MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TART TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE
OCTOBER 5, 2000 COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT -MARY B. FLORANCE
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT A REQUEST WAS RECEIVED FROM MARY B.
FLORANCE TO OPEN AN IN -HOME DAYCARE AT HER RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 120
HOLLY STREET. HE FURTHER STATED THAT .THE PLANNING BOARD MET ON
OCTOBER 11, 2000 AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AND THE
PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD THIS EVENING WITH. NO ONE SPEAKING IN
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OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER TART, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MCDOUGAL TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY MARY B. FLORANCE TO OPEN AN IN-
HOME DAYCARE AT HER RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 120 HOLLY STREET. MOTION
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
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FINAL PLAT REVIEW- GLENEAGLES SUBDIVISION
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT A REQUEST WAS RECEIVED FROM WELLON'S
REALTY, INC. FOR A FINAL PLAT REVIEW OF GLENEAGLES SUBDIVISION LOCATED
OFF THE INTERSECTION OF POWELL AVENUE AND ASHE AVENUE. HE FURTHER
STATED THAT THE PLANNING BOARD MET ON OCTOBER 11, 2000 AND
RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS
HELD THIS EVENING.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT MR. WELLONS HAS PROVIDED A LETTER
WHICH OUTLINES THE CONDITIONS AGREED UPON BY WELLONS REALTY AND
LEISURE LIVING PURSUANT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT BY COUNCIL.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN ASKED MR WELLONS IF THERE WAS AN ESTIMATED
COST OF IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF THE BONDS.
MR. WELLONS RESPONDED THAT HE WOULD BE MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC
WORKS DIRECTOR AND THE ENGINEER ON FRIDAY MORNING TO DETERMINE AN
AGREEABLE AMOUNT FOR THE BOND.
AFTER DISCUSSION, MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FROM WELLONS
REALTY FOR A FINAL PLAT REVIEW SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT OF THE BOND.
MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
APPLICATION -STATE DEVELOPMENT ZONE
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT PURSUANT TO A CHANGE IN THE' LAW
RELATING TO STATE DEVELOPMENT ZONES, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NEED TO
AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO REAPPLY FOR THIS DESIGNATION. HE FURTHER
STATED THAT THE CITY'S DESIGNATION AS A DEVELOPMENT ZONE PROVIDES
INCENTIVES TO ATTRACT INDUSTRY IN BOTH DUNN AND THE SURROUNDING
AREA.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
BASS TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO REAPPLY FOR THE CITY'S DESIGNATION AS
A DEVELOPMENT ZONE. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
CHIPPER TRUCK PURCHASE/FINANCING
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT AS DISCUSSED IN OCTOBER, THE CAB AND
CHASSIS OF THE CHIPPER TRUCK USED BY THE STREET DEPARTMENT WAS
RENDERED A TOTAL LOSS BY FIRE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN WAS PROPOSING TO PURCHASE A NEW CAB AND
CHASSIS USING THE INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT AS A DOWN PAYMENT, AND
LEASE- PURCHASING THE BALANCE.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT TRI -POINT FORD SUBMITTED THE LOWEST
ESTIMATE FOR THIS EQUIPMENT AT A COST OF $37,351.40 AND INSTALLATION OF
THE .DUMP BODY WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $1,825.00. HE FURTHER STATED
THAT THE CITY SENT OUT REQUESTS FOR FINANCING PROPOSALS ON OCTOBER
17, 2000 AND THE FOLLOWING PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED ON FINANCING
$29,200.00 FOR THIRTY -SIX MONTHS WITH ANNUAL PAYMENTS IN ARREARS:
BANK
RATE
ANNUAL PAYMENT
BB &T
5.79%
$10,807.06
CCB
5.89%
$10,934.44
CENTURA -
6.04%
$10,932.09
FIRST FEDERAL
6.10%
$10,944.32
CITY MANAGER DEAN ADDED THAT UPON COUNCIL APPROVAL, THE TRUCK
WOULD BE DELIVERED WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AND BUDGET AMENDMENT #37 IS
NEEDED TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CHIPPER TRUCK.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED IF THE CITY NEEDS A CHIPPER TRUCK. HE
STATED THAT HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH BORROWING MONEY TO BUY THE TRUCK
AND THE CITY NEEDS TO GET WHAT IT CAN BE AFFORDED.
CITY MANAGER DEAN ASKED COUNCIL TO REFER TO THE LIST OF EVENTS
PREPARED BY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN CONCERNING THE CHIPPER
TRUCK.
