City Council - Regular Meeting

9 2026. We're glad everybody's here. We got a beautiful crowd here tonight for a great a great night. And as our custom, if you silence your cell phones, we're going to have a moment of silence and then Miss Hatchel's going to lead us in our pledge to allegiance. So, we can all stand, please. Amence to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [clears throat]

I want to make everybody aware Mr. Daval is not going to be with us tonight. He's under the weather. So, keep him in your thoughts. Yeah. Council, we have a adoption of an agenda here. Please, I have need a motion. Move for approval. Mayor, thank you, Mr. Jackson. Second, Miss Hatchel. All in favor, please raise your hand. All right. Now, we are moving on with the ceremony. I think Mr. Chief Wineoff has this going for us here, I believe.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of council. Uh we'd like to take the opportunity tonight, as we've done in the past, as we said uh at our reception we held just a few minutes ago, uh it's always an honor for us as a department, as a city to recognize new employees. Uh as you know, our recruits spend sometimes months in classes uh preparing to get through that probationary period to where they can actually serve as a firefighter. Uh so we're happy to recognize tonight one of those that has recently completed his probate pro probationary training and is now uh a full-time firefighter with the city of Canapapolis. So Sammy Webster, he comes from us from a neighboring department. Uh he's been with us, he actually completed his training toward the end of the year. Uh has done very well. Uh he's he's really uh found his place with us. Uh great guy. Uh very wellliked so far. uh as as his couple weeks he's been here. So, uh couple weeks down and 25 years to go. So, uh we we appreciate you being here and coming and joining us. And uh we want to congratulate you. So, with that, uh I'm going to ask his dad to uh do the official pinning for him.

[clears throat]

Congratulations. [applause]

Congratulations, sir. All right. U we now have a proclamation Black History Month. Miss Barry is going to handle this one for us. [cough] Whereas Black History Month is observed annually in February to recognize and celebrate the rich history, culture, and enduring contributions of African-Americans to the United States and the world. And whereas African-Americans have played a vital role in shaping our nation's history through leadership, innovation, creativity, resilience, and sacrifice. despite enduring centuries of enslavement, segregation, discrimination, and systemic injustice. And whereas the achievement of African-Americans in fields including education, science, medicine, government, arts, business, athletics, and civil rights continue to strengthen and enrich our communities. And whereas Black History Month provides an opportunity for all people to deepen their understanding of the historical and contemporary experiences of African-Americans, to honor those whose efforts advanced freedom and equality, and to reflect on the ongoing pursuit of justice and equity. And whereas acknowledging black history is essential to fostering unity, mutual respect, and a more inclusive feature future for generations to come. Now therefore, the city council of the city of Canapapolis, North Carolina does hereby proclaim the month of February as

Black History Month and encourage all residents, students, employees, and community members to observe this month through education, reflection, dialogue, and participation in activities that honor the legacy and contributions of African-Americans and witness thereof on behalf of Mayor George Douglas Wilson and the entire Canapapolis City Council have caused the great seal of the city of Canapapolis to be affixed this 9th day of February, 2026. This is the proclamation. It will be on display in the atrium of city hall for the rest of the month of February. And we wish you all a happy Black History Month. Thank you. [applause] Thank you, Miss Barry. Now, we have the speakers from the floor. I'll turn this over to Miss Scaggs. Good evening. I have two cards currently. Um, and you will be given four minutes to speak. The first person I have is Amos Mccor.

Good evening. Good evening,

Amos Mccor. uh state representative for the North Carolina NAACP. Um wanted to address u something that's about to happen later on in this program or this uh meeting just to make sure that I'm clear on what's about to happen or may not happen. I understand that the MLK Boulevard that was my baby from start to end where it's at. Uh and in in our presentation to the city almost 5 years ago, we included that entire street uh from downtown to African-American [clears throat] community. Just want to make sure that you want to address this.

