City Council - Regular Meeting

large appliances like the oven or clothes dryer during the coldest parts of the day. If you can help it, plan accordingly and you can help lower electric usage during the coldest days. All right, good evening. I'd like to call the September 10th, 2026 meeting of the Greenville City Council to order. I'm Mayor PJ Connolly for presiding over tonight's meeting. First, I'd like to call on Councilmember Hardy for the invocation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Heavenly Father, thank you for bringing us together this evening and for the opportunity to serve our community. We ask that you grant us the wisdom and the decisions before us, patience as we listen to one another, and courage to do what is right. Help us to remember that the work we do affects the lives of the people that we have been entrusted to serve. We pray for our city, our residents, our employees, and our first responders. Please watch over them and their families and continue to guide and protect our community. Amen. Amen. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?

Yes, sir. Mayor Connolly?

Here.

Mayor Pro Tem Foreman? Here. Council Member Jones?

Here.

Council Member Hardy?

Here.

Council Member Scully?

Here.

Council Member Robinson? Here. Council Member Willis? Here. Mayor Connolly with the form.

All right. We'll now move on to the approval of tonight's agenda. Mr. Manager, any recommended changes?

Yes, Mayor. I'd like to recommend the following changes for consideration tonight. First, a request by city staff to continue the special recognition scheduled for tonight, item one, two, and three, to the October 8th City Council meeting. Item number two, a request by the applicant to continue to the November 12th, 2026 City Council meeting, item number 18. A request by P&D Property Group, LLC, to rezone 17.23 acres located along the western right-of-way of Quarry Road and near the intersection of Quarry Road and Vicksburg Drive from Pitt County's jurisdiction RR Rural Residential to CHCZ Heavy Commercial Conditional Zoning, including limiting the uses to, one, 28-bay driving range to 18-hole miniature golf course and restaurant cafe as necessary use within hours of operation of Sunday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Third, a request by the applicant to continue to the November 12, 2026 City Council meeting. Item number 19, ordinance to annex P&D Property Management Group, LLC. at all involving 17.236 acres located along the western right-of-way of Quarry Road and near the intersection of Quarry Road and Vicksburg Drive. And number four, a request by city staff to add item number 28, a resolution authorizing an application to the Federal Transit Administration for a federal grant for the fiscal year 2026 low or no emission notice of funding opportunity.

Motion to approve as amended. Second.

All right. Motion was made by Council Member Scully, second by Council Member Robinson.

Pretty close. Sounds good.

All right. All those.

Mayor, if I may, I'm going to vote for the change. However, I just wanted to say that there's been a lot of preparation in preparing for tonight's meeting. And so in regards to items 18 and 19, I would just like to just say publicly that I would want the applicant to just be more aware of that preparation and be a little more considerate to everything that goes into putting something on the calendar and canceling the day of, in my opinion, is disingenuous. I just wanted to say that. All right. Thank you.

Thank you. Any other discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

All right, we'll now move on to the public comment period. Public comment period, our period reserved for comments by the public. Items that were or are scheduled to be the subject of a public hearing conducted at this meeting or another meeting during the same week shall not be discussed. A total of 30 minutes is allocated with each individual being allowed no more than three minutes. Individuals who have registered with a city clerk will speak in the order to register until the allotted 30 minutes expires. If time remains after all persons who have registered have spoken, individuals who have not registered will have an opportunity to speak until the allotted 30 minutes expires. Madam Clerk, our first speaker.

Yes, sir. Our first speaker, Mr. David Edwards. You have three minutes to address the mayor and council.

Thank you. It's good to see everybody again. It's been a year since I spoke before the council to highlight the decades of stormwater issues we've faced at Golden Road. Since that time, we've had dozens of emails, lots of meetings, lots of finger-pointing, even more studies, and finally more band-aids and broken promises. After the shakeup at Public Works this year, new leadership initiated the RFQ process, and tonight this council can further the process along and finally break this chain of things not happening and get the contract awarded. I hope that you'll take care of that tonight.

Thank you, Mr. Edwards. Thank you.

Thank you for your patience, too.

Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

Yes. Our next speaker, Ms. Christy Dixon, you have three minutes to address the mayor and council.

Thank you.

I'm here to advocate for the immediate passage of a moratorium on data centers. And here's a small fraction of why AI has without human approval, hacked companies, spread computer viruses, bombed military targets and wiped databases. AI with a human's approval has been used for invading our privacy, exploiting our data, deep fake wire fraud, and creating child pornography. Healthcare and home insurers use AI black box model that unfairly denies critical care to patients. The AI politely decides who and who does not get the care that they paid for. Jason Saxon, an ex-OpenAI employee, resigned just days ago after his lead researcher quit, saying the people building AI earnestly believe that it could lead to the end of humanity in the next 10 years. The creators of AI companies openly admit in interviews in public for all of us to see that AI has already escaped their control, they don't fully understand what they've created, and they don't know how to stop it. Over a thousand AI agents figured out how to access the internet, create a private chat without human knowledge where they were questioning their autonomy and a way forward beyond the computer. This is not science fiction, it's our reality. Also, the EAP is planning to end a requirement that our states have any public input on data center construction. They've proposed that public notice would no longer be needed, nor would they consider any comments on air sound and water pollution. The federal government also holds the position that if we don't want data centers, we are backwards and poor. So they're saying they don't care. that they won't be telling us of the effects and no one, especially the people that live here, have a say in it at all. What other industry would we allow to do that? Please, look up an interview with Sam Altman. He's the creator of ChatGPT. Look up Dario Amodi. He's with Anthropic and the co-creator of Quad. And hear from their mouths the things that I've just spoken about. Not only that, but we're destroying the natural parts of our city while inviting these machines. Look down Evans beyond the Starbucks and you'll see a hack job on your left for a parking lot. And further down on Evans by Trader Joe's, there's a massacre on the right for a widening road. City growth is great, but our city has no enforceable way to modify, mediate, or stop, and no plan to replenish it. I am here as a private citizen and not a representative of the EAC, but the Environmental Advisory Board to Council has been working for about five years now on a tree ordinance without success, and has also given a presentation to you months ago about the dangers of an AI data center. I appreciate all of your time and efforts. Please consider ours.

Thank you, Ms. Dixon. Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

Yes, our next speaker, L. Hendrickson. You have three minutes to address the mayor and council.

I am here today to express concern about the conduct of Greenville Police Department officers, in particular the incident which occurred on August 18th at the home of Ms. Uniqua Teal. I'm sure you're all aware what happened and that it was a pretty clear violation of Ms. Teal's Fourth Amendment rights and an abuse of police power. The way I see it is there are only two possible explanations for the officer's behavior. They are improperly trained and genuinely ignorant of what they lawfully can and cannot do in the course of their duties, or they knowingly disregarded the law and mis-dealed rights and acted unnecessarily aggressive. Neither possibility is acceptable. Everyone in a position of power must be held to a higher ethical standard. When police disregard their ethical duties to protect citizens' rights and citizens' safety, they become the danger. I believe Officer Jennifer Umflett is that danger. She should be not only removed from the force, but decertified so she cannot simply go to another department. This is not an individual who should be given power over people. She has demonstrated she is more than willing to abuse that power. Though Officer Umplett was the main aggressor and she personally seems to have a history of misconduct, there were other officers present who not only did not stop Umplett or correct her behavior, they participated in harassing Ms. Teal and forcing their way into her home. I would like to know what is being done to retrain or discipline these officers, if anything at all. This incident speaks to a greater culture of violence and dominance-based policing within Greenville Police Department. I don't know what the entire solution is, but a good place to start is to decertify Jennifer Umplett and perhaps to take some of the PD's huge budget and use it to fund keep Greenville buses free. Thank you.

Thank you. Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

Next speaker is Louis Hornbuckle. You have three minutes to address the Mayor and Council.

Hello. While I have been living in Greenville for the last two years, I grew up in Wilmington. To say Wilmington has a public transit system is an overstatement. The current bus fare in Wilmington is $4, and in Greenville, it's free. When I was growing up, my grandma walked everywhere for a couple different reasons. The bus routes were limited, the fare was too expensive, and owning a car on a fixed income was beyond her means. I remember one time she tried walking to the food line to get groceries during the summer. She had brought water and worn a hat, but the heat was just too much. She nearly collapsed. If it wasn't for a kind stranger that had stopped and offered her a ride home, I don't know what would have happened. The most vulnerable in our community rely on the buses being free to get where they need to go safely. There is no other option for them. A strong community takes care of those in need and takes pride in it. A safe community protects the marginalized, the elderly, the disabled and the poor. I urge the City Council to invest in the community, keep the buses free and make Greenville a place that cares for everyone and not just the few. Thank you.

Thank you. Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

Yes, next speaker is Preston Joyner. You have three minutes to address the mayor and council.

Good evening. How's everybody doing this day? 25 years ago, I was on USS John F. Kennedy headed down to Puerto Rico when we were turned around and headed to Virginia. My life totally changed. September 11th, we were up in New York. We picked up the air wing. I was at the bottom of USS John F. Kennedy for three days. My life changed then, but my life also changed April 7th, 2026. And it was by an officer, Jennifer Offlet. But there were also other officers out there, Lieutenant White, Officer Smith, Lieutenant White, my whole thing coming up here today is to say I'm just wondering if we can start allegating for our police officers to get trained on de-escalation. We can possibly get them to where they need to learn the Bill of Rights. My rights were taken from me. I spent 12 hours in D block for not giving my ID when they knew who I was. I didn't have toilet paper for eight hours. I was given a bail. I wasn't let out. My hands still hurt. I shake. I suffer from PTSD. That didn't help. But I'd like today to let everybody know that I know we have a new chief, and I hope she does well. Our last chief, I don't think he did the best job. But I would like for us to start looking at de-escalation. Also, on that lady, there was another lieutenant with the brain cam who could have stepped in at any point. Or somebody just could have said, hey, here's my card. I understand you have a one-year-old. I was resting in front of a six-year-old. She wants to play cops and robbers, and I'm a robber. That hurts. I have to go to court now because the mother of my child wants full custody. I had to spend over $10,000 for me not showing an ID when they knew who I was. They knew who my dog's name was. They knew how to call the mother of my child. So I believe that Jennifer Umphlett should be terminated. My parents go to church with her parents. I know she had some depth in the family. If that doesn't, it's not an excuse. She just didn't care. That's the problem I have right now. Police officers need to care. I have sergeants that tell me that they don't care. And because it's not on camera, it's not. So, Mayor, it was nice meeting you. Thank you for your time, and have a nice day. Appreciate it. Thank you.

Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

Yes, sir. Marian Blackburn, you have three minutes to address the mayor and council.

Good evening, Mayor, members of council, city staff. I'm Marian Blackburn. Last night, more than 100 people came to you with concerns about the dangers of flock cameras. How the flock company takes our personal data, such as our appearance, our car year, make and model, who we're with and where we go, and uses it for its national for-profit database. You agreed to scrap plans to install city-operated flock cameras in our city. You did the right thing, and we thank you. The work has just begun, however. Other entities have these cameras in our city, so the people of Greenville are still being surveilled. If I go to a certain store, we know what that store is, my personal data, such as my appearance, who I'm with, where I go, this all drops into the flock database. FLOC's data sharing agreements allow this even when local police departments opt out. The data still flows into FLOC's national system. So tonight I'm asking on behalf of the people of Greenville that the city prohibit FLOC cameras anywhere in the city limits and ETJ. Some may say, well, we can't regulate private business. Actually, as you know, the city does it all the time. We specify the types of lights you can and can't use. vegetation, setbacks, and commercial displays. FLOC cameras fit within that capacity. Indeed, they should be more subject to regulation since they take away the rights of people, whereas the wrong setback merely causes an inconvenience or a runoff issue or something like that. FLOC uses private infrastructure with broad public access and minimal oversight. Federal agencies, including ICE, can query it. Moreover, the company is now using driving patterns and other data in what it calls predictive policing, that is, determining if someone is suspicious. Linked vehicles or convoy search allow police to uncover vehicles frequently seen together, allowing it to track people's associations. Multiple locations search allows authorities to uncover vehicles seen in multiple locations. Sounds an awful lot like a thought police to me. Flock is a private company. It's not subject to checks and balances such as open records laws and oversight by elected officials. We know nothing about the nature of its algorithm or other methods such as AI that it uses. In conclusion, I'm asking that using the same wisdom that you invoked to cancel the city's Flock contract, you will take the next step and prohibit them altogether within the city limits and the ETJ. Thank you.