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AFTER DISCUSSION, MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO TABLE THE PURCHASE OF A CHIPPER TRUCK
UNTIL THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CAN CHECK AROUND AND GET QUOTES ON
SOME USED, LATE MODEL TRUCKS AND BRING BACK BEFORE COUNCIL. MOTION
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
RESOLUTION- ACCEPTANCE OF STREETS -DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT NEITHER DARLENE MAYNARD OR PAUL
WHITE, OF THE DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY COULD ATTEND THE MEETING
TONIGHT; HOWEVER, HE HAS DISCUSSED WITH THEM THE POSSIBILITY OF
DETERMINING WHETHER THERE ARE ANY AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES TO
BRING THE STREETS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY CODE BEFORE THE CITY
ACCEPTS THE STREETS. HE RECOMMENDED THAT THIS ITEM BE TABLED FOR
THIRTY DAYS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE-ANY AVAILABLE FUNDING.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON
TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE DECEMBER MEETING. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED.
CHANGE MEETING DATE- DECEMBER
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL WILL
BE ATTENDING THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING THAT WILL BE HELD
IN BOSTON FROM DECEMBER 6 -10, 2000, IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR COUNCIL TO
CHANGE THEIR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING DATE WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR
DECEMBER 7, 2000.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON
TO CHANGE THE DECEMBER 7, 2000 MEETING DATE TO DECEMBER 11, 2000 AT 6:00
P.M. IN THE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
PETITION- JUNIPER CREEK
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE CITY RECEIVED A PETITION
REQUESTING THAT THE CITY CLEAN AND SHORE UP THE DITCH BETWEEN WEST
DIVINE STREET AND WEST PEARSALL STREET THAT RUNS INTO JUNIPER CREEK.
HE ADDED THAT ANOTHER HOMEOWNER HAD CALLED TO SAY THAT HE WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE THE DITCH TILED.
HE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE PRESENT WHO HAD SIGNED THE PETITION AND
NO ONE FROM THE AUDIENCE RESPONDED.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT IT 1S HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE
IS ADDITIONAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THIS WOULD ALLOW
COUNCIL MORE TIME TO RECEIVE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
RECREATION
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT CECIL `BO" JONES, CHAIRMAN OF THE DUNN
RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, HAS REQUESTED TO ADDRESS THE CITY
COUNCIL CONCERNING MOVING THE CURRENT RECREATION DEPARTMENT
OFFICES FROM THE CIVIC CENTER TO THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER HE
FURTHER STATED THAT A LETTER WAS RECEIVED FROM DUNN AREA CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT DON WOOD, IN REFERENCE TO THIS REQUEST.
CECIL `BO" JONES EXPRESSED APPRECIATION TO COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING HIM
TO ADDRESS THEM. HE STATED THAT HE WAS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
DUNN RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD, REQUESTING THAT THE CURRENT
RECREATION DEPARTMENT BE ALLOWED TO MOVE FROM ITS PRESENT LOCATION
AT THE CIVIC CENTER INTO THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER
HE FURTHER STATED THAT IN THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE CIVIC CENTER,
MANY PARENTS, INDIVIDUALS AND CHILDREN ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF THIS
FACILITY. HE ADDED THAT THIS IS THE OLD ARMORY AND THE BUILDING HAS
BEEN THERE SINCE 1930, AND MANY OF THE BATHROOMS ARE NOT USABLE.
MR. JONES STATED THAT IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE RECREATION
DEPARTMENT TO MOVE INTO THE COMMUNITY CENTER BECAUSE MANY OF THE
BALLFIELDS AND MOST EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MOVED TO TART PARK.
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MR. JONES STATED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 34 EVENTS TO DATE, THREE OF
WHICH SEATED 300 PERSONS AND BUSINESS FEST FILLED THE WHOLE BUILDING.
HE ADDED THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THE CONCERNS OF THE CHAMBER, BUT THE
ADVISORY BOARD BELIEVES THAT PLACING OFFICES IN THIS FACILITY WOULD
BENEFIT THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED HOW MUCH AREA WERE THEY CONSIDERING
USING FOR RECREATION OFFICES.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON RESPONDED THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT ONE -
THIRD OF THE BUILDING, LEAVING A SPACE OF 4,018 SQUARE FEET WHICH
WOULD SEAT 250 PEOPLE COMFORTABLY.
HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE CURRENT LOCATION AT THE CIVIC CENTER DOES
NOT HAVE HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONING. HE ADDED THAT THE CIVIC CENTER HAS
BEEN A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, BUT IT IS
TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON STATED THAT THE BOARD FELT LIKE THIS
WOULD BE A GOOD MOVE BECAUSE THEY ARE ALREADY MAINTAINING THE
BUILDING, AND BECAUSE IN CUTTING BACK IN THE SIZE THEY COULD ALSO CUT
BACK ON THE PRICE OF RENTING THE FACILITY.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED WHAT WOULD IT COST THE CITY TO DIVIDE THE
SECTIONS.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON RESPONDED THAT IT IS ESTIMATED TO BE
BETWEEN $15,000 AND $20,000, AND IT WOULD BE NOTHING BUT WALLING
BECAUSE THE LIGHTING IS ALREADY THERE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THERE
WOULD NEED TO BE SOME ELECTRICAL WORK, TELEPHONE LINES WOULD NEED
TO BE INSTALLED, AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT ADDING A MEETING ROOM,
HALLWAY AND A RECEPTION AREA.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED IF IT WOULD BE USED ONLY FOR RECREATION
OFFICES OR IF IT WOULD BE OPENED FOR BATHROOM FACILITIES WHEN THERE
ARE BALLGAMES BEING PLAYED.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON RESPONDED THAT THE BUILDING WILL BE A
COMMUNITY CENTER, A LOT LIKE WHAT THE CIVIC CENTER IS NOW, AND ADDED
THAT AS THE RECREATION DIRECTOR, I-IE IS LOOKING OUT FOR THE RECREATION
DEPARTMENT CONCERNS AND FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CHILDREN. HE
FURTHER STATED THAT PARENTS ARE SHOCKED AT WHAT THEY ARE SEEING
WHENEVER THEY SIGN THEIR CHILDREN UP FOR ACTIVITIES AT THE CIVIC
CENTER.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON IF HE
HAD SURVEYED THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE
MATTER. SHE STATED THAT SHE THINKS THE CITY SHOULD TAKE THE PUBLIC'S
OPINION AS A FACTOR.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON STATED THAT A STUDY WOULD BE FINE BUT HE
WAS ALMOST POSITIVE THAT MOVING THE OFFICES WOULD MEET WITH THE
COMMUNITY'S APPROVAL.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED HOW MANY PEOPLE WORKED WITHIN THE RECREATION
DEPARTMENT.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON RESPONDED THAT THERE IS A STAFF OF 6.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED HOW MANY OFFICES WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE
COMMUNITY BUILDING.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON .RESPONDED THERE WOULD BE THREE OFFICES.
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COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED IF THERE WOULD BE STAFF AT THE COMMUNITY
BUILDING WHENEVER IT WAS OPEN, DAY OR NIGHT.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON RESPONDED YES, AND STATED THAT THERE
ARE FUNCTIONS AT NIGHT NOW AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE THEY
HAVE TO SEND SOMEONE OVER THERE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE
PROBLEM THEY HAVE NOW 1S TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE CIVIC CENTER, THE
COMMUNITY CENTER, AND ELEVEN BALLFIELDS.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS NOT OPEN
ALL THE TIME; IT IS OPEN ONLY IF THERE IS A FUNCTION IN THE FACILITY.
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RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON STATED THE HOURS OF OPERATION WOULD BE
8 A.M. TO 5 P.M. UNLESS THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF AFTER HOURS FUNCTION.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED IF SOMEONE WOULD BE INSIDE THE COMMUNITY
BUILDING TO MONITOR AND DETER CRIME IF THE FACILITY WAS OPEN. IN THE
EVENINGS.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON RESPONDED YES, IF THE COMMUNITY BUILDING
WERE OPEN, A MEMBER OF STAFF WOULD BE IN THE FACILITY.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HE REALIZES THAT THERE ARE NOT A
LOT OF EVENTS THAT REQUIRE THE ENTIRE BUILDING, BUT ONCE THAT SPACE IS
TAKEN UP, IT CANNOT BE MADE LARGER AND DESPITE THE PROBLEMS THIS
COUNCIL .HAS HAD WITH THAT BUILDING HE REALLY DID NOT WANT TO SEE
THAT BUILDING CHANGED, NOR DID HE WANT IT MADE ANY SMALLER.
HE ADDED THAT HE UNDERSTANDS AND APPRECIATES THAT THE RECREATION
DEPARTMENT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF OFFICE SPACE AND HE DOES NOT HAVE
A PROBLEM WITH USING THE COMMUNITY CENTER TEMPORARILY TO GET THEM
OUT OF A BAD SITUATION, BUT THEY NEED TO RESEARCH AND BRING BACK.
SOME SUGGESTIONS AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR A TEMPORARY OFFICE.
HE ADDED THAT HE THOUGHT THERE WERE SOME GRANTS AND OTHER OPTIONS
AVAILABLE THAT WOULD CREATE SOME ADDITIONAL BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE FUTURE, AND IF RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON WOUILD PUT TOGETHER
A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD BE TEMPORARY AND NOT PERMANENT, THEN
WHENEVER SOMETHING IS PERMANENT, THE CITY CAN HAVE THE COMMUNITY
BUILDING BACK.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON STATED THAT HE WANTED TO BEGIN SOME
PLAN OF ACTION BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR SIX MONTHS, AND HE
FELT LIKE THIS WOULD BE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO MAKE USE OF
THE BUILDING SINCE THEY ALREADY MAINTAIN THE FACILITY.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WAS A PLAN TO DIVIDE THE COMMUNITY
CENTER.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON RESPONDED YES.