You guys on city council present this once it's presented to you, you present it to the state and the state either agrees or rejects it. In this case, the state did agree to make that MLK Boulevard and we certainly appreciate that here. And it showed it showed to us that Canapapolis was one of the first, not one of the first city to show in Cabaris County uh that you are a progressive city council. Now, moving forward, my grandfathers and great-grandfathers came over on the slave ships. They couldn't speak English, but they learned something. After that, a 100 years after that, another 100 years of Jim Crow. Jim Crow means rules, not laws. That somebody just make a rule and do and it's done and everybody else just shut up. coming from the African-American community. After 1965, we started to get a little bit of foot to say, "Yes, we want to vote. Yes, we want to have a voice in our communities." In some cities, that's okay. But in some cities, it's not. We just want to know what kind of city council we're dealing with. At least I do. Uh before I move any further with what I'm about to say, we had the bridge name. We had the city the street name and a couple of months ago we came up with somebody gave a proposal to name it after a house of representative person uh in less than four years. Now we're going to put another name on that bridge. Just want to know are we going to stick with what you say or you going to be a chameleon city council change something every four years. That's all I want to say. Thank you sir.

Next speaker I have

Phil Goodman 105 Central Drive in Canapapolis. I've been attending the council meetings pretty regularly since about 2017. And for anyone sitting behind me that hasn't been to many of them, you don't have any idea what kind of treat it is to be looking here at eight people that I attended a a retreat on Saturday all day long. There was agreement, there was disagreement, there was opinions, and I am so proud of this group of people. For the first time since I've been coming, there was disagreement, but yet understanding and cooperation. The attitude was, "This is my opinion, but I'm going to go with the crowd. Whatever the vote says, that's what I'm going to do." Uh, and there was some, you guys did a phenomenal job in there. Uh, there was a lot of discussion, a lot of hardcore discussion, a lot of uh variations of the different topics. And I just want to say if if this continues this way, I said it before you or I think the night that you were voted in or sworn in. If this continues, I think the some of the brightest days in the history of Canapapolis lay ahead of us. Uh for the two new folks that we've got, Isaiah and Naomi, I'm going to tell you, you guys were starve performers there, if you want to call it that. You did terrific. Everybody else spoke their piece, had the what they said what they wanted to say. I was sitting in the back saying, "Am I really seeing what I'm seeing and hearing what I'm hearing?" Uh, a lot of good discussion and uh picking someone else out. The mayor did an incredible job of not taking control of the meeting, allowing the other six people to speak, letting Wilmer speak, and uh he put in his his opinions of

things, but it was not dominated by the mayor. And so for anybody hearing my voice, I'm telling you, we're in for some good days ahead in the city of Canapapolis. And I do believe there will be fairness irregardless of color, irregardless of political stand uh standards. I think there will be fairness all the way. And I sincerely appreciate you guys and I will continue to pray for you and sort support you in any way I can.

Thank you, sir. Every man has a place in his heart there's a space and the world can't erase his fantasies. Take a ride in the sky on the ship. C Fantasy Earth, Wind and Fire wrote this song. It was called Fantasy. It's been my dream and and I heard it and couple months ago, Valyria came to me. She called me one night and she told me that Miss Corine Cannon, there was a possibility of doing something for Miss Corine Cannon. Miss Corine Cannon, my grandfather, married her sister. And so when you talk about Corine Cannon, you're talking about a jewel. I've worked with Daryl Jackson for at least 20 years. Diane Barry was uh think treasure when we raised 35 or $40,000 at Caro Middle School. [clears throat] I worked with Doug, known Doug for nearly 40 years. Wilmer, known him all of his life, worked with uh Miss Mitchell, I worked with her husband at Jackson Training School. I'm here to tell you that it's not about us today. It's all about that 106y old woman by the name of Corine Cannon. [applause] So if and my [applause] we met

Mr. Amos Mccur, Mr. Doug Wilson and our city manager and we came up with an agreement of what we would do and it was my understanding when we left that meeting that we would be on one mind and one accord what we were trying to do. If any misunderstanding has come other than that, I don't understand that because it's all about that 106 year old woman sitting right there. [applause] And so as I stand here today, as I stand here today, I want to thank you for the consideration of that bridge. Martin Luther King did a good job, great job of what he's done. But I want to thank you for consideration of naming that bridge after Miss Corine Lidle Cannon naming the bridge and also the roundabout that we talked about few days ago, Mr. Amos Mccclure. I called him on Friday and we had this opportunity to talk and we went to see Miss Corine and we hugged and we kissed and listened to her tell her story. Miss Corine, we walked out of there. I was so happy. We put this on Facebook and as of now, we've had 10,000 and 875 people to see that on Facebook. So that tells me [applause] that this woman right here, this woman of God is worthy of anything that the city can consider doing for Miss Corine Lidle Cannon. And I want to say thank you on the behalf of the community here. We say thank you for what you're about to do for Miss Canon. [applause] Can she speak?

