03202003951
MINUTES
CITY OF DUNN
DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN HELD A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2003, AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WAS MAYOR ABRAHAM OUDEH, MAYOR PRO -TEM MICHAEL WOMBLE,
COUNCIILMEMBERS TOBY SUMNER, GEORGE ROBINSON, JOEY TART, DONNIE OLDS
AND PAUL BASS. ALSO PRESENT WAS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR RONNIE AUTRY,
HUMAN RESOURCES /SAFETY OFFICER MOSES GALLION, CITY ATTORNEY P.
TILGHMAN POPE AND CITY CLERK DEBRA WEST.
CITY MANAGER MICHAEL USKIEWICZ WAS ABSENT, OUT OF TOWN. PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR RONNIE AUTRY PRESIDED IN PLACE OF THE CITY MANAGER
INVOCATION
MAYOR OUDEH OPENED THE MEETING AT 7:02 P.M. AND ASKED MICHAEL WOMBLE TO
GIVE THE INVOCATION. AFTERWARDS, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS REPEATED.
MAYOR OUDEH CLOSED THE REGULAR MEETING AND OPENED PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:04
P.M.
PUBLIC HEARING
PROPOSED NEW ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
MR. AUTRY STATED THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT ORAL AND WRITTEN
COMMENTS WOULD BE HEARD AND RECEIVED CONCERNING THE NEWLY PROPOSED
MUNICIPAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. HE ADDED THAT MR. BOBBY BOWERS,
REDISTRICTING CONSULTANT, GAVE A SUMMARY AND EXPLAINED THE REDISTRICTING
PROCESS AT THE MARCH 6' COUNCIL MEETING.
MR. AUTRY STATED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS DULY ADVERTISED ON MARCH 11,
2003 AND MARCH 18, 2003.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC.
HEARING NONE, MAYOR OUDEH CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RECONVENED THE
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:05 P.M. r�
ITEM FOR DECISION
APPROVAL OF PROPOSED ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO
APPROVE THE NEWLY PROPOSED ELECTORAL DISTRICTS AS DRAWN. MOTION
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON
TOGO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER THE ATTORNEY - CLIENT PRIVH,EGE AT 7:05 P.M.
MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
CLOSED SESSION
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN DURING CLOSED SESSION. BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, THE
CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNED AT 7:13 P.M.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER OLDS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, TO
APPROVE THE MINUTES TAKEN BY ATTORNEY TILGHMAN POPE OF THE MARCH 20,
2003 CLOSED SESSION. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
MAYOR OUDEH RECONVENED THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:14 P.M.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED MR AUTRY ABOUT THE RECENT FLOODING AT
EDGERTON AND BROAD STREETS. HE ASKED MR AUTRY WHAT WAS CAUSING THE �l
BACK -UP PROBLEM ALONG THOSE AREAS AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REMEDY THE
SITUATION.
MR. AUTRY RESPONDED THAT EDGERTON IS ONE OF THE THREE TO FOUR AREAS OF
TOWN THAT FLOODS WHEN THE AREA RECEIVES A QUICK DOWN POUR IN EXCESS OF AN
INCH OR MORE WITHIN THIRTY MINUTES TO AN HOUR. :HE ADDED THAT THE PIPING
DOWN EDGERTON GOES INTO TYLER PARK THROUGH KIM'S BARBECUE, UNDER AUTO
ZONE AND HWY 421 INTO THE CHANNEL 'WHERE GABION ROCKS AND BASKETS HAVE
BEEN INSTALLED. HE FURTHER STATED STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE AND
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN A JUNIPER CREEK STUDY RECOMMENDING THE
INSTALLATION OF NEW PIPING AROUND AUTO ZONE, NEW PIPE UNDER CUMBERLAND.
THIS HAS NEVER BEEN FUNDED DUE TO THE COST OF THE PROJECT.
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MR. WOMBLE STATED THAT ONE BUILDING IN THIS AREA HAS FLOODED THREE TIMES
WITHIN THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT OTHER AREAS OF TOWN WERE ALSO FLOODED.
COUNCILMEMBER TART ASKED MR. AUTRY HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD THIS PROJECT
COST.
MR. AUTRY RESPONDED THAT THIS STUDY WAS DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND CITY
ENGINEER ED POWELL HAS BEEN CONTACTED TO SUBMIT THE PROJECTED COST FOR
THIS UPGRADE.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED WHAT WILL BE DONE ABOUT THE OTHER AREAS IN
TOWN THAT HAVE FLOODED.
MR. AUTRY RESPONDED THAT A STUDY HAS ALSO BEEN DONE ON THE AREA AROUND
MAGNOLIA AND POPE, AND THE FLOODING OF CARP, LAYTON AND KING. HE ADDED
THAT THIS AREA FLOWS INTO THE RAILROAD DITCH AND RUNS NORTH TO AN OPEN
DITCH. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THEY HAVE DONE SOME UPGRADES IN THIS AREA BY
INSTALLING A PIPE UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACK AND SOME MINOR EXCAVATION OF
DITCHES IN THE AREA.
MR. AUTRY STATED THAT THE SYSTEM CANNOT HANDLE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
IN THE SHORT PERIOD IT WAS RECEIVED.
MORE DISCUSSION WAS HELD CONCERNING THE FLOODING UNDER THE JOHNSON
STREET BRIDGE. IT WAS NOTED THAT BEAVERS ARE CREATING THIS PROBLEM AND THE
CITY RECENTLY WENT IN WITH JOHN BOATS TO BREAK DOWN MORE DAMS.
MAYOR OUDEH MENTIONED A SPEEDING PROBLEM ON FAYETTEVILLE STREET NEAR THE
DUNBAR AREA AND THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING UP SIGNS.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THEY NEED SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE
SEEN. HE ADDED THAT WHEN TRAFFIC IS PRIORITY OVER DRUGS, THEN THERE WILL BE
MORE OF A PROBLEM.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED TO MEET WITH MR. AUTRY AND MR. ROBINSON IN THE AREA OF
DUNBAR TO FIND A SOLUTION, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF CHILDREN THERE.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT INSTEAD OF COMMUNITY POLICING, TICKETS ARE
BEING WRITTEN ON CUMBERLAND AND BROAD STREETS TO AGITATE CITIZENS.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT DAY AFTER DAY, HE DOES NOT SEE THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. HE ADDED THAT HE WILL BRING THIS UP AT
THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
COUNCILMEMBER TART ASKED IF ANYONE HAS TALKED WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND
HIS OPINION WAS THAT THEY NEED TO DO THAT FIRST.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN TO THE POLICE CHIEF'S
OFFICE SEVERAL TIMES AND HIS PHONE CALLS WERE NOT RETURNED.
COUNCILMEMBER TART RECOMMENDED MR. ROBINSON GIVE THE CHIEF A CALL TO SET
UP AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE HIM. MAYOR OUDEH STATED HE WILL CALL THE CHIEF
AND MEET WITH HIM.
MORE DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON THE PRESENT DRUG ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE WITHIN
THE CITY AND HOW THE LAW OFFICIALS NEED TO HANDLE CM41NAL ACTIVITY AND
NOT JUST TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
MORE DISCUSSION WAS HELD ABOUT PICKING UP TREE DEBRIS.
WITH NO FURTHER 4TTA0"$ TO DISCUSS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 7:26 P.M
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