MAYOR OUDEH SUGGESTED THAT THREE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MEET WITH
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON TO DISCUSS AND BRING BACK INFORMATION TO
COUNCIL BEFORE A DECISION CAN BE MADE. HE APPOINTED COUNCILMEMBER
MCDOUGAL, COUNCILMEMBER TART AND COUNCILMEMBER BASS TO SERVE ON
THIS COMMITTEE.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT WITH HIS SUGGESTION, IN THE LONG
TERM, THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT WOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION WITH
LESS MONEY. HE ADDED THAT HE KNOWS THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS WITHIN
THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND HE SUPPORTS WHAT RECREATION
DIRECTOR HUDSON IS TRYING TO DO AND HIS NEEDS WILL NOT GO UNNOTICED.
COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER STATED THAT HE KNOWS THERE IS A REAL NEED
THERE AND HE HOPES THAT THE COMMITTEE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN
QUICKLY.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER SITES
AVAILABLE FOR THESE OFFICES.
CITY MANAGER DEAN RESPONDED THAT THE LIBRARY AT THE OLD HARNETT
PRIMARY SCHOOL HAS HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING AND COULD BE A
POSSIBILITY.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY GRANTS THAT COULD RENOVATE
THE CIVIC CENTER TO AVOID LOSING THE BUILDING.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO OBTAIN A
GRANT TO BUILD A NEW GYM AND DEMOLISH THE CIVIC CENTER.
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PARTIAL CLOSING OF PUBLIC ALLEY - PETITION
RESOLUTION OF INTENT AND SET PUBLIC HEARING
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT A PETITION WAS RECEIVED REQUESTING
THE PARTIAL CLOSING OF THE PUBLIC ALLEYWAY BETWEEN EAST CUMBERLAND
AND EAST BROAD STREETS IN THE 500 BLOCK. HE ADDED THAT DUE TO
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE EXPEDITED.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT THE ALLEYWAY HAS ONLY BEEN
USED FOR DRUGS AND DRINKING AND HAS NOT BEEN KEPT UP.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT IF COUNCIL WISHES TO ADD THIS ITEM TO
ITEMS FOR DECISION, THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND ADVERTISE IT, AND IT
WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON
TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO DECISION AND APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF INTENT FOR
THE PARTIAL CLOSING OF THE PUBLIC ALLEY BETWEEN EAST CUMBERLAND AND
EAST BROAD STREETS IN THE 500 BLOCK AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR
DECEMBER 11, 2000 AT 6:00 P.M. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
(ATTACHMENT #4)
FIRE STATION EXPANSION
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT IN THE LAST BUDGET WORKSESSION,
COUNCIL DISCUSSED DEVELOPMENT OF SOME SLEEPING QUARTERS WITHIN THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND YIELDED TO FIRE CHIEF TEW TO PRESENT SOME
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES INVOLVING EXPANSION OF THE FIRE STATION TO
CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR SLEEPING FACILITIES.
CHIEF TEW STATED THAT HE CONTACTED AN ARCHITECT FIRM WHO HAS
SUGGESTED USING THE COSTS OF THE FIRE STATION THEY MOVED INTO IN 1997
AND ADDING AN INCREASE FACTOR OF 6% PER YEAR OR FOR BUDGETARY
PURPOSES, APPROXIMATELY $95.00 A SQUARE FOOT OR $458,850.00.
HE FURTHER STATED THAT AN ADDITION TO THE NEW FIRE STATION, STATION 2
BEHIND THE PGGLY WIGGLY, WOULD PROVIDE A GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE OF
4,200 AND TO ADD TO FIRE STATION STATION 1, LOCATED ON POWELL AVENUE,
WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 3,747 SQUARE FEET.
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HE ADDED THAT CITY ENGINEER POWELL IS TALKING WITH TWO DIFFERENT
FIRMS TO TRY TO OBTAIN A GRANT TO COVER 100% OF THE COST OR A PORTION
THEREOF.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO FIND OUT IF A
GRANT CAN BE OBTAINED BEFORE A DECISION CAN BE MADE.
CHIEF TEW STATED THAT THIS WAS PRESENTED FOR DISCUSSION ONLY, JUST TO
LET COUNCIL KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING. HE ADDED THAT A GRANT WAS
NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION OF STATION 2.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED HOW LONG WOULD IT BE BEFORE THEY KNOW WHETHER
THEY CAN RECEIVE A GRANT FOR THIS.
CHIEF TEW RESPONDED IN ABOUT 2 OR 3 DAYS. HE ADDED THAT HE SHOULD
HAVE AN ANSWER AT THE DECEMBER COUNCIL MEETING.
MAYOR OUDEH SUGGESTED THAT COUNCIL TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT
MEETING AT WHICH TIME THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
MAYOR PRO-TEM WOMBLE ASKED IF IT HAD BEEN DETERMINED WHETHER THEY
MUST HAVE FACILITIES FOR A 24 -HOUR STAFF.