Can Miss Corine sleep? Is that possible? She's welcome to come up and speak. There is a resolution towards the end of the meeting. Wait for that. I'm

Yeah, we going to give her a chance to speak. I have one more cardia. [clears throat] Hello and thank you um thank you to the city council and to community. Um, I just wanted to start with saying that when Amos Mcclury and Pastor Gray and I were working on this project for Miss Karen Cannon, who was one of the first people that we met when we moved here to this area. Um, we had faith that what we were doing was going to come to fruition and I'm so happy to know that that is going to be happening today. And in light of that, I wanted to mention, and she doesn't know this, but when I was visiting with Miss Betty Austin, Mhm. Look at her looking over here. When I was visiting with her and told her that I was coming up here for this, she said she wanted to be here to visit with her friend. So, I want to let you all know that you also have someone else here in the room who was the first African-American elected to the Cabaris County Board of Education. And here on this Black History Month, I wanted to just bring that up. She was a She is a retired educator from Concord, North Carolina. Honored with induction into the Canapapolis African-American Museum and Cultural Center, KMAC is how we all know it, hall of fame in October 2021. She was recognized for her lifetime achievement and for being the

first African-American to serve on the Cabaris County Board of Education. and she is here as a retired educator to support her friend, Miss Karen Cannon. So, if everyone could give her a round of applause as well. [applause] So, I'd like to say thank you for the time and for the community coming out to make sure that we are all giving literally her her flowers, Miss Canon, with this roundabout where the garden will be. Um, I also want to mention here we are in Black History Month. I am a bit disturbed that Miss Jean Dixon, who is city council member, received more votes than the mayor, more votes than any member of this city council during the last election. Yet, she was not made to be the mayor prom. Now, I know that is something that you all vote and decide decide on, but historically the person who receives the most votes would be the mayor pro Tim. And it is very disturbing in being in Black History Month and this city council member was not voted on as mayor proim. Not only was she not voted on, she was not even allowed to speak. So, I do want to mention that and how um the community is very upset with that and we will continue to support you, Miss Jean Dixon. Thank you. [applause]

Thank you everyone. I do not have any additional cards. So, we will close out that. Okay. Thank you council. We have a consent agenda here that we need a motion to adopt. Mr. Mayor. Yes, ma'am. I I would just like to ask that under um minutes October 13, 2025 close session and October 27th close session that the um consent agenda be amended to exclude reference to those two um minutes. All right. Is that a motion? It is. Right.

Yes. Do I have a second for that? She wants to amend the agenda since we're not the amendments that are listed here are not actually there. You get a second for that. Okay, Mr. Payne with a second. All in favor, if you'll raise your hand, please. Okay. Thank you. Now, can we get a motion to go in and adopt it as revised? Mr. Payne, second, Mr. Hatchel. All in favor? Okay. Thank you. All right, we're moving on to the business agenda. Item A. Richard, you want to go ahead and address this, Mr. Smith?

Thank you, Mayor. We [clears throat] did have on your agenda tonight a public hearing for voluntary annexation for 6304 6320 Morsel Road and 6165 Pagemont Road. Uh we did have a public hearing scheduled for this but up uh up until 4:00 today and then the applicants notified us they wanted this item pulled from the agenda until the new property owner takes ownership of this property. So we don't require any action by council and just uh we'll have a hearing at a later date once they make relication for this particular annexation. So okay

so with that I'll move to your next item on the agenda. Let me skip down through here. All right. So, we have a request for voluntary annexation at 3050 Placid Road. Uh this is on behalf of an estate. Uh there's the applicant's names there you see before you. It is one existing parcel. It will be split subdivided at a later date between those uh family members there. Uh it's approximately 4.03 acres. It's in our non-ontiguous annexation area of the city, but it is in our future growth area. Uh it's adjacent to Waterford uh at the Rocky River subdivision. So this kind of gives you an idea where the location is off of uh Shallow Church Road in that area. The county line being on the left side of the screen there on that map and you see Highway 73 at the bottom there. This is the annexation survey. Uh it kind of gives you a better description close in of the property there. And with that, Mayor, I'll be glad to answer any questions you have either before or after the public hearing is held on this particular item. Does anyone have any questions for Mr. Smith?