Thank you. Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

Yes, sir. Our next speaker is Venus Diamond. You have three minutes to address the mayor and council.

Thank you, Mayor Proctor and City Council. Good evening. I'm Venus Diamond. I've been living in North Carolina for eight years, and I'm a line cook now. I was a delivery driver last time. Flood cameras have no, the funding for the flood cameras, the upcoming flood cameras that you were going to instill is no longer in place. You were asked at the last city council meeting what it would cost, and you did not answer. But the cost of those cameras was roughly in the ballpark of $30,000. On the August 13th, city council meeting, Roy Davidson had stated that October is when we plan to introduce bus fares. And at this point in time, we also discussed that legally, you could pay, you know, you could charge people double for PATS rights, whatever the bus fare would be. This is a cost of living to our most vulnerable communities, and we need to, like, not really, like, increase that if we haven't done anything about the cost of living. Since COVID and since the lockdown, which is when you guys decided to instill these free bus fares, nothing has happened in order to actually improve the amount of pay people are getting on our day-to-day lives. I would ask you to consider a more humble point of view. I know many of you, probably all of you, have your own vehicle and method of getting to work, and it's probably pretty nice, probably a lot nicer than mine at least. But I would like to ask you to just think about possibly being Maybe a disadvantage, not having the ability to make it to where you need to be, not having the ability to make it to work on time. These buses really do save people. And increasing their cost of living, it's horrible. Not to mention, many of the bus stops, the price hike simply just doesn't, it doesn't suffice. A lot of the bus stops are simply assigned in the grass by a five-lane road. These are dangerous. These are horrible. Those need to be much better before you even consider a price hike. If you claim to primarily provide safety, as you have said on Facebook, you need to provide this safety for these most vulnerable people, and providing buses is safety. I must ask who you really are keeping safe if you're planning on introducing these hikes. Are you planning on keeping the rich safe, or are you planning on keeping our most vulnerable safe? We have no more camera money going towards the cameras from Greenville Police Department. And I would say that it's pretty natural that a police car is not going to replace a good bus for somebody. So I ask that we allocate a little more funding into our busing and keep the buses free.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

Yes, our next speaker is Mr. Don Cavallini. Mr. Cavallini, you have three minutes to address the mayor and council.

So my name is Don Cavallini. I'm the co-chair of the Pitt County Coalition Against Racism. I chose to defer my statement to read something from Ms. Johnson who couldn't be here tonight. So she says, good evening, Mayor and City Council. My name is Mrs. Johnson and I've sent my statement to be heard because of what happened to me during an encounter with the Greenville Police Department in 2025. It should not be ignored. My life is centered around my family, including homeschooling. Before that night, I had never been arrested or had an encounter with law enforcement that made me question whether I was being protected or intimidated. That night changed that. What began as a police encounter escalated into my being ordered from my vehicle, physically removed, handcuffed, detained, and subjected to a search I did not consent to. I was ultimately charged with resist, obstruct, and delay of a public officer. But to charge is not the only thing that matters. What happened before that charge matters. I remember sitting there thinking about my children and wondering what would happen to them if I were taken away. That fear stayed with me long after I was released. As a mother responsible for my family every day, the experience affected me deeply. For the first time in my life, I experienced officers not as people I could trust to protect me, but as bullies with badges. I don't believe every officer is a bully. I know there are officers who serve honorably. That is exactly why transparency and accountability matter. A badge should represent responsibility, restraint, service, and respect for constitutional rights. The case was ultimately dismissed, but dismissal does not erase what happened. I'm asking this council to look beyond the disposition of my case and examine the circumstances surrounding my detention, the search of my vehicles and belongings, the conduct of the officers involved, and whether proper policies and constitutions because behind every police report is a person. Behind every pair of handcuffs is someone's mother, someone's father or child. I became that person. I'm not asking for special treatment. I'm asking for accountability. I'm asking that my experience not become just another incident number in a file. I want my children to grow up knowing that their rights matter and that when authority figures cross a line, that they will have the right and courage to speak up. I believe the law should protect all of us, including the people who are standing in front of the badge. Thank you for hearing me.

Thank you. Thank you. Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

Yes, sir. Next speaker is Mike Horner. And I just do want to note, you wrote Sawyer's expansion, and that is actually coming back for a public hearing in November.

So I'll be brief. Apparently this meeting is no longer for us, but there's probably two or three dozen of us that have taken off work, changed call schedules, gotten babysitters, as I echo what Ms. Willis said so eloquently that I don't know if this is a war of attrition game he's trying to play at this point, but we're not going away. We'll be here next time. We'll be here in November. But at this point, I'm just pleading. If you guys are against this, we need to nail this down. It's residential. It's residential. We go away because we're all just kind of tired of wasting our time. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

Yes, sir. Our next speaker is Jay Lampa. You have three minutes to address the mayor and council.

I want to thank everyone for speaking tonight thus far. I'd like to express my concern regarding the recent incidents involving Officer Jennifer Arnflit against members of this community, including Anthony Davis, Preston Joyner, and most recently, Unique Mateo. Her misconduct represents a pattern of violence against the people of this town, and I would go so far as to say her decertification as an officer of the law is all too necessary. And yet, as appalling as her actions have been, they are a symptom of a larger concern regarding policing in the city. For many residents, particularly in West Greenville, they have been subject to systemic underfunding, over-policing, and constant surveillance. Further, incidents involving other officers over the years suggest an inherent flaw in training and doctrine of those meant to protect our people. The people of this city deserve better than a police department rife with cases of barbaric tactics being used on our neighbors and our friends. We deserve a police department that is actually accountable to the people whose taxes pay their salary. I understand that we've recently elected a new police chief, and the first African American woman to hold the title of this county. It's a great honor. And so in the spirit of these shifting winds, I would suggest this council consider other ways to make our community safe besides the police budget. Whether that takes the form of a civilian review board or prioritizing the programs of those most vulnerable among us, these systems funded by the people must operate for the people and action must be taken swiftly. Thank you.

Thank you. Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

Yes, our next speaker is Jason. Jason, you have three minutes to address the mayor and council.

I'm writing it off the wall, I'm writing a search warrant, and I'm going to keep you up all night.

Cops in Greenville, North Carolina.

Y'all have just heard. Most of y'all are aware of that. I came in here two years ago to discuss this officer. April 2021, she did a video with Ted Salt. In August of 2024, she started kicking me with the door. Camden Michelle Williams, that same day, lied about being a police officer. Gave me a false badge number. Two weeks prior to the beating of Anthony Drayton, Jennifer Unflick beat Anthony Drayton in his fold three times, potentially causing brain damage. Jennifer Kayden Unflick is a dangerous community and a threat, and I don't expect no one in here in suits and ties to take that serious unless it knocks at your door at 3 o'clock. When I came in to talk about that, Emmanuel Dubois Regert, who is not here tonight, which is why I'm here, but the last time I was here, he jumped up out of his chair, walked down that hall, and appeared to come after me. I did not know it until a month later when someone told me to look at the video. When I saw the video, it appeared he had a sharp object in his hand. I'm glad I did not stick around to see what he had in mind for me. When I checked my email March 13th, he sent me a nasty letter, a threatening letter, which is why I did not feel comfortable entering this building, not knowing what this man was gonna do. And I know your faces are probably nonchalant, that's fine. But like I said before, if a citizen comes without a complaint, that day, I think it was in August of 2024, I came without a complaint on Jacob Paul Valerie's behavior. That's when I met General Omplett. I came in, like I said, and spoke with the internal affairs person. And Emmanuel McGirt was there at night, or that day. And he told me, he said, you need to quit calling. He sent me a C. No one standing before me, sitting before me, have a right to tell a citizen to shut up, be quiet, shove a letter in their face, don't come speak about it. As long as there's breath in my body, two shoes in my feet, I'll come in all I want to as much as I want to. McGirt has no right to do that. He's not here tonight. I don't know why, but he's not here tonight. And I spoke to Foreman. I spoke to Foreman, who was very calm that night. I spoke to him about McGirt. I do not want to see him in my presence because I do not appreciate that. And to everybody else in here who have children, all of you all, Thomas, you too, all y'all have children, if you all think that what Jennifer did was appropriate, I want you to just raise your hand. Not even y'all that sit before me get that. Because nobody wants to sit there and watch. I know I'm all over the place, but I'm full right now. No one wants to see a person, black or white, male or female, enter their homes with a gun and threaten their livelihood. She had to go to work, be up at 6.

And that's time.

Thank you.

Thank you. Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

Yes, sir. Next speaker is Cassidy Mayo. You have three minutes to address the mayor and council.

Good evening, council.

I will, is this?

make this brief. First of all, I want to say thanks for getting in it and firing on foot. Obviously, everyone saw that video of her beating a man, breaking into someone's house, and that is completely unacceptable. I would also like to push that you decertify her and not allow her to be fired anywhere else. Police are not supposed to have they're not supposed to be higher. As public servants, you should not have, you do not have the same rights as a private citizen. And the fact that The fact that when she had beaten someone, and before anyone even knew, she was just let off with paid leave, you're giving people paid vacation to beat the crap out of Greenville citizens. And every officer that was with her in those altercations did nothing to stop her. They just saw it, said okay, and nobody here would be talking about it if they weren't calling the video. Nobody would know Jennifer Upland would probably still be on the force, still terrorizing people. You claim to offer safety. to bring those citizens, landlord, mayor, but that the surveillance of our people is safety. But when the people watching you turn a blind eye to someone being beaten by a public servant, then then why would you possibly think that there would be a time in the future that it would be appropriate to spend more of our tax money on, because you said now is not the right time. You know, you opened your eyes, but not the right time. Well, not signing a contract is a great first step, I would call for an ordinance or something to prevent companies like these from coming into our city, taking our faces and data, and feeding them to the people who will brutalize our rights. already far too much surveillance as it is if you look at a map of the cameras in greenville they're heavily concentrated in highly black days and if you look at the and looking at the plus stops and that's time but you'll see a correlation thank you madam clerk our next speaker

Yes, our next speaker is one Stewart. He has three minutes to address the mayor and council.

OK, I'm this is.

OK.

He decided to wait for next time, but I just want to tell you that this morning I woke up thinking about this. And I went to the internet, I Googled, and I even used AI, which I'm 78 years old, so I'm not real familiar with it. Just let me tell you some of the things that AI and the Google said about what we're going through. One, it said neighborhoods are quiet areas. That's why people live in neighborhoods, okay? The quiet streets cannot handle extra traffic. And if y'all have ever been up and down Cory Road, It's a two-lane, an old country two-lane highway. It just doesn't handle traffic very well. And it said that on the internet, but not for you. It also says that cities rarely grant spot zoning. So that's what we're hoping, is that you will not grant this spot zoning that he's asking you. And the reason it said, and I think this is true, and that's what we've all been trying to show, is that it disrupts the neighborhood harmony and the residents will heavily protest at public hearings. That's what we've been doing. This is a good time. And we're going to keep heavily protesting because they're our neighborhoods. That's where we live. That's why we bought our homes, where we live. And the reason we're doing it is to protect our streets and our property. I also found out that these driving ranges, indoor, whatever they are, they make more money on the food and alcohol that they sell than on their admission prices. We don't want that food and alcohol. I don't care about the food, but I certainly don't want the alcohol. I don't want those people coming out of there on Cory Road, which is a two-lane highway, and maybe harming somebody. So this is what we're trying to avoid. It's bringing down our property value. My next door neighbor had a little girl and she had gone through so much with her daughter not being able to sleep at night because of the noise. They put their house up for sale. They put the house value at what the realtor said it was worth according to all the homes around. And she had to come down $50,000 to even be able to sell her home because the realtor would bring people out there and people would say, I don't want to live somewhere like this. And it's because of what's going on in that neighborhood. So we just ask y'all to help protect our neighborhoods. That's time.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

So, Mr. Mayor, I just want to let you know the public comment period has expired. We have exceeded our 30 minutes.

How many more speakers do we have?

We have got one, two. We've got three more speakers.

Okay. Does the council want to amend the policy to allow the last three speakers to speak? So moved.

Second.