FIRE CHIEF TEW RESPONDED THAT THERE ARE 27 PEOPLE, FOUR FULL -TIME AND
THE OTHER TWENTY -THREE ARE. VOLUNTEERS. HE STATED THAT OVER HALF OF
THE VOLUNTEERS WORK OUT OF TOWN. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THEY ARE
PROPOSING A FACILITY THAT WILL HOUSE 24 -HOUR PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH
THEY WILL NOT HAVE 24 -HOUR PEOPLE THERE. HE ADDED THAT THEY ARE
LOOKING AT ADDING PART -TIME EMPLOYEES WHO DO NOT RECEIVE INSURANCE
AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND WORKING THEM FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 6:00 A.M.
AND ALL DAY ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
HE FURTHER STATED THAT RIGHT NOW, THEIR RESPONSE TIME IS BETWEEN 8
AND 9 MINUTES FROM THE TIME THEY ARE DISPATCHED UNTIL THEY ARE ON THE
SCENE AND THEY WANT TO CUT THAT BACK TO 5 OR 6 MINUTES.
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DUNN -ERWIN RAILROAD PROPOSAL'
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT MR. CRAIG MARKS HAD REQUESTED TO BE
ADDED TO THE AGENDA CONCERNING THE DUNN -ERWIN RAILROAD PROPOSAL.
MR. AL SCHLEYER, REPRESENTING MR CRAIG MARKS, EXPRESSED APPRECIATION
TO COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING HIM TO ADDRESS THEM CONCERNING WHAT THEY
HOPE TO BE THE DUNN -ERWIN RAILROAD. HE STATED THAT CITY MANAGER
DEAN HAS PROVIDED COUNCIL WITH INFORMATION PACKETS WHICH INCLUDE
SEVERAL SLIDES THAT COUNCIL CAN REVIEW FOR MORE DETAILS.
MR. SCHLEYER STATED THAT TWO YEARS AGO, THE RAILROAD THAT RUNS
BETWEEN ERWIN AND DUNN WAS ABANDONED BY CSX IN HOPES THAT SOMEONE
WOULD RUN THE RAILROAD. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO
ENHANCE WHAT CSX HAS. HE ADDED THAT THIS IS NOT BEING PROPOSED BY
PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE; IT IS BEING PROPOSED BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE .PUT THEIR OWN PERSONAL FINANCES AND
RESOURCES AT STAKE.
MR. SCHLEYER STATED THAT THERE ARE SOME KEY POINTS THAT NEED TO BE
CONSIDERED. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE RIGHT -OF -WAY HAS COME UNDER
THE CONTROL OF THE RAILS TO TRAILS FOUNDATION, A NON - PROFIT GROUP
THAT TAKES OVER ABANDONED RAIL CORRIDORS WITH THE INTENDED PURPOSE
OF TURNING THEM INTO RECREATIONAL TRAIL FACILITIES, AND CONCURRENTLY
SAVING THE CORRIDOR FOR FUTURE RAIL USE.
HE STATED THAT MR. CAPEHART, WHO IS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE
FOUNDATION, HAS GIVEN A ONE -SIDED PICTURE OF' THE ADVANTAGES OF
HAVING THIS TRAIL AND HAVING THESE RAILS PICKED UP. HE FURTHER STATED
THAT MR. CAPEHART SAYS THE TRACKS WILL BE TAKEN UP BUT THE, RIGHT OF
WAY IS ALWAYS THERE IF YOU EVER NEED IT. HE ADDED THAT THERE ARE TWO
PROBLEMS WITH THAT; RIGHT N W TRACKS IN THE GROUND ARE
GRANDFATHERED IN, AND THE RAILROAD CAN STAY THERE AS LONG AS IT IS
MAINTAINED; BUT IF THE RAILROAD IS PICKED UP, IT MUST BE BUILT BACK TO
CURRENT CLASS I STANDARDS WHICH WOULD BE $1,000,000 PER MILE AND THIS
WOULD BE ULTIMATELY IMPOSSIBLE. HE ADDED THAT THE RAILS TO TRAILS
ORGANIZATION HAS LEFT THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WILL MAINTAIN THIS
FACILITY ONCE IT IS PUT IN AND THIS IS NOT CORRECT. HE STATED THAT THE
RAIL TO TRAILS GROUP DEPENDS ON AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL COME
OUT ON THE WEEKENDS AND RAKE AND USE PRIVATE BULLDOZERS WHEN IT
WASHES OUT TO GRADE IT. HE ADDED THAT IT IS A MAINTENANCE COST THAT
DEPENDS ON VOLUNTEER LABOR AND IN MANY COMMUNITIES, THAT HAS NOT
WORKED. HE FURTHER STATED THAT NOTHER THING RAILS TO TRAILS SAYS IS
THAT THEY WILL BE GLAD TO RETURN THE TRACKS AND THIS IS NOT TRUE.
MR. SCHLEYER STATED THAT OF THE I ,0000 MILES OF RIGHT- OF-WAY THAT HAS
BEEN DEEDED, ONLY ONE PART IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND HAS BEEN
RETURNED AND THAT WAS ONLY BE (AUSE IT WAS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
HE STATED THAT IF THE RAIL TR)
APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION DOLLA
SURFACING THAT THEY RECOMMEND.