I do. I have just a few for you, Mr. Smith. Um, I know we discussed this a little bit before, but I want to make sure that the listening audience has a clear understanding of this. Sure. So, just a couple of things. Um, of course, we know this was voluntary. Yes, ma'am. Annex's cannot be involuntary. That's correct. Um, where this is located at, once it is at annex, what would be the zoning out there? So, the zoning will typically match what's in the nearby area. it's R8 out in that particular area based on the density they're doing. They could actually even do it as low as R4 if they wanted to. Uh so it really depends on what subdivision they come back with. But the planning commission will assign the zoning once the uh annexation takes effect. And then they would have to come back for the sewer allocation. Is that correct?

Uh for they would have to come back for to staff for the allocation. Yes, ma'am. For the staff. Yeah. And they would actually the um utilities would actually come from Waterford. There's an actually easement that connects to this property through Waterford subdivision. So the utilities are nearby. Okay. And there this is, like you said, it was just that one parcel. They're not looking to put a subdivision or something in this area. That's that's correct. They're going to split it between family members. So they had to build individual houses on it, but my understanding is four, maybe five lots at the most.

And um with any annexation, of course, the police and the fire are aware, especially since this is one way out there by Shiloh Road in that area. Yes, ma'am. Correct. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it. We have any other questions, council? Okay, with that, we're going to open the public hearing. If you want to come and speak on this topic, please let us know now. All right, seeing no one, I'm going to close the public hearing. Council, we need a motion to adopt this u annexation. Move to adopt. Miss Dixon. Second.

Miss Barry. All in favor, raise your hands, please. All right. Okay. Mr. Smith. [clears throat]

Next item we have before you is another voluntary annexation. This is at 5963 Yo Avenue. It's in the Fisertown area. Uh the applicant is Cynthia Alexander. Uh she just wants to actually build one single family residence there and she wanted city services for this site. Uh the property is uh less than a quarter of an acre as you see there. It's non-ontiguous annexation and it is located in the future growth area of the city. Again, this gives you an idea of proximity. Go north on Charlie Walker Road off of Highway 3 and it's an area of Bridge Bridgeport Drive and Princeton Avenue right off of Yale Avenue there. So, this kind of gives you a closeup of that property off of Yale. And then again, I'll be glad to answer questions before or after the public hearing on that.

Council, anyone have questions on this one? No questions. Okay, we're going to open the public hearing. Anyone would like to speak on this topic, please come forward. Not a mad rush. Okay, we're going to close this one. And we need another motion to approve this one. Mr. Payne and Mr. Dixon, you got the second. Okay. All in favor? All right. Thank you. Okay. Now we [clears throat] move on to the item of the night, the resolution here for Miss Cannon. Um, Mr. Smith, you going to do this one?

Yes, sir. Not a public hearing here. [clears throat] We just need you to adopt a resolution based on your January 12th meeting. When you uh ask staff to actually begin the process for renaming the bridge that crosses uh Canon Boulevard, Highway 29, it will. It'll be the new bridge on Martin Luther King Avenue. Uh the bridge that was determined previously by city council was the example you see there in the picture. It's a church glass window bridge. Uh the project's one that's funded by DOT. The city contributed funding for the uh up upfit if you will of the bridge there and it kind of gives you an idea of the location of that. Uh for clarification on comments made earlier though the bridge itself it would be a memorial bridge Martin Luther King Avenue. The name will still stay intact there but there would be a memorial bridge and it would be named uh for Miss Canon's sake there. So, so you have in your packet the resolution requesting consideration of naming this to the Corine Elcan Bridge. Uh, once you adopt the resolution, if you so see fit, then we would actually take that to North Carolina Department of Transportation for them to consider. They would consider it when the bridge is closer to completion at that project. So, be glad to answer any questions you have on that.

Anyone have any questions here? Okay. Um, at this point I guess we need to call for a motion for this resolution. Miss Dixon is ready and she has the motion. Mr. Payne in the second. All in favor? All right, that passes. We're going to go ahead and do our thing now. [clears throat] I'm going to ask you to read that stuff. Just go. Sure. [clears throat]

You go ahead. This resolution states resolution requesting consideration of the naming of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Bridge as the Karen L. Cannon Bridge. Whereas Mrs. Karen Lidle Cannon was born in 1919 near the border of Cabaris and Meckllinburgg counties, daughter of the late Emanuel and Rosa Lidle, graduating from Logan High School in Concord. And whereas Mrs. Canon has served in numerous capacities throughout her life, including as a devoted wife and mother whose heritage includes seven children, 21 grandchildren, 28 greatg grandandchildren