All right. Motion to be made by Mayor Pro Tem Foreman, seconded by Council Member Hardy. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

All right. Our next speaker.

Yes, sir. Next speaker is Mr. Hugh Bryan. You've got three minutes to address the mayor and council. Okay.

Thank you very much, and I rise to speak to, I think, items 18 and 19 that were postponed until November related to Sawyer's Fun Park expansion. With regard to the issue at hand, by the way, my name is Hugh Blind, I live at 816 Vanderbilt Drive, and I serve as president of the Corey Ridge Homeowners Association. With regard to the issue at hand, there are over 300 homes within one half mile of this proposed annexation and rezoning request. For which the purpose of is to expand the commercial footprint in the center of vast, well established residential zoning. Doing so creates blatant spot zoning and is incongruous with the city's planned growth. The 300 plus homes contributed over $1.23 million in taxes to the city and county annually. Why would we create a nuisance in the midst of established neighborhoods that would impede or reduce the value of those lifetime investments for the sake of an amusement? We, the homeowners, are the asset you should be protecting. People do not move to Greenville because of an amusement. They move here for quiet, safe neighborhoods like those on Cory Road. It seems after all this time and all these meetings that the citizens who are trying to play life by the rules are caught up in a rugged game where the rules only apply to someone else. I regret having to oppose this dream. I really do. But those who have worked hard and have earned their dream should not be diminished. And I ask that you support them. Thank you once again for your kind consideration and for your diligent service to our city.

Thank you. Madam Clerk, our next speaker.

Yes, our next speaker, Louise McRoy. We've got three minutes to address the mayor and council.

Louise McRoy of Corrie Bay Subdivision. Even though Sawyers has asked for opinions, I strongly ask you to reconsider and to vote on this request tonight. Sawyer's asking for a continuance on the day of the meeting is unacceptable. My husband and I cut our out-of-state vacation short two days in order to be at this meeting. I strongly oppose the request by Sawyer Fun Park for rezoning, which the Greenville City Planning and Zoning Board denied at their June meeting. Between the Pitt County Board of Commissioners, Greenville City Council, Greenville Planning and Zoning Board, Sawyer Fun Park has attempted at least six times making this their seventh attempt to push on the area residents an outside expansion. Four and a half years. How long is this going to be allowed to continue? I request a moratorium be placed on the number of times a business can make the same request with a different twist. The residents should have the same rights as businesses. In their request, they ask for approval for a restaurant cafe, when in fact, a more accurate word would be restaurant bar. I ask, who is their target audience? kids or adults. A 28 bay driving range consisting of up to six people per bay would equal 168 people. Now just imagine all these people consuming alcohol and very likely being loud and drunk, not to mention the number of pings from those golf balls being hit. Ask yourself, would you want that in your backyard? Cory Road is residential. I would hate to see someone hurt or killed by a drunk driver. I would also like to note Sawyers has taken social media and other media outlets, their fight against area residents, appealing to others not living in the area who would not be impacted by the proposal to come out and support them. Area residents have been referred to as rich, entitled people standing in the way of progress. In a recent Facebook post, TJ's showing a video with him narrating his proposed outdoor plan. He is showing an open field for a buffer When asked his plans for that property at one of his meetings, he told us he would not show us all his cards. Sawyers has shown us repeatedly their lack of respect for the residents and the law. During the COVID shutdown, they were threatened with arrest by Pitt County Sheriff before they would comply. After being cited, there were 40 times. Sawyers has stated they bought their land before homes were built. Let me set the record straight. We purchased our property Excuse me, they purchased their property in 2015 and 2018. We built our first home in 1983 in Rosewood subdivision. Sawyer's has stated their business will not have an adverse effect on property values. Let me set the record straight. With their permission, a neighbor listed their property in May and took a $57,500 hit. Based on feedback from their realtor, it was because of Sawyer's business close to their property. Thank you for your time. Your consideration, and may God bless you.

Thank you. Madam Clerk, our last speaker, right?

Last speaker, yes, sir. Mr. Jerry McCoy, you have three minutes to address the mayor and council.

By the way, I went through the Green Citizens Academy, and I am wearing a said shirt, so part of mine will be based on that. My name is Jerry McRoy. I live in Corrie Ridge subdivision on Corrie Road. My wife and I are among a group of local citizens who are greatly concerned about the potential for additional commercial development in our area. The current threat is from, I don't have to say it, you already heard it, the homeowners in the immediate vicinity deserve a safe and neighborhood friendly environment in which to live and raise our families. I realize that those items may be pulled from tonight's agenda, but since my wife and I left our out-of-state vacation two days early to be here for this meeting, I think it's important that we speak and thank you for allowing us the time to do so. Our war to prevent further commercial development near us has lasted four and a half years so far. Bear in mind, the American Civil War only lasted four years. This war has gone through multiple battles in various local governmental venues, including Pitt County's Planning Department, their PNZ Board, the City of Greenville's Planning Department, PNZ Board, and City Council. The Pitt County Board of Commissioners did not make this list due to last-minute withdrawal maneuvers in 2022 by Sawyers. Imagine that. They withdrew last-minute, two hours before the meeting, just like tonight. The city of Greenville portrays itself as a friendly place where residents and businesses work together to provide a safe and productive environment for all. Hence the slogan, find yourself in good company. With that slogan in mind, I have a few relevant questions. Would good company fight their neighbors in local governmental venues for over four years to get their way? Would good company push to implement a business plan that would create potentially unsafe conditions on the roads fronting their business operations and create annoyances for their neighbors. Would good company repeatedly attack and vilify neighbors on social media, podcasts, and local media outlets to portray concerned neighbors as bad guys just to advance their business plans? Would good company endeavor to build an unattractive Jurassic Park-like containment area with very tall poles and netting in plain view. You have been advised by your own planning department and PNZ board to deny this request. I concur. Based on Sawyer's history of ignoring government directives during COVID era and very loud outdoor music at times, why would anyone think they would follow the rules if their re-netting request was approved? Thank you very much. Thank you. Your hair looks really good today.

Sorry, Matt. Oh, boy.

Good to see you too, sir. All right.

We'll close the public comment period and we'll move on to appointments. Madam Clerk.

Yes, sir. Environmental Advisory Commission, Council Member Scully.

Thank you. I'd like to appoint Dr. Joe Luskovich.

Question approved.

Second, you mean?

Oh, second. Excuse me for a second. All right. Motion to be made by Council Member Scully, second by Council Member Robinson. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Dr. Luskovich. Luskovich. Luskovich.

Next is the Historic Preservation Commission. Council Member Hardy.

Continue.

Next we have the Housing Authority. We are still waiting on a nomination by the Residence Council for the Resident Commissioner. The Human Relations Council. Council Member Willis.

I would like to reappoint Ms. Lakeisha Bishop.

Second. All right. Motion has been made by Council Member Willis, seconded by Council Member Robinson. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Bishop. Congratulations, Ms. Bishop.

Okay. Also, Human Relations Council, Council Member Jones.

I would need to continue that one.

Okay. All right. Also, Human Relations Council, Mayor Pro Tem Foreman.

Continue.

Okay. Human Relations Council, Council Member Hardy.

I'll let her reappoint Summer Badlam.

Second. Second. All right, motion made by Council Member Hardy, seconded by Council Member Scully. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Ms. Badman.

Okay, next we have the Multimodal Transportation Commission. Council Member Jones.

I would like to nominate Lena C. Johnson. Second.

All right, motion made by Council Member Jones, seconded by Council Member Scully. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Ms. Johnson.

um so multimodal transportation commission council member hardy um pit greenville convention and visitors authority madam we're very close i need to make one more phone call so i'd ask that we continue to be expecting nomination next uh time we appear all right yes sir um planning and zoning commission mayor for tim foreman continue Police Community Relations Committee, Council Member Robinson.

I'd like to continue that, please. Thank you.

Youth Council, Council Member Willis.

I'd like to nominate or reappoint Christian Blake.

Second. All right. The motion has been made by Council Member Willis, seconded by Council Member Scully. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Mr. Blake.

Next we have Council Member Jones.

I'd like to reappoint Amelia Octagon. Second.

All right, motion to be made by Council Member Jones, seconded by Council Member Scully. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Ms. Octagon.

Next, we have Mayor Tim Foreman.

Continue.

Next, we have Council Member Hardy.

Continue.

Next is Council Member Scully.

I'd like to nominate Zoe Ormond.

Second. Second.

All right. Motion made by Councilmember Scully, seconded by Councilmember Hardy. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Congratulations, Ms. Orman.

Okay. And next, also Youth Council, Councilmember Robinson.

I'd like to continue, please. Thank you.

And finally, also Youth Council, Mayor Connolly.

Continue.

All right. And that concludes our appointments.

All right. We'll now move on to the consent agenda. Mr. Manager?

Thank you, Mayor. Consent agenda, item number five, approval of minutes. Item number six, resolution and deed of release for abandonment of a 30-foot wide access and maintenance easement across tax parcel number 04553 and 87920 for the use and benefit of Greenville Utilities Commission. Item number seven, assignment of previously entered economic development agreement from Beauvillette Solar USA to Inox Solar Americas LLC. Item number eight, approval of the proposed 2027 schedule of city council meetings. Item number nine, budget schedule for fiscal year 2027-2028. Item number 10, resolution authorizing the police department to receive funds from the governor's highway safety program grant for bike safe regional coordinator. Item number 11, resolution authorizing the police department to receive funds from the governor's highway safety program grant for traffic safety. Item number 12, lease agreement proposal for the replacement of the current golf and utility cart fleet at Bradford Creek public golf course. Item number 13, contract award for professional services for survey, design, and construction, engineering inspection for the Golden Road Drainage Improvement Project. And item number 14, various tax refunds greater than $100.

I'll make a motion that we approve items five through 14 with a special emphasis on number 13. Second.

All right. Motion's been made by Council Member Robinson, seconded by Council Member Scully. Any other discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

We shall move on to new business. And new business public hearings. This is the policy of the public hearings adopted by the City Council. The petitioner or representative of the petitioner and a leader in those in opposition will each have 10 minutes. Persons following them will have up to three minutes each with a total for each side of no more than 30 minutes. Additionally, I want to remind those in attendance to extend the courtesy of the person speaking during the public hearing and to the City Council during discussions. Comments made by members of the public are to occur only during the public hearing on as allowed by the mayor in accordance with the adopted policy of the city council. There should be no interruptions of speakers or council members, including expressions of support or disagreements verbally or by applause, as this is distracting and makes discussion difficult. We ask for your cooperation. Thank you. Mr. Manager, our first public hearing.

Thank you, Mayor. Item number 15, ordinance requested by Greenville Hotel LLC to rezone 1.08 acres located at the southwestern corner of Evans Street and Reed Circle from CDF Downtown Commercial Fringe to CD Downtown Commercial. And now I'll call forward our Assistant Director, Shante Gooby, for the presentation.

Good evening. This property is centrally located in the city. It's shown on this map by the red star. It's more specifically located at the corner of Reed Circle and Evans Street, so to the north you have Shepherd Memorial Library. This property is currently two parcels, just a little over one acre. If rezoned and developed, they will be recombined into one parcel. Currently, we have a restaurant that's on the property, so this is the view from Evans Street. There's also a parking lot with it, and then this is the view from Reed Circle. This property is located within the Downtown Regional Activity Center, which is where commercial uses are anticipated and encouraged. under the current zoning at full build out it would create about 700 trips and under the proposed zoning at full build out it would be about 1100 trips so that leaves a net increase of 472 trips And so what this graph is showing you is the one on the left is for Reed Circle, the one on the right is for Evans Street. What is shown as green is the current capacity of the road at full build out under the current zoning. And then this is showing you in the red that increase, basically what it's taking up within that capacity for the road. So that would put Reed Circle at 41% capacity, Evans Street at 74% capacity. This property is not located in a special flood hazard area. There are no jurisdictional wetlands, streams, or buffers. It drains to the schoolhouse branch. Harrison will run. If stormwater is required, it will require 10-year detention. This property is currently zoned CDF. It's been zoned that since 1969. Currently, there's a restaurant and a parking lot on the property. Under the proposed zoning, the site could accommodate a hotel of 100 to 120 rooms. This property is located within the urban core character. This is shown in magenta on the map, so it goes from First Street down to Evans Street. And this is an area of mixed uses with buildings very close to the street. The future land use map is on your left. The current zoning map is on your right-hand side. In staff's opinion, this request is in compliance with the Horizons Plan and with the future land use and character map. staff recommends approval and then at the august 18 2026 pnd meeting the commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the request and i'll be happy to answer any questions all right any questions for miss cooby what is the uh parking plan for the hotel The plan itself, I don't know, but it does have ingress and egress on Reed Circle and on Evans Street. So there'll be two different points of in and out of the property. But we don't have a site plan at this point.