ESTIMATED ON THE PROJECT HAPPEN
THE PRICE GOES UP AS THE TIME GOI
RECREATION DEPARTMENT WOULD BE
HAS BEEN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY ALONG
FROM PEOPLE.
IL PLAN IS ENDORSED, IT WILL COST
lS TO REMOVE TRACK AND PUT IN THE
HE FURTHER STATED THAT THIS PRICE IS
NG ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET, AND
S ON. HE ADDED THAT THE PARKS AND
THE ONES MAINTAINING IT; ALSO THERE
THESE TRAILS BECAUSE THEY ARE AWAY
MR. SCHLEYER STATED THAT IN CONTRAST TO THIS, MR. MARKS PROPOSES
BRINGING TAX REVENUE INTO THE COMMUNITY BY PAYING PROPERTY TAXES,
BRINGING BUSINESSES INTO THE AREA ADDING 30 NEW JOBS TO THE AREA AND
TRAINING OPERATIONS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR USING THE FACILITY. HE
FURTHER STATED THAT READY -MIX CONCRETE, A LOCAL COTTON GIN, GENERAL
UTILITY COMPANY, ALPHIN BROTHERS AND MCDONALD LUMBER HAS ALREADY
EXPRESSED INTEREST IN MAINTAINING OR GETTING BACK RAILROAD SERVICE
THAT THEY HAVE LOST BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER AND MORE EFFICIENT TO MOVE
THAT WAY.
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HE ADDED THAT HE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
POSTPONING RIPPING UP THE TRACKS BECAUSE THERE ARE TOURIST DOLLARS
THAT WOULD COME IN BY RUNNING A TOURIST OPERATION ON THE RAILROAD,
AND KEEPING THE TAX REVENUE DOWN. HE STATED THAT THE RAILROAD
WOULD BE FUNDED BY LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES, USING LOCAL CITIZENS
FOR TRAINING INSTRUCTORS.
HE FURTHER STATED THAT THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT THEY ASK FROM THE
COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE THAT COUNCIL RECONSIDER THE CONTRACT THAT
WAS MADE TO TURN THE PROPERTY OVER TO THE RAILS OF TRAILS
ORGANIZATION; AND SECONDLY THAT THE CABOOSE HERE IN TOWN BE
RESTORED TO.OPERATING USE. HE ADDED THAT THIS WILL BE FUNDED
THROUGH INDUSTRY DONATIONS AND DOES NOT DEPEND ON VOLUNTEER
LABOR
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED IF THE CITY HAD MADE ANY OBLIGATIONS TO
ANYONE.
CITY MANAGER DEAN RESPONDED NO, THAT ALL THE TRANSACTIONS HAVE
BEEN BETWEEN ABERDEEN AND ROCKFISH, AND THE CITY IS CURRENTLY IN THE
PROCESS OF HEARING BOTH SIDES.
MR SCHLEYER STATED THAT THEY WOULD ASK FOR ENDORSEMENT FROM THE
CITY BECAUSE THE LAWYERS ARE ALREADY MOVING IN BECAUSE THE RAILS TO
TRAILS ARE MAKING A CLAIM TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND THIS IS A VERY TIME
SENSITIVE ISSUE.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED WHAT OBLIGATION WOULD THE CITY HAVE TO THEM IF
THEY GO AHEAD AND ENDORSE IT.
MR SCHLEYER RESPONDED THAT THE CITY WOULD NEED TO WRITE A LETTER
STATING THAT THE CITY WANTS TO STOP THE DISMANTLING OF ANY OF THE
RIGHT OF WAYS.
COUNCILMEMBER TART ASKED IF SENATOR MORGAN WAS ONE OF THE LOCAL
OWNERS LISTED AND ASKED IF THIS HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF
ERWIN.
MR. SCHLEYER RESPONDED YES AND ADDED THAT MR. CRAIG MARKS IS IN
ERWIN TONIGHT PRESENTING THIS TO THEIR CITY COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE DID NOT THINK COUNCIL NEEDED TO
MAKE AN OBLIGATION TO EITHER ONE BEFORE IT IS DISCUSSED AND
DETERMINED AS TO WHAT THE CITIZENS WOULD PREFER.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE UNTIL
COUNCIL MAKES THEIR DECISION.
CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THE RAILROAD DOES NOT BELONG TO THE CITY.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED MR. SCHLEYER WHAT DOES THE LETTER OR SUPPORT
MEAN TO HIM.
MR. SCHLEYER RESPONDED THAT THE LETTER OF SUPPORT SHOULD STATE THAT
THE CITY OF DUNN REQUESTS THE RAILS OF TRAILS TO STOP WHAT THEY ARE
DOING UNTIL IT IS DETERMINED WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED WHAT GIVES THE CITY THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
MR. SCHLEYER RESPONDED THAT BECAUSE THE CITY HAS AN INTEREST IN THIS
AS FAR AS THE RAILROAD.