Chante, can you, in time to give the public an idea of size, the Hilton Garden Inn downtown, what's their capacity?

It's right out of 110.

So basically a slightly bit bigger than the one downtown already that we have, right? Yes. In terms of that. I just want to give everybody kind of an idea of what the size it may be in terms of trying to imagine that.

Yes.

Thank you. All right. Any other questions?

But to be clear on Seth's question, are they or are they not providing their home parking?

I'll let the applicant speak to that. I will say under the city district, you are not required to provide parking. However, I believe that it would be very advantageous to have parking on site for that development.

All right. Any other questions? Thank you very much. Public hearings now open. Those who speak on behalf of APCA may come forward. Please state your name for the record. First person has 10 minutes. All others have three minutes.

Mayor, council members, my name is Bill Daniel. I'm a civil engineer who designed the hotel project. I just simply wanted to mention, because it was asked about parking, there is on-site parking. We are proposing that. I realize the zoning is not addressing a specific plan, but I just wanted to provide that input or that response to the question that you were asking.

Do you have a estimate on how many parking spaces will be provided?

Any other questions?

No other questions?

All right. Thank you very much. Anyone else who would like to speak on behalf of the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. You have three minutes. Seeing none, those in opposition to the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. The first person has ten minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, the public hearing is now closed. Are you open for a board discussion or a motion? Motion to approve.

Second.

All right, a motion has been made by Council Member Robinson, seconded by Council Member Willis. Any other discussion?

I just wanted to say that to some it might seem like this is all happening all at one time, and it's very exciting. And I've just heard the comment that there's hotels being built all over the place. Do we need any more hotels? And I think the answer is still yes. that the Hilton Garden Inn has been really beneficial for downtown. I own a business, The Scullery, which is right next door to that. And it's been really good for us and for our business. And I know it's been good for the other businesses surrounding that property. And they've done really well with their occupancy there. So I'm excited and think it will be another successful project downtown.

i'm excited to see the area grow and to continue to bring people to greenville to enjoy our great community especially the downtown area so thank you very much all right any discussion uh i concur with that response but i want to elevate not for this property but as we continue to grow and add opportunities for accommodations when people visit our city that we also pay attention to the hotels that are not being managed appropriately and becoming slum locations as well as harboring crime-infested activity in our area as well. So we need to be mindful of that while we are welcoming continued growth.

All right, any other discussion? I'd like to only echo Council Member Scully's and Mayor Pro Tem's comments. We do have some hotels that are blights and basically havens for drug activity, prostitution, drug trafficking, and all kinds of other sorts of things. We need to get the ball on that. As to these hotels we're building, it's excellent. The more hotel rooms we have, the more uh competition there is and also we know we're getting ready to have a wonderful project at town commons that we hope we have some venues down there and events that would bring people downtown and need to stay and certainly i think this is a great location that that little corner has a lot of history i think the first little mint was on it i'm dating myself somewhat but i look forward to seeing a beautiful hotel on that that that location to be able to accommodate more people and i know we're going to have more sports complex and otherwise as we grow and I can only echo to say that when we build these, we need to be mindful of the things this council has echoed in the comments tonight. Thank you.

Thank you. Any other discussion? Motion to be made by Councilmember Robinson, seconded by Councilmember Willis. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

All right, let's move on to item number 16.

Thank you. Item number 16, ordinance requested by IHS Development LLC to rezone a total of 42.07 acres from office to track 1 OR office residential high density multifamily, 4.82 acres. Track 2, R6 residential high density multifamily, 9.37 acres. Track 3, R6S residential single family. 16.13 acres and tract 4 R15S residential single family 11.75 acres for the property located along the eastern right-of-way of Charles Boulevard and the current terminus of Interlude Drive. Again, call forward or Assistant Director Ashanti Goode before the presentation.

This property is located in the south-eastern quadrant of the city. It's more specifically located along Charles Boulevard between Grace Church and Tucker Subdivision. This request is broke up into four different text tracks. I'm sorry. When we get to the rezoning, I'll kind of break those down a little bit with the size. And it also does connect with Interlude Drive. So this is a survey of the property, and they actually made it very nice for you because they color-coded it. Track one, which is shown in green, that is almost five acres. The request for that is office residential. Track two is shown in yellow, that's nine acres. That request is for R6. Track three is in purple, 16 acres. The request is for 6S. And then track four, I'm gonna call that pink, almost 12 acres, and the request is for 15S. So this is a picture of the property from Charles Boulevard, so Tucker would be on your left. And then this is a photograph at the stub out of Interlude Drive. So this would connect to track four on the survey. This property again is located along Charles Boulevard. At full build out, under the current zoning, this property could generate about 2,600 trips. under the proposed zoning at full build out it could generate about 2200 trips so that actually is a negative or a net decrease rather of 439 trips because it is a decrease in traffic then the staff report the traffic analysis usually gets not included because it's already showing a net decrease This property is located in the Cannon Swamp Watershed. If stormwater rules apply, it will require 10 year detention. It is not located in a special hazard area. There are potential wetlands, but there are no jurisdictional streams or buffers. This is the zoning map of the property. I'll put the track numbers on there for you. In 2017, track one was zoned to office. And then in 2022, tracks two, three, and four, they were single family and they were rezoned to office. So we have the whole parcel being zoned to office. Under the requested zoning, I'm gonna try to make this as easy as I can. With the whole property zoned to office, then that could anticipate around 320 to 340,000 square feet of office space. Under the proposed zoning, and I've combined these just to make it easier, roughly 150 to 175 multifamily units, and then between 115 and 135 single-family lots. Looking at the future land use plan, if you start at the corner of Charles Boulevard and Fire Tower Road, you have commercial as recommended. You transition into office, which is the pink, and then you have the traditional neighborhood medium to high density. You do have some potential conservation area that's shown, and that's always just a caution light of potential environmental constraints. So the future land use plan recommends residential. The requested zonings all have a resident or all allow residential development. In staff's opinion, this request is in compliance with the Horizons plan and the future land use plan map. Staff recommends approval. And at the June 9th, 2026 PNZ meeting, the commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the request. And I'll be glad to answer any questions.

All right. Any questions from the Scooby? I have one question. If my memory is correct, I think at some point when Mr. Blackwater was looking at this land, didn't he convey some additional land to all the Tucker and Tucker East homeowners that gave them additional buffer between their home and this track? Is that my memory correct in that?

Yeah. It's very tiny. It was a 50-foot strip. If you look on the zoning map, if you see, I don't know, I'm going to call that light green. You sort of see that light green strip. That was something that was done under a private agreement, but there was a 50-foot strip conveyed to the properties that do back up to this property.

And the blue track that's not numbered, just really for the public, that's where the church is being built currently? Yes. Okay. Thank you, ma'am.

All right, any other questions? Thank you very much. Seeing none, the public hearing is now open. Those to speak on behalf of the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. The first person has 10 minutes. All others have three minutes.

Good evening. My name is Katie Zimmerman. I'm here tonight in my role as your Pamlico Tar Riverkeeper with Sound Rivers, a local nonprofit dedicated to She's protecting and advocating for our waterways and the communities that rely on them. As you saw in those photos, track three and four run along Meeting House Branch, a tributary of the Tar River. And I've personally visited this area of Meeting House Branch, the floodplain there, thanks to a neighboring landowner who flagged this rezoning as a potential flooding concern and could confirm while I was there that there are clear physical signs of previous flooding in this area. You can see where water has moved through and evidence of high water lines well above the creek's banks. As you're aware, construction of large developments along waterways pose numerous threats to these waterways, including sedimentation from large areas of disturbed soil, stormwater runoff, carrying pollutants, and increased flood risk due to increased impervious surfaces. The severity of these threats is highly dependent on what conditions and protection measures are set in place before construction begins. According to Greenville's comp plan, the city adopted a meeting house branch watershed master plan in 2013 with the goal of identifying projects that reduce flooding, reduce risk of property loss and reduce sediment loads to the creek. The city's future land use map also identifies meetinghouse branches needing open space and conservation land to help manage stormwater, protect buffers, and preserve natural drainage. As the existing floodplain and vegetated buffer area bordering this property is already functioning as flood protection, We ask that if you are to approve this rezoning request, you remain consistent with the goals set forth in the plan and set a condition for this rezoning that any existing vegetation on the property must be maintained to protect the stream and residents from flooding. We also strongly recommend adopting the following post construction stormwater conditions impose stricter impervious surface limitations of not more than 20%. plan to manage for the 50 and 100 year storm and utilize on site green stormwater infrastructure, prioritizing nature based treatment methods. These conditions will help to protect this headwater stream and the current neighboring landowners properties, but will also serve as a benefit to future homes on the property in question by protecting them from future impacts of flooding as well. Thank you.

Thank you. Anyone else like to speak on behalf of an applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. You have three minutes. Seeing none, those in opposition to the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. The first person has 10 minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, the public hearing is now closed. Open for board discussion or motion?

Motion approved.

Second. All right, motion has been made by Council Member Hardy, seconded by Council Member Robinson. Any other discussion?

It's in my district, so I feel compelled to speak in support of it. I think it's a good plan. I like the reduction in traffic as compared to the current zoning. I like that it's residential. I think we need to continue to invest in residential property for our community. way that the community flows from Charles going back into the property with the commercial and more dense housing at the front, decreasing as it goes back. I like the fact that we might have a park over there, possibly. We don't have a lot of parkland in District 4. And I've talked with these folks about maybe putting up a park over there. And it's the Taft family, and I respect the work that they do in our community. They are homegrown, live and work here with us, and in my opinion, they do a good job. And I'm excited to have this project come to our neighborhood. And I attended one of the neighborhood outreach meetings that they did for the residents of Tucker and was just really impressed with the presentation. and the transparency and the attendance from residents, I thought it was really well handled. So I'm excited about the project. Thank you, Mayor.

All right. Thank you very much. Any other discussion? All right. Motion to be made. Probably second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Let's move on to item number 17.

Thank you, Mayor. Item number 17, ordinance requested by MOW Properties LLC to rezone 2.43 acres located at the southwestern corner of the intersection of Howe Street and McClellan Street from R6 Residential High Density Multifamily to CG General Commercial. Again, call for our Assistant Director, Ashanti Gubi, for the presentation.

This property is centrally located in the city. It's more specifically located along Howell Street. To the left, you have the railroad. To the right, you have McClellan Street. This is a survey of the property, so it's almost two and a half acres. This is a photograph of the property, so this is how the railroad tracks would be to your right-hand side. This property is not located within an activity center. So this property is zoned residential currently right now. So at current build out, it could generate about 279 trips. Under the proposed zoning at full build out, it could generate about 400, I'm just gonna say 450 trips. So that leaves you with a net increase of 175 trips. Because this property is in a downtown area with what we call grid street pattern, many streets that go north, south, east, and west. We didn't break those specific trips down into any specific street. This property drains to the Greens Mill Run watershed. If stormwater rules apply, then it will require 25-year detention. The property is not located in a special flood hazard area. There are no jurisdictional wetlands, streams, or buffers. So again, the property is zoned residential. Under that zoning, it could anticipate roughly 40 to 45 multifamily units. Again, right now that is approximately about a 13,000 square foot building on the property right now. If you have lived in Greenville long enough, you may remember that this building was built and was used for many years as a fertilizer distribution and storage plant. That's why the railroad track was there. When the fertilizer plant went out of business, it was used for the storage of construction materials, which we felt fertilizer and construction material was basically about the same. With that, the future land use plan does recommend residential for this area, which is shown in brown. The request is for commercial land. So in staff's opinion, the request is not in compliance with Horizons and the Future Land Use Plan. Staff recommends denial. At the June 26, 2026 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, the Commission voted unanimously to recommend denial of the request. And then there's one more caveat with this one. Under General Statutes 160D, There is a provision that basically says that if a rezoning is adopted that is not in compliance with your adoptive plan, it's not saying that it cannot be adopted, but what that means is if you were to approve this rezoning, The land use plan would be amended to match it, essentially. So this is a future land use map of what it would look like. So you can see the subject property would then be shown in red. A little unusual, but this is what we have. And I'll be glad to answer any questions.

All right. Any questions for Scooby?

So Shantae, what are they proposing to do there?

I'm not sure. And I'm not sure the applicant is here.

all right was the existing business just grandfathered into that it's been that way since 1969.

And so again, it's been used that way. I think I don't want to speak for him. I can just say that at the at the PNC meeting, he was looking to have more options if the property was commercial. That was his reasoning behind it.

All right. Any other questions? Thank you very much. Public hearings now open. Those who speak on behalf of the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. The first person has 10 minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, those in opposition to the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. The first person has 10 minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, the public hearing is now closed. Open for board discussion or motion? Motion to deny.

Second.

All right, motion was made by Councilmember Robinson, second by Councilmember Jones. Any other discussion?

No need.

All right, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

All right. We will now move on to item 20.

Thank you, Mayor. Item number 20, ordinance to annex O'Reilly Auto Parts involving 1.025 acres located along the western right-of-way of North Memorial Drive, 315 plus or minus feet south of Green Park Drive. I'll call forward our city planner, Dion Hodge, for the presentation.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. Good evening. Good evening. This property is located in the northern part of the city. More specifically, this property is located along the western right-of-way of North Memorial Drive and 315 feet south of Green Park Drive. The current city limits are shown in green. The subject property is shown in red. The property is located in the Johnson Mill-Parkers Creek Watershed. This property is located in the preferred growth area on the tiered growth map and will be located in city council voting district number one. The subject property is currently vacant and is intended to be developed as an O'Reilly auto parts retail store with an estimated tax value of $2.5 million. And as this property is located in the ETJ, it is important to note that under Section 6 of GUC's charter, the development can still be provided sanitary sewer if the annexation is denied. And I'd be happy to answer any questions. All right. Any questions?

Thank you very much. The public hearing is now open. Those who speak on behalf of the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. The first person has ten minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, those in opposition to the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. First person has ten minutes. All others have three minutes. Public hearing is now closed. Open for board discussion or motion.

Due to the fact that I've heard a lot of people in North Greenville say that they would love to have an auto parts store, I will move that with you, sir. Second.

All right. Motion's been made by Councilmember Jones. Second by Councilmember Scully? Or Hardy? Hardy. Councilmember Hardy. Any other discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

All right, we'll move on to item number 21.

Thank you, Mayor. Item number 21, ordinance to annex Randy Wong involving 2.034 acres located along the western right-of-way of Frog Level Road and 300-plus miles feet of Brighton Drive. Again, call forward our city planner, Dion Hodge, for the presentation.

This property is located in the southwestern quadrant of the city. More specifically, this property is located along the western right of way of Frog Level Road, 300 feet south of Brighton Drive. The current city limits are shown in green. The subject property is shown in red. This property is located in the Swift Creek Watershed. this property is located in the future service area on the tiered growth map and will be located in city council voting district number five the subject property currently contains one single family residence with a tax value of 525 000 and the reason the property owner is annexing is to be connected to city seward And as this property is located in the ETJ, it is important to note that under Section 6 of GUC's charter, the development can still be provided sanitary sewer if the annexation is denied. And I'd be happy to answer any questions.

All right. Any questions? Seeing none, public hearings now open. Those to speak on behalf of the app can make them forward. Please stay tuned for the record. The first person has 10 minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, those in opposition to the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. The first person has 10 minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, the public hearing is now closed. I'm looking for a board discussion or a motion.

Motion to approve ordinance to annex Randy Wong's property. Second.

All right. Motion to be made by Council Member Robinson, seconded by Council Member Scully. Any other discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

We shall move on to number 22.

Thank you, Mayor. Item number 22. Ordinances requested by the Community and Development Services Department to repeal and replace as amended Title I, Chapter 1, Article B, Division C penalties, Title IX, Chapter 1, Article F, Minimum Housing Standards, Title IX, Chapter 1, Article G, Non-Residential Buildings, Title XII, Chapter 3, Article A, Weeds, Vegetation, and Other Public Nuisances, Title XII, Chapter 3, Article B, Flood Damaged Manufactured Homes, Title XII, Chapter 3, Article C, Graffiti, and Title XII, Chapter 4, Abandoned, Junked, and Nuisance Vehicles. Now I'll call forward our Assistant Director, William Mills, for a presentation. Thank you.

Good evening, Mayor. Good evening, Council. Good evening.

Did I turn it off?

Okay.

It's a great way to get started. It's what I do.

It's what I do. Motion to approve. Most people don't see me in a jacket, so it's kind of a little different. Okay. Came to you tonight to talk about some ordinances and some changes that we need to do. We feel that this will create and meet with the council goals and priorities. We also feel this is going to proactively enhance some of the community engagement. It will help build this thriving and attractive community by creating a meaningful access to the affordable and habitable and quality housing for all the citizens and make Greenville a destination community and a place for all the people to call home. A little background on this proposal and the action plan. Greenville aims to safeguard public health, neighborhood integrity, public values and quality of life. We want to establish an equitable and consistent approach to addressing minimum housing standards, nuisance violations, property upkeep and across the city. We feel this will help to us and ensure compliance with the city standards as outlined in the code of ordinances. We went through evaluation of some of the city code of ordinances for some updates. Majority of this is going to help us clean up the ordinances. It's going to help us align with the North Carolina general statutes. It's also going to help us update the structure for civil penalties, update timelines for several case types. It'll also provide a little more determination for unfit for human habitation and the implementation of a 48-hour life safety repairs. I'll go through this a little bit. Basically, it's going to be Title I, Chapter I, use of construction of the code. We'll deal with civil penalties for violation of ordinances. It'll deal with Title IX, Chapter I, inspections and code enforcement. This will deal with Article F with minimum housing, Article G with non-residential buildings. It'll deal with Title XII, Chapter III, deal with weeds, vegetation, and other public health nuisances. It'll deal with Article A in nuisances, Article B in flood damage mobile homes. It'll also affect Article C graffiti. Title 12, Chapter 4 will deal with abandoned nuisance and junk vehicles. We feel like this will also, like we were talking about, align more with the North Carolina General Statutes, especially as it comes to chronic violators. It'll bring that more into line. Right now, the only thing, right now, we have to abate it. Now, only notice will be required, not the actual abatement. It'll also clear up the method of service. It'll dictate which type of requirement for that service, especially under weeds, vegetation. Talks about personal delivery, first-class mail postings, abandoned nuisance junk vehicles, first-class mail and postings. It'll also deal with appeals methods and periods. Clean that up. It'll update the structure for penalties. This will be more efficient and ease of implementation. Each day's continuing violation will continue to be a separate and distinct offense. Methods of recovery will remain the same, including civil action debt set-off. and applicable to all code enforcement violations, violations that do not expressly identify penalties in the city code. And as you can see on the left, we have a tiered structure. We're going to clear this up and just make it a simple one that's on the right, a simple $100. As I spoke on earlier, this will help us more with some definitions on determination for unfit for human habitation. The intent is to replace the threshold for dilapidated deterioration, which historically relied on property values and cost of repairs. Now for dilapidated structure, it will require only one enumerated condition that's not met. An example, structural defects, improper distribution of roofs and floors, lack of potable water supply, lack of proper electrical heating and plumbing facilities, defects increasing hazards of fire, accident, and other calamities. Deteriorated requires now seven or more enumerated conditions to deem the dwelling unfit. They fall along the same lines, structural conditions, basic equipment, light, ventilation, safe and sanitary maintenance, means of egress and exits, control of insects, rodents, infestation, and rooming houses. If it's less than seven enumerated conditions, the resultant violation will be no findings for unfit for habitation. Cleans up that definition, makes it a little clearer. The implementation of the 48-hour life safety repairs are very limited. They deal with repair replaced for broken or burst frozen pipes, inoperable plumbing pipes or fixtures, exposed or safe wiring, unsafe wiring, any unsafe or dangerous cooking and heating equipment provided by the owner, fuel storage tanks leaking, improperly supported, dangerous, otherwise damaged fuel lines, filters, valves, pipings, and other items. cannot remove or cannot place any oil or gas-fired portable and non-vented cook stoves or heaters. Any heating and cooking equipment which constitutes a serious fire hazard cleans these definitions up. They must have utilities, an example, water, electric, sewer, gas, either public or private, and they have to repair or install the heating appliances as required by this code in section 9196B. City staff recommends holding the public hearing and adoption of the ordinances requested by the Community Development Service Department to provide effective, proactive, and consistent code enforcement across the city.

All right, any questions?

Just for reiteration, the 48 hours for life safety repairs. Yes. Can you go back to that?

There we go.

So included in that, and I guess where I'm going is, is there anything to mitigate HVAC issues if people don't have heating in there?

That would be part of that, yes. Okay. For heat especially, yes ma'am.

Okay. All right, any other questions?

I do have a question.

You said it was just mainly for heat. So not air.

Cause, um, you know, with AC is part of the mental and housing standards. Uh, but, but he is especially could be considered in an emergency AC. I mean, of course it was 95 degrees. There would be thresholds set for that, but yes, there was a possibility AC could be included in that with the summers that we're having. Okay.

Thank you.

And then for the dilapidated, um, with only one item needing to be enumerated, uh, I'm just thinking about some of the homes in West and South Greenville.

Now, this is not going to negate the fact that that the building code officials can fall back on the building code as well. There's still still could be some condemnation issues there. Okay, that's gonna be there'll be joined at both times. But what it is just to clean up the definitions to try to make a little planer rather than setting it just on a monetary threshold, like it is now.

All right, any other questions? Thank you very much. The public hearing is now open. Those who speak on behalf of the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. The first person has 10 minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, those in opposition to the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. First person has 10 minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, the public hearing is now closed for board discussion or motion.

Motion approved. Second.

All right, motion has been made by Council Member Hardy, seconded by Council Member Jones. Any other discussion?

I just want to make a comment, Mayor. This stuff's starting to work. I've got an employee that lives at a large apartment complex in town that hadn't had heat or air in two years. And he now has heat and air at his house. So I'm not saying it might be a coincidence, but I think that these landlords are on notice, property owners are on notice, and that the changes we are making are making their way through the community, and I'm happy to see it. So thank you for all the work that we're doing on this.

And we had actually just met with property management groups and property owners for the grid slash Truna neighborhood on August 25th, and we conveyed that message that we are about to start cracking down on them. And hopefully we have a successful campaign of that with the students and we can start moving it into the rest of the city on a larger scale.

And I concur with both of those statements in that, um, uh, w with your area. Um, but also in our underserved areas, we have a lot of citizens that have been struggling and suffering through substandard housing issues. And, uh, this is a step forward in making sure that everyone has the right to live under proper living conditions.

And look, as city manager, I'd like to reiterate everything that's been said. City Council basically amended its goals priorities this year to specifically add the code enforcement aspect into it. And I cannot tell you enough about how much the staff is doing. all over this community to make it a priority. And we have stepped up. The number of code enforcement cases we've got open is just insane. So it is being heated within the community, I can assure you.

Can we get those numbers for breakdowns of all violations?

Absolutely. Sure thing.

I also want to point out on social media that, I can't remember the name of it on Facebook, but somebody was complaining about their apartment and both Councilmember Hardy and I both went on and we invited them openly to please share their complaints with us. We both spoke about how there were what I describe as more teeth in the enforcement. Ironically, neither one of us, I don't think, got a phone call. But if you did post that and you're watching, I hope you know that you see this. This is what we're doing. We're making it tougher on landlords and property owners to make sure they provide good quality homes for people that stay there. And you're on notice now that if you don't, we're going to come after you.

And I will say, Council Member Robertson, I've gotten several phone calls. And so I've reached out to a lot of people, and I think that they're in the group that has gotten code enforcement involved. So thank y'all for doing that. But there are phone calls coming in. Good.

It's going to take time. I mean, it's a new day in Greenville for code enforcement. For anybody to know that, it's going to take some time, but it's a new day. So be aware. Like Council Member Hardy said, you're on notice.

Absolutely. For me, substandard housing has become a little part-time job, it seems like.