HE ADDED THAT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRAILS IS IT WILL ONLY SERVE
LIMITED USE; THERE IS HIGH MAINTENANCE AND NO INCOME POTENTIAL TO
SERVE THE COMMUNITY. HE STATED THAT ENDORSEMENTS FROM BOTH CITIES
WOULD CARRY A LOT OF WEIGHT BY SAYING THAT THE COMMUINITY HOPES TO
KEEP THIS RAILROAD.
INFORMATION
MAYOR OUDEH ADVISED COUNCIL THAT ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS WERE IN
THEIR AGENDA PACKETS FOR REVIEW.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE HAD A CITIZEN WHO WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE A COMMENT.
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SYVONNE SMITH STATED THAT SHE HAS A FIVE YEAR OLD SON WHO IS IN
KINDERGARTEN AT HARNETT PRIMARY SCHOOL. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT
THREE WEEKS AFTER SCHOOL OPENED, HER CHILD WAS DISCIPLINED BY THE
POLICE OFFICER AND IT WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE SCHOOL AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT FEEL THAT THE PUNISHMENT
GIVEN TO HER SON BY THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER WAS RIGHT. SHE
FURTHER STATED THAT HER CHILD WAS TOLD TO STAND WITH HIS HANDS OUT
BY HIS SIDE AND TOLD HIM NOT TO DROP THEM AND WAS TOLD TO LIE DOWN ON
HIS BACK AND TOUCH HIS TOES. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT SHE ASKED HER
SON IF IT HURT HIM AND HE SAID YES, AND STATED THAT HE CRIED.
MS. SMITH STATED THAT THE OFFICER TOOK HIM BACK TO THE CLASSROOM.
SHE FURTHER STATED THAT THE SCHOOL HAD CALLED HER HOME AND LEFT A
MESSAGE BUT SHE WAS AT WORK AT THE TIME. SHE ADDED THAT SOMEONE
FROM THE SCHOOL SAID THAT THE OFFICER HAD TALKED TO HER CHILD, NOT
THAT HE HAD MADE HIM DO THESE THINGS.
MS. SMITH STATED THAT AFTER THE INVESTIGATION, SHE WAS TOLD THAT
THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.
COUNCILMEMBER TART ASKED MS. SMITH IF THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT
HARNETT PRIMARY SCHOOL AND IF THE MATTER HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
MS. SMITH RESPONDED YES, BUT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DID NOT RETURN
HER CALLS OR RESPOND TO HER LETTER.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT HE FELT FOR MS. SMITH BUT HE THOUGHT
THE MATTER SHOULD GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN STATED THAT MS. SMITH'S ALLEGATION INVOLVES
THE POLICE OFFICER.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED MS. SMITH WHY WAS HER CHILD DISCIPLINED.
MS. SMITH RESPONDED THAT HER CHILD WAS ACTING UP IN CLASS AND THE
TEACHER SENT HIM INTO THE HALL.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED MS. SMITH IF SHE KNEW THE FINDINGS IN
THE INVESTIGATION.
MS. SMITH RESPONDED NO, ONLY THAT SHE WAS TOLD THERE WAS
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.
ATTORNEY GODWIN STATED THAT THE INVESTIGATION WAS NOT ALLOWED BY
LAW TO BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED MS. SMITH IF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
RESPONDED TO HER LETTER.
MS. SMITH RESPONDED YES.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED HOW DID THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GET INVOLVED WHEN
A CHILD IS IN THE HALL.
MS. SMITH RESPONDED SHE DID NOT KNOW. SHE ADDED THAT THE PRINCIPAL
TOLD HER THAT THE PROCEDURE WAS NOT RIGHT AND THAT THE CHILD SHOULD
HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO HER OFFICE AND IF HE WAS SO WILD THAT THEY COULD
NOT DO ANYTHING WITH HIM, THEN THEY GET THE OFFICER INVOLVED.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED POLICE CHIEF GODWIN TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
POLICE CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT HE ASSIGNED AN OFFICER TO INVESTIGATE
THE INCIDENT AND HE WAS COMPLETELY SATISFIED WITH THE INVESTIGATION.
HE FURTHER STATED THAT MS. SMITH IS CORRECT IN THAT HE DID SEND HER A
LETTER THAT THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT THIS
INCIDENT DID HAPPEN, AND BEYOND THAT HE COULD NOT SAY MUCH MORE DUE
TO PERSONNEL LAWS. HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD BE MORE THAN DELIGHTED
TO HAVE COUNCIL LOOK AT THE REPORT, BUT IT WAS A CRIMINAL VIOLATION
TO GIVE THAT REPORT TO -MS. SMITH OR TO ANYBODY ELSE OTHER THAN HIS
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISORS, CHIEF GODWIN, THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY
ATTORNEY.
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POLICE CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT HE HAD NOTHING TO WITHHOLD, AND
THAT HE RENDERED THE ONLY DECISION HE COULD GET FROM THE RESULTS OF
THE INVESTIGATION.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED IF THERE WERE WITNESSES TO THIS.
ATTORNEY GODWIN STATED THAT CHIEF GODWIN ONLY NEEDS TO SAY THAT
THIS IS A VERY DELICATE ISSUE AND WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED WITH AS TO
NOT VIOLATE THE PERSONNEL RECORDS LAW, BUT THAT IT IS OKAY TO SAY
THAT IT WAS INVESTIGATED AND THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO
DETERMINE THAT THERE WAS A WRONGDOING ON THE PART OF THE POLICE
OFFICER
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED ATTORNEY GODWIN IF THE POLICE
RESOURCE OFFICER SHOULD .PUNISH THE CHILD.
ATTORNEY GODWIN REPLIED NO, AND REFERRED THAT QUESTION TO THE CHIEF
TO ANSWER
CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, NO.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED WHY THE POLICE OFFICER WAS
DISCIPLINING THIS CHILD.
ATTORNEY GODWIN RESPONDED THAT THE EVIDENCE DID NOT SHOW THAT THE
INCIDENT HAPPENED.
MS. SMITH STATED THAT THE PRINCIPAL KNEW ABOUT THIS MAN DOING THESE
THINGS TO THE KIDS. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT THE PRINCIPAL TOLD HER
THAT SHE HAD ASKED HIM TO STOP AND SHE WAS NOT AWARE THAT HE WAS
STILL DOING THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED CHIEF GODWIN IF THE PRINCIPAL HAD TALKED
TO HIM ABOUT THIS HAPPENING BEFORE.
CHIEF GODWIN RESPONDED NO.
MAYOR OUDEH SUGGESTED THAT COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON MEET WITH THE
CHIEF OF POLICE AND MAKE A REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE HAD ALREADY MET WITH THE
CHIEF AND AFTER TALKING TO HIM, HE UNDERSTOOD THE LAW ON PERSONNEL.
HE ADDED THAT HE WAS NOT SATISFIED, BUT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. HE
ADDED THAT THIS WAS HIS GRANDSON AND HE HOPED THIS DID NOT HAPPEN
AGAIN.
CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING PERFECTLY
CLEAR. HE ADDED THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN THAT THE OFFICER DID
WHAT WAS ALLEGED THAT HE HAD DONE. HE STATED THAT WITH AN INCIDENT
INVOLVING A FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD, EVERYONE CAN BE REST- ASSURED THAT
THE INCIDENT WAS CLOSELY REVIEWED.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THREE VOLUNTEERS
FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO MEET WITH MR WILLIE SNEAD AND FIND OUT
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT COMMUNITY AND BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK
BEFORE COUNCIL AT THE NEXT MEETING.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT LAST SATURDAY WAS "MAKE A
DIFFERENCE DAY" AND THE CHAMBER HAD EIGHT OR NINE GROUPS, ALONG
WITH MS. NANCY CLIFTON WHO WERE OUT IN ALL AREAS OF TOWN CLEANING
UP. HE ADDED THAT THEY DID A SUPER JOB AND HE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION
TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN "MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY".
CLOSED SESSION
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN ADVISED COUNCIL THAT A MOTION WOULD BE
NECESSARY TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. HE RECOMMENDED THAT COUNCIL AUDIO RECORD
THE MINUTES OF THE CLOSED SESSION.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS
TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND TO AUDIO RECORD THE MINUTES AT 8:33 P.M. MOTION
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
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MAYOR OUDEH ADJOURNED THE CLOSED SESSION AT 8:37 P.M. AND
RECONVENED THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER TART, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE
TO ADOPT THE AUDIO TAPE OF THE CLOSED SESSION AS A GENERAL ACCOUNT
AND MINUTES OF THE CLOSED SESSION. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE FOLLOWING BURIAL RIGHTS WERE
EXECUTED:
1. MS. CASSIE LEE JONES & HER HEIRS, LOT 1, BLOCK 15, SPACE(S) i & 2, RESTHAVEN
CEMETERY.
2. MR. ROBERT C. BELL & HIS HEIRS, LOT 10, BLOCK 15, SPACE(S) 2, RESTHAVEN
CEMETERY.
3. JOE & CORA DYKES & THEIR HEIRS, LOT 12, BLOCK 13, SPACE(S) 1 -8, RESTHAVEN
CEMETERY.
4.. ELMOND & JEAN LEE & THEIR HEIRS, LOT 5, BLOCK 3, SPACE(S) 1,2,5 &6, MEMORIAL
CEMETERY.
5. MS. LINDA SMITH & HER HEIRS, LOT 19, BLOCK 13, SPACE(S) 2, RESTHAVEN
CEMETERY.
MAYOR OUDEH ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT 8:38 P.M.
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