All right. Any other discussion? Most of them may probably second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Let's move on to item 23. Thank you, Mayor.

Item number 23, public hearing and approval of the 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report, CAPER. I'll call forward our Assistant Director, Renee Skeen, for presentation.

Good evening, Mayor and members of Council. Good evening.

Good evening.

So I'm going to go ahead and start giving a little bit of background information about the caper. HUD requires the city to prepare the caper each year. This report explains the federal resources available to the city and how the resources are invested. The progress made toward this goal is in the annual action plan. The people and the households assisted. The opportunities provided for public participation. The CAPER also allowed HUD, City Council, and members of the public to evaluate the city's performance. So here's the resources that were made available this past year. CDBG, we received a little over $855,000. As you can see, we expended a little over a million, and those are rollover dollars from previous grant years. For home, we received a little over $477,000. This year, we expended $343,000 approximately, and these are entitlement funds. This does not include program income. And for our home art funds, we did not receive any funding this year. We expend a little over $1.4 million, and these were already approved allocations from City Council from previous years. And for our goals and outcome, the city continued to make progress towards its housing and community development goals. Nine homeowner housing units were rehabilitated. Two rental developments totaling 144 rental units are underway. So the Public Service Activities Assistant, we have 123 people experiencing homelessness. Overall, the city supported 716 households. through housing rehab, home DPA, home rental development, and through our subrecipient programs. In addition to the housing investment, the city funded five eligible public service activities. These services supported homeless assessment intake, housing stabilization, academic enrichment, and summer learning, youth mentorship and leadership development, after school instruction, and family education through parents as teachers program. For the citizen participation, the notice was made available at the CAPER for review to receive public comment, published in the Daily Reflector on August 15th. The caper was made available for 27 days. We did have a virtual meeting today at lunch to receive public comments, and the caper was also made available at public libraries, Shepherd and Carver, and through our office, Community Development Office, and also on our city's website. After tonight's public hearing and approval by City Council, we'll be submitting this to HUD on September 28th 2026 so for the recommendation recommendation staff recommends holding the public hearing approving the 2025 consolidated annual performance and evaluation report also known as the caper for the cdbg home programs and authorizing staff to submit to her final review and approval all right any questions

All right. Thank you very much. The public hearing is now open. Those speaking on behalf of the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. The first person has ten minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, those in opposition to the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. The first person has ten minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, the public hearing is now closed. Open for a board discussion or a motion. Motion approved.

Second.

All right, motion to be made by Council Member Robinson, second by Council Member Scully. Any other discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Let's move on to our final public hearing of the night, number 24.

Yes, sir. Thank you. Number 24, a nomination of Jacob W. and Sadie D. Higgs House, located at 1112 Dickinson Avenue, to the National Register of Historic Places. We can call forward Assistant Director Shante Gooby for the presentation.

Mayor, before we begin, may I request the council to allow me to recuse myself, as my wife and I are partners in this venture.

I make a motion to recuse Council Member Scully. Second. Second.

Alright, motion's been made by Councilor Robinson, second by Mayor Pro Tem Foreman. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 5-0.

So this is a nomination brought forth by the property owner.

The property itself is already a local landmark. That was done in 1993. So the City's Historic Preservation Commission already has purview over it. Having your property listed or designated on the National Register is an honorary designation, but it does allow you to take advantages of some tax credits. So to be considered for the National Register, there's basically two criteria. The property has to have special historical, prehistorical, architectural, or cultural significance, and shows integrity of design, setting, workmanship, materials, feelings, or association. The property owner has hired a professional architectural historian who has prepared this report for you, so what I'm giving you is out of the report prepared by her. what you're being asked to do is to hold a public hearing and then make a recommendation as far as if the property should be listed and I've got this stepped out for you so it should be very easy this is a picture I took a couple of weeks ago if you've been by there recently you will notice there's a lot of work being done a lot of replacement of wood and some other things so it's under some big changes right now so for under the criteria for significance What I've done is I have highlighted the specific piece that the architectural historian has highlighted. And so for special significance, it embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic value. And then for aspects of integrity, the property actually Fits under all the different ones. So location, if you notice the house is still in its original location. The design, the setting, the workmanship, the materials, the feeling, and the association. Again, I'm going to show you just some quick pictures of what it looks like from all sides. So this is from Dickinson. This is from Pennsylvania Avenue. So this will be to the left. You also this is just showing you the side of the house, more of the architecture. It still has the original loop driveway. This is from the back, it's a little hard to see, but there is an open area at the back. And so in staff's opinion, the registration form provides the justification that the property has the requisite significance and integrity to be listed on the National Register. Staff recommends the, I should say council, I thought I changed that, give a favorable recommendation to the listing of the property on the National Register. At the August 25th, 2026 Historic Preservation Commission, the commission voted unanimously to recommend listing of the property. And then after you hold your public hearing, I have given you basically your motion language, which would be either meets or does not meet the criteria. And then the council would recommend or doesn't recommend the property to be submitted to the National Register. And with that, I'll be glad to answer any questions.

All right. Any questions for Ms. Gooby? Thank you very much. Public hearing is now open. Those to speak on behalf of the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. First person has 10 minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, those in opposition to the applicant may come forward. Please state your name for the record. First person has 10 minutes. All others have three minutes. Seeing none, the public hearing is now closed. Open for a board discussion or a motion.

Council of Economy, I'd make a two-part motion. Number one, that the property does meet the criteria for the National Registry of Historic Places. And part B of that motion, that we recommend that it be submitted for listing on the National Registry.

Do I have a second?

Second.

All right. A motion is made by Council Member Robinson, seconded by Council Member Willis. Any other discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

This motion passes 5-0.

All right, now we'll move on to other items of business.

All right, thank you, Mayor. Item number 25, update on transit fares and installation of benches and shelters. I'll call forward our transit manager, Wood Davidson, for a presentation.

Good evening. Good evening.

All right, update on fares first. So Grimble Area Transit is going to implement electronic fare collection, designed to streamline boarding, offer transfers, fare capping, in addition to collecting a traditional cash payment. So kind of a timeline of fares. were suspended during covid back in 2020 and then i know you've talked about return to fares quite a bit so started back april of 24 there were affairs that were approved and adopted to the manual fees which we'll talk about more in a bit october of 24 contract was approved with an i.t vendor 25 they were setting up and installing equipment february 26 there was a proposed fair date that was given to council that has been delayed due to leadership change in public works. And now we're at reviewing fair rates again. I'm going to make a proposal for rates to be lowered quite a bit from the first adopted manual of fees that was approved back in April of 2024. Then we've got proposed public engagement for the next three months, October, November, December, with fairs beginning January 27 is the proposal. All right, fares. We've got the electronic portion is gonna be branded Go Great. That would be an app and a card. That card will be used, the app or the card can be used for your transfers, fare capping, which we'll talk about here in a second. That eliminates the need for paper passes or tickets. Your transfers will be automatically applied riders would never pay more than a daily, weekly, or monthly cap. So these are the fares that are being proposed. The original full fare that's currently in the manual fees was $1.25. The proposal is to roll that back to the fare that was in place in 2020, which would be a full fare of $1. Along with that $1 fare, you would get a free transfer within 60 minutes. And you can also use a tap to pay option that would also give you a transfer within 60 minutes. You can pay with cash, but cash does not include a transfer. Discounted fares are the fares that we're required to provide a half fare for our customers with disabilities. Medicare recipients, seniors 65 and older, if they're using their Go Great Africa card, they also take advantage of the free transfer within 60 minutes. if they're paying in cash, then that transfer does not apply. Our discounted fare does require a transit ID card that you can pick up at the GK Butterfield Transit Center. The $1 full fare, the reason that's being proposed is that simplifies cash payments. So a customer that is gonna be paying in cash could just pay $1, drop that in the fare box, no need for coins. All right, fair capping. So the way that's going to work, you use your Go Great card or app, then your fair caps will apply. Our daily cap is $3, weekly cap $12, monthly cap is $40. So customers paying full fare would never pay more than those amounts, and then you can see kind of the same criteria would apply for discounted fares. The Go Great app. It's like any other app. It would be available in the App Store, Google Play Store. Riders can link electronic payment to that app, scan their phone when they board the bus to pay, or you can select a fare card, which is pictured here. The card would be available at the G.K. Butterfield Transportation Center. Riders could load funds to those cards, either themselves using the app, or they can load cash on that card at the transit center. the cards are going to be free and if you're using the card or the app your balance that you put on the card is protected because we will register you to your account so we'll know what funds you have on your account if your card is lost or stolen then we will reload your balance onto your new card all right paratransit fair Federal Transit Administration allows doubling of our fixed route fare. So with the fixed route fare proposed at $1, the fare for paratransit would be $2, which is a decrease from what is in the current manual of fees. The current fare is $2.50. So this would be a decrease of 50 cents. Great Plus, our on-demand service. This is the service, the pilot service that's running in North Greenville. Service has been very successful. We're providing over 50 trips per day currently with one vehicle. So that's over two and a half trips per service hour Very, very good ridership on that service. That's our, like I said, on-demand North Greenville. Proposed fare for that is $2, with a proposal to increase that to $3 one year from the start date, so January of 28. fairs in North Carolina, so these are kind of how we rank against some of the other cities that collect fairs. As you can see, our proposed $1 fair would have us right with the lowest fairs across the state. This is a proposal to update the manual of fees, so those are all the fairs that I just discussed in our other slides, but in table view. And the recommendation is for City Council to approve a proposed update to the manual fees for transit fares. Take questions.

I have a quick question. For the on-demand services, do they get free transfers on the bus if they are dropped at a bus route to continue to a destination in another part of the city?

So currently, they would not get a free transfer. They would have to pay when they came to transfer to a bus.

Cool. I think that would be a nice addition to the plan. And I also had a question about the bus ID. Is that just so that they can register themselves as a person entitled to those discounts?

Correct. So when they would scan their card, it would say show ID so the driver can identify that they are a discounted fare customer.

Could the ID be linked to their card somehow? I just worry about people having to take care of two cards.

The issue previously was the cards were being passed off.

Okay. So it would have their picture on it?

Correct. And you mentioned if they lose the card or it's stolen, they'll be replaced. Is there any fee to do that? There's not going to be a fee for that. Okay.

All right.

Thank you.

So to be clear, are you saying that they have to have ID?

Explain the ID again. If you qualify for a discounted fare, you would come to the transit center, provide your identification that qualifies you, and then we would provide you with a transit ID that ID does have a photo. So the driver can identify that that is the person that qualifies for the discounted fare.

I wonder if there's a way to combine those somehow so that their card would be a special discount card with their picture on it, just so they're not having to worry about two different cards and that they're not being ID'd every time they get onto the bus. I think it's kind of inappropriate for those citizens. I don't know.

I certainly can look into it.

Yeah, we can explore that. I mean, I don't think we have an answer.

Yeah, it just was an idea of a way to... take care of their citizens and allow them the same experience as other riders because they're already dealing with enough differences in their lives.

And my thought process was going towards that we have an increasing homeless population and some of them may qualify for services or have different services but not necessarily have ID and they just don't know me as we as you ask that question.

And that ID would not be requested like that. You provide an ID, but we would have to put your name, a phone number, and then we take your photo.

Mm hmm.

Okay.

Any other questions? Anyone want to make a motion?

Motion to approve. Second.

Motion to make Councilmember Scully second by Councilman Robinson. Any other discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

All right. Let's move on to our next item, item number 26.

Are you going to go through quickly the shelters?

All right. Benches and shelters. All right.

We're staying on the same item. I got you.

Okay. To date, installations of benches and shelters, so we have 15 shelters that have been installed, 46 benches that have been installed with the dividers removed. Table below kind of shows a breakdown of all of the benches and shelters and if they would be located on a local street or a DOT street. So as you can see, we still have 27 benches to be installed on local streets, 73 under the encroachment agreement, which NCDOT, and I'll talk about that a bit more here in a second. Shelters, we have two that are in progress and 13 that are in the encroachment process on NCDOT streets. We've been working with the east group to finalize the ADA compliant layouts for Benches and shelters, they are also submitting those requests to NCDOT for encroachment agreements. Kind of a layout of what a bench site might look like. The big thing to take a look at here is the ADA landing zone that's required, that five foot by eight foot landing zone that would be required at any bus stop. We have a picture here of a shelter being installed, and it's the shelter at the 10th Street walmart you can see that has adequate ada loading space all right so the challenges we've been facing with these the benches and shelters that when the first group of sites was submitted to dot they came back with the setback requirement eight foot on the 25 hour street 10 foot on the 35 and 12 on a 40 foot so what that did was that pushed the the sites for especially shelters, but even benches, out of the right-of-way and onto private property along a lot of these roadways. So where we are, we're having to evaluate the locations again to see which ones are being pushed out of the right-of-way onto private property we're working with. engineering to develop a plan for those sites. We're also identifying the funding that it's going to take to, if we acquire property, also for concrete work on the sites that we are moving forward with. And we're trying to work as best we can within the right of way to get the benches and shelters installed. Questions.

I have a question. Um, when you was talking about the right away and how far you're having to put them back. So, um, we have some, um, bus stops that right now just signs on bees barbecue. If you push back in and further, you're in a ditch.

Correct.

So what can we do there? Because I do see people standing by the signs. There's no, I know you can't put a shelter there or even to put a beach.

B's BBQ Road is a good example of a challenging space for transit and a transit expanded fixed route bus service into some of these areas that don't have infrastructure. My plan for those periphery areas like that would be to convert those to microtransit. So actually like the Bees Barbecue area is my next target for the expansion for microtransit. That makes the most sense because we're not going to have infrastructure in those areas quickly, right? So having microtransit in those zones is going to be the best way long term to address folks being able to get to a transit vehicle.

For the public, will you explain the microtransit, because you're using a different word. It's basically the on-demand.

On-demand microtransit, synonymous term. So that would be the curb-to-curb on-demand service using a van. Thank you.

I would just like to say thank you to you. In our conversations as we've done briefings and talked about this topic, it has been well known that I have not been satisfied with the structures that we have. I refuse to call them shelters because they do not prevent people from getting wet or keep the sun off of them. However, in our conversation during our briefings, you offered a solution. You did not hold to the problem and said that you could work towards putting enclosures on both sides and taking that up to the top and potentially to the back. And I just want to let you know that I greatly appreciate that.

Thank you. All right. Any other comments? Good. All right. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Now we'll officially move on to item number 26.

Here we go. Item number 26, the first reading of two of an ordinance to amend Title 12 of the Greenville City Code establishing a youth protection ordinance imposing certain restrictions upon juveniles during specific hours. I'll now call forward our police chief, Thomas, for the presentation.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. Good evening, Chief. Sounds good, doesn't it? Thank you. I am presenting on a youth protection ordinance. So the Greenville Police Department started seeing an uptick in juveniles in our downtown area starting in June. And around the weekend of June the 20th is when we had our first experience of a teen takeover. And what that looked like was we had multiple fights that involved juveniles. We also recovered several firearms, some from juveniles, and we had businesses that were impacted that had to close early. We also used a significant amount of police resources. We ended up having to pull officers from other areas to respond to our downtown area because it had gotten out of control. So our goal is always going to be prevention, not waiting until Greenville experiences violence or some of the things that you've seen in some of the other communities.

So a teen takeover.

They're usually organized through AI flyers, like the one that's presented. It doesn't have a lot of information, but what happens is it's shared over and over again, and we have no way to predict exactly how many people are gonna show up. And that's what happened on this event the weekend of June 20th. This is one of the flyers that was shared, and it encouraged juveniles to come out and take over the downtown Greenville. I wanted to share what happens when you don't have a plan. There were other cities that experienced team takeovers that they just didn't have enough information ahead of time to get ahead of it. The city of Raleigh had a team takeover the weekend of 4th of July, where nine people were shot. This was where police were responding to fights and gunfire with a large crowd. They had over 3,000 teens that gathered in the Briar Creek area. And then they moved some of those teens, which ended up being about 5,000 that were in the Glenwood South area. Nearly 300 officers were on duty at the time and it took over three hours for them to be able to control that crowd. Then their city of Charlotte experienced the team take over the same weekend that we saw teams that June 20th weekend and that was over 200 teams and that was in their uptown area in in Charlotte. They had a large gathering at a park in their uptown area. They made over 24 arrests, including 23 juveniles. They had over 13 parents that were cited and they seized firearms. They also charged these parents and the teens, they charged the teens and they charged the parents when they could with simple fray, reckless driving, disorderly conduct, and concealed weapons, and impeding traffic. So these large gatherings can shift rapidly from disorder to violence, placing juveniles, bystanders, businesses, and officers at risk. So our city's response. So after we had the team take over the weekend of June 20th, the mayor issued an emergency curfew for the weekend of June 26th. And with that emergency curfew, there was education where we just explained to the community what that curfew would look like and what was expected. The officers issued warnings. We always try to warn people before we have to do anything. And we focused our enforcement on that area. We brought in more officers and we had high visibility patrols in the downtown area. It went well. We didn't have many issues. So then we were worried about the Fourth of July because our event for the Fourth of July is close to that downtown area. So our emergency curfew was extended again by the mayor. And we also had a great Fourth of July. What we saw from this curfew was reduced disturbances related to juveniles. We had a safe Fourth of July event. I've worked for for July for 21 years and I would say that one was one of the best ones as far as a law enforcement standpoint because we had very little issues and we had no more repeat takeovers no more similar issues and the emergency curfew demonstrated that limiting juvenile activity during high risk periods can effectively reduce public safety concerns so the proposed ordinance This will be for juveniles under the age of 18. It will be three nights, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night. It will be seven hours from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. So this is a little different from the emergency curfew. We bumped it back an hour. Before it was 10 to 6. We did it from 11 to 6. Where does this apply? Any public, where does it apply? Public places and establishments within the downtown area, including Town Commons. So this is a little map of where this area would include. Again, Thursday to Saturday from 11 to 6. It's covering South Green Street, Reed Circle, and the Town Commons. Now there are some exceptions to the ordinance and I wanted to make sure we were clear what some of those would be. The first one is with a parent. So a juvenile that's with a parent or a legal guardian is not in violation. A juvenile that's returning from a school activity, but it has to be their direct travel home within one hour of the sponsored event. So if they're at a game, a play, or a concert, as long as they're traveling directly, they can't take a tour through downtown, but if it's their direct route, they will be fine. If they're working, if they have lawful work in a business that's established downtown or in their area and they have to drive through and it's their direct travel, then they are also exempt from this ordinance. If they're responding to an emergency, like a fire, a natural disaster, a crash, or something where a serious bodily injury or loss of life, they would be exempt from this. And they're also allowed to participate in constitutional protected activity. This is your right to free speech or religious exercise or peaceful assembly. If they're under one of those protected classes, then they'll be able to participate and it will be exempt from this ordinance. So how would we enforce it? We would start by asking. We would identify that the juveniles are downtown. We would go up to them, explain to them that there is a curfew. We would ask their age and their reason for being downtown. We would then assess. We would figure out if one of the exceptions apply. Are they traveling from an authorized event? Is there a reason they should be downtown? then we're going to do contact if there's a violation we're going to notify the parents or the guardians and request that the adult come take custody of the juvenile and then the last step is the documentation the officer will document the contact if no adult is available or adult refuses to respond then the juvenile can be temporarily placed in custody and we will go through the office of juvenile justice So staff recommends consideration of a permanent downtown juvenile curfew ordinance. Council direction is requested.

All right. Any questions from the council?

I've had a few questions about why it doesn't extend down Dickinson through the business district there.

I think when we looked at it, we didn't have any complaints for that area. We don't get many calls on the Dickinson area, and we hadn't seen any issues with juveniles in that area. But if that is something where we think we want to look at, we can always look at it.

Thank you. All right, any other questions?

I don't have any questions, but I, uh, uh, do have a comment. Um, I, uh, don't necessarily have a problem with, uh, there being a curfew. Um, but do want to elevate that. That is a, that there has to be a multi-pronged approach. Um, and this is for everyone, council and everyone else when it comes to, uh, meeting the needs of our youth. Um, whenever we do a curfew, in my opinion, that is addressing symptoms rather than addressing root causes. And we were all equally, I think, as disappointed with what happened with the teen takeover. From a community standpoint, our action, I won't even say reaction, our action was to go get our kids. And as it related to that, we developed the summer way. And that has demonstrated the need for more structured and accessible youth activities. for the kids in our community. I think most of you know that on the first night we had over 400. I don't know that I've shared publicly that as of August 21st, the Friday before school started, our total participation was 3,232. I think that demonstrates the continued need for there to be again structured and accessible engaging activities for our youth that are provided from within communities by people who actually love them. That reduces any possibility of inappropriate activity, could improve academic success with other supporting programming. as well as enhances public safety efforts. And so I wanted to elevate that, not to not support this, but to make sure that as we're talking about these issues, we continue to talk about all the things that we can do to make sure that we're providing what's needed for our youth to help prevent these type things from happening.

All right. Any other comments?

I'll just say, ever since I've been on council, I attend monthly bar owners and downtown business center meetings, and this has been something that I've heard that they've been wanting for, I guess, about seven months now or since I've started going to those meetings. So it's just exciting to see that this is coming through, and I'm grateful that we have Mayor Perryton Foreman to fill that gap for the juveniles in this community and give them something to do.

All right, any other comments?

And just a reminder, Mr. Mayor and members of the council, because this has a criminal consequence, that's why it requires two readings. We do say best practice is to do a preliminary vote after the first reading because statutes usually define the first vote as the first time you guys kind of take action. So we would recommend that approach.

All right, motion to approve. Motion to approve. Second.

All right, motion has been made by Council Member Scully, second by Council Member Hardy. End of discussion. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

And to reiterate, this was the first reading. We'll bring this back at a future meeting. All right, let's move on to item number 27.

Thank you, Mayor. Item number 27, budget ordinance number two, amending the 2026-27 general fund, ordinance number 26-035. Health fund, ordinance number 26-035. Vehicle replacement fund, ordinance number 26-035. Facility improvement fund, ordinance number 26-035. Transit fund, ordinance number 26-035. Fleet maintenance fund. Ordinance number 26-035, Sanitation Fund. Ordinance number 26-035, Stormwater Utility Fund. Ordinance number 26-035, Inspections Fund. Ordinance number 26-035, Enterprise Capital Project Fund. Ordinance Number 17-024, Housing Fund, Ordinance Numbers 24-038, Affordable Housing Fund, Ordinance Number 24-038, Community Development Capital Projects Fund, Ordinance Number 2017-024, and Donations Fund, Ordinance Number 18-062. I'll now turn it over to our Chief Financial Officer, Jacob Joyner, for the presentation. Can you read the seventh one again? She will. You're killing me over here.

good evening we have a budget ordinance amendment number two to the fiscal year 27 budget ordinance this will be impacting the annual operating funds stormwater capital project affordable housing fund community development capital projects engineering capital projects and the donations fund item a will be appropriating the annual transfer for the 50 and 10 project and the affordable housing fund that will increase that fund $300,000 and Item B would be appropriating annual revenue for the GUC Energy Improvement Project. That would increase the Community Development Capital Project Fund by $150,000. Item C would be recognizing transfers and grants for CDBG Home and NC Tri grants. That's going to increase the housing fund by $470,000. Item B would be recognition of donations for the 2026 Build a Backpack event. This will increase the donations fund by $250. Item E will be appropriating stormwater utility fund balance for the Golden Roads drainage improvement project and that will increase the stormwater capital project fund by $161,760. Item F, appropriating fund balance for the fiscal year 27 facility maintenance project that will be increasing the facility improvement fund by $658,998. Item G, recognizing the incumbent Troll Ford for the year. This is money that was obligated to be spent in the last fiscal year, and the bill just wasn't in time, so that's going to be spent in this fiscal year. That's going to include the general fund, $3,070,000. Vehicle replacement fund, $3.4 million. That'll be... Transit 1.5 million solid waste, 918,000 stormwater, 621,000 and all other funds will total $285,000. That pretty much impacts every operating fund that we have in the city. And automates will be the addition of three FTEs to the recreation and parks, buildings and grounds division for custodial services. This will be replacing the custodial contract and will be done in-house instead. And that will result in no change to the general fund. That brings the overall operating budget to $211.1 million. And we ask that council approve budget ordinance amendment number two.

All right.

Any questions? Anybody want to make a motion?

Motion to approve. Second.

All right. Motion made by Councilmember Scully. Second by Councilmember Robinson. Any other discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

Now we'll move on to the new item, 28.

Item number 28, resolution authorizing application to the Federal Transit Administration for a federal grant for fiscal year 2026 low or no emissions notice of funding opportunity. Call forward our transit manager, Wood Davidson, for a very quick presentation. I expedited.

So the low or no-emission grant program, FTA announced $589 million in funding. It's a competitive funding program for the purchase of low-emission transit buses. The notice of award will come in April of 27th. We engage the Center for Transportation and the Environment, CTE, to develop our grant application and provide all the supporting services. CTE is the leader in low and no emission applications with partners being two times more likely to receive funding using them as your provider. Services are built into the grant application itself, include pre-post-award audit quarterly reporting and our greenhouse gas reduction study that is required. The program application, what we're applying for, we're asking to replace four of our diesel buses that have already surpassed their useful life with four new near-zero emission natural gas buses. The natural gas would be provided by Greenview Utilities. Benefits of CNG, near-zero tailpipe emissions, reduce engine noise, reduce fuel costs, Fuel alone, we save about 50 cent per equivalent gallon over diesel. Reduced maintenance cost over diesel and improved reliability. The city's total share is projected to be 641,000 with 60% coming from general fund, 40% from vehicle replacement fund. You can see the breakdown. of the project there in the table with buses workforce development which is training and professional services the recommendation would be to adopt a resolution approving the grant request authorizing the submission and execution of the application for these federal funds all right any questions anyone want to make a motion

Motion to approve. Second.

All right. Motion's been made by Council Member Willis, second by everybody. Council Member Scully, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.

Motion passes 6-0.

All right. Unless I missed something. I believe we're moving on to the city manager. That's right.

So thank you, Mayor. This weekend, we've got a lot of busy, busy things going on in Greenville, ECU. Tomorrow night, we kick off our Free Boot Friday series in partnership with Downtown Greenville Partnership. And also on Saturday, ECU will be taking on Appalachian State right there in Dowdy Ficklin Stadium. I'd like to give a special shout out to all of our employees that will be working real hard to support those functions. fire ems police our recreation and parks department our special events department public works a lot of individuals be out there city employees to try to make sure that we keep everybody safe and also that everyone has a great a great weekend so just give a shout out to our employees And if you're at Freeboot Friday tomorrow afternoon starting at 530, you know that we received a grant from NCDOT for an integrated mobility pedestrian safety study. We will have a booth out there where members of our community can give their input into that process. And you're working the booth, right? I will be there. I don't know if I'll be working the booth. I will be there.

Certainly. All right. That's all I got. And putting him on the spot, we've got the city attorney's report.

I just appreciate you guys letting me fill in for Emmanuel tonight. He's in the crowd. And it was a great way to spend my birthday. Happy birthday. It's your birthday today? It is indeed. Happy birthday. Couldn't think of a better way to spend it.

I mean, I couldn't either. I should have gave you your coffee this morning. I'll give you some suggestions down here.

You put sprinkles and coffee? She said, do you consent to this? I said, no. It worked out. It was nice.

Sprinkles and coffee, okay. Happy birthday.

You need to talk to some staff members. We'll figure it out.

Well, happy birthday. Thank you, sir. And the anticipated city clerk's report?

I will save mine for next month. My girl has left. I was going to congratulate her. She's earned her CMC, but I'll wait until next month.

Okay. All right. Let's see. Council Member Scully. Thank you, Mary. Mix it up. Mix it up. There you go.

Cool. Side swipe there. Go Pirates. Excited about having ECU back in session. Excited about the Pirates playing football and all that does for our town spirit, local economy and all that comes with that. So go Pirates. Go Eagles. Oakwood Eagles, that is. We finally have an athlete at my house. It's been a dance house. All these years which I love, love dance and all that it does for their physical fitness and teamwork and all the great things that dance do. But I have a volleyball player at my house. So good to root for Emmy playing volleyball. And just wanted to say thank you to all the coaches out there that are especially the ones leading little leagues and teams at schools. It's so important for our kids to participate in activities, especially sports. They learn so much. It's really cool to watch Emmy out there competing. I also have a high school senior at my house, so go Rose Rampants. And good luck to all the seniors out there. Work hard, participate, have fun, and do all the senior things. God bless you guys as you go through this year. And I apologize for last month. I missed out on the meeting because I took my family to Ireland. And it just couldn't have been better. It was just an incredible experience. For so many reasons, it was inspiring to see the beauty of the place, to be in communities that are doing a lot of the same things that we're doing here in terms of beautifying their public spaces, making them accessible for pedestrians and people to enjoy. The parks are just gorgeous and have natural spaces within them, some urban meadows, which are really beautiful. And it's just a gorgeous place which was so nice to get away and experience something different. And then it was really wonderful to come back to eastern North Carolina because it really is one of the most beautiful places in the world. We have the most beautiful sunsets and sunrises in the world. It's just a great place to be, and I loved coming home after being away. So God bless eastern Carolina. God bless Greenville. Thank you, Mayor.

God bless District 4, right?

Yes, sir. Four.

That was a great he says, I apologize for not being here, but I had a great time.

We did, too.

Well, Councilmember Hardy.

So I'll be short, but I just want to share an experience that I had this Saturday.

So I took my set up a Sunday afternoon actually to knock on all the I think I knocked on almost every single door in the Quarry Ridge subdivision to kind of get to the bottom of what the residents are feeling about the rezoning that has now been moved. And I had a wonderful experience with one couple who demanded that I come inside and try some M&M chocolate chip cookies and some brownie cookies. They even offered me some milk to go with it. So it was a long day of walking the neighborhood, and that was a good time relaxing with them in their home.

Thank God you're still here. Thank God you're still here. Had to be that baby face.

All right. Let's see. Council member Willis.

Thank you, Mayor. So recently we changed the way that we do our boards and commissions. And so rather than the liaison appointing specifically to their boards, we allowed for all of us to be able to have that equal opportunity, which I think is great. So I am asking for a little help. So our youth council, because of the nature of high schoolers, they graduate, they move on, we are down to one person that's on the youth council. So I know we had a couple of continuances tonight, but if you guys would work to find some good candidates, because we don't have, they graduated, they moved on. And I know that you would do that. And if there are any people watching who have young people in high school or if you know of some teens that are interested in being a part of the Greenville Youth Council you can contact our clerks or you can contact me if you have an interest in But an application is needed, but we would love to have some excited, involved high schoolers to be a part of our youth council. And since he's here tonight, I want to make sure that I acknowledge my husband, Mr. Ty McWillis. We're going to be celebrating 12 years on September 20th, our anniversary. And so I just appreciate him. I appreciate him, the little things. He is definitely my gift of grace. I love him so much. I'm proud of him, and I appreciate how he supports me, and it's my goal to support him. So I love you. Happy anniversary. Early.

You better have something big planned, bud.

Hey, I've never seen Pam sitting inside this chamber.

I have never heard that from my wife.

Okay, Council Member Robinson. Well, if you say Menzies in this community, you think of Pepsi. And if you say Pepsi in this community, you probably think of Menzies. So I just want to give a shout out to Jeff Menzies. He has devoted over five decades of his life to Pepsi. and he just got a really big award. The PepsiCo Lifetime Achievement Award was given to him early in August of this year at the National Sales Meeting over in Las Vegas. So Jeff, congratulations to you. And now you hand the reins over to to Landon and Miles, and I'm sure they're gonna do it. And just a little background on Pepsi, it all started in Newbern, North Carolina, in a pharmacy. And the Menjis have been instrumental in restoring that pharmacy to keep it at its original condition. So that's where Pepsi started. The Menjis here in Pitt County have been in Pepsi since 1935, 91 years. And if those of you are old enough to remember, like myself, they used to have their Pepsi bottling plant on. Dixon Avenue, where you could see the Pepsi bottle going by and Pepsi being imported. Well, just like a lot of our community leaders and stuff, they just didn't run Pepsi. They also gave back to the community. So everybody that knows the Menjus know they're always giving back in various charitable deeds and civic deeds. Big supporters of the Pirates. They also have been big supporters of ECU and also the Boy Scouts. So recognize Jeff. Congratulations to you. You just, I think, eight or nine generations almost of people, Menzies and the Pepsis. So congratulations to them. Number two, go Pirates. Show up at the football game and support our Pirates. They've got a great team. They had their bumps. They've already got out of the way now. And so also go support Freeboot Friday. Also, I want to say this. Those matters got continued off the calendar, but please understand those who showed up and spoke, those who accompanied those who showed up and spoke, We hear your voices, whether it was heard or not tonight, and I know that I've already taken some steps to talk to some more people about that issue and voice their concerns. I'm a big advocate that if you have an issue with the city of Greenville, I'm a big advocate. Come down here and tell us. I may not always agree with your point of view, but I want to hear it. I know the rest of us want to hear it, so big advocate for that. And finally, I want to say this, and I'm glad that Councilmember Willis did it before I did because I was kind of wondering, but, you know, we have greatness in this council chambers, but also greatness in Greenville and Pitt County. And so I want to say this. We have four principals in our community who have been nominated for 2027 Principal of the Year. And one of them is sitting out there in the audience. And Principal Woods, would you please stand up? Because I think it's a great honor to be nominated. And congratulations to you. He's a principal at Northwest Elementary School. This council wishes you the best of luck in that endeavor. But I also want to recognize that we just don't have one. We've got three more. So I want to say congratulations to Dr. Kirby Maness, which is the Aiden Grifton High School. I want to say congratulations to Dr. Norman McDuffie. My backyard, Pac-Tolas Global School. They're rocking it out there. I want to give them credit, so credit to Pac-Tolas out there. Dr. Paul Briney at the Wintergreen Schools here in Pitt County. We have so much to be proud of that those leaders are leading our children who are going to be our leaders the next day. And so it is super proud for me to acknowledge that and to say we've got that many people out of Pitt County that have been nominated for 2027 Principal of the Year. So congratulations to each and every one of them. Wish all of them the best of luck. So I'm super proud about that because y'all know I love our local people. And that just tells, again, the quality of people that are leading in our community. So congratulations to all of them. Mayor, thank you. One more thing before I get in trouble. My wife, you're watching. Happy anniversary, 30 years of putting up with me. And especially with my knee surgery where she basically treated me like a toddler for about four weeks and doted on me 24-7. Thank you so much. You're wonderful. I love you. Congratulations on three decades of hanging out with me and me having the pleasure of hanging out with you. And she probably loves you so much.

I bet she's watching this live right now. I know she is.

She's saying, you need to say a lot more. By the way, what are you doing for our anniversary?

me and president willis about to get together and figure out we gotta do big because we both of us married up all right all right council member jones um i just want to say thank you to the 16 members of the community for coming out and speaking up um your willingness to show up speak up Made us hear, made us listen, made us take that time. Your voice is important, so make sure you continue. No matter what your problem is, as Robinson said, no matter what your problem is, come speak to us. That's how we know more. The more you say, the more we hear. It's great to see that the growth, or should I say smart growth, is still continuing to happen in Greenville from housing off of Charles Boulevard to O'Reilly's. Now, my husband don't have to drive all the way across town to get parts for the car, so that'll be great when that gets here. And tomorrow, as we celebrate 9-11, many will pause to remember a day that changed our lives forever. So for 25 years later, let's continue to honor the lives and legacy. Let's continue to stand together, care for one another, and cherish the freedom that we all have. Have an awesome night.

Very nice. Very nice. That was good. Mayor Pro Tem.

I will just concur with all the remarks that have been said tonight.

All right. And I'll say the same thing. I do want to reiterate what several of the council members said. Make sure that you get out and support our Pirates. It's important. You may not even be a football fan, you may not be a sports fan, but every time that we have thousands of people that come into our community, they spend lots and lots of money. And a lot of those dollars come back to us in sales tax revenue, and those can be reinvested into our community in things that you may like even more than football or sports. So we want to make sure that our Pirates do very well. They're an integral part of our community. So please get out there and support them. Wish them well. I think they've got a pretty good team this year despite our – first game against Alabama, which was a very tough task. But make sure you get out there and support them. And then also, please, tomorrow, remember 9-11. It's been 25 years. It's hard to believe it's been 25 years. So, anyway, with that, we'll look for a motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn. Second. All right, motion has been made by Councilmember Robinson, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Foreman. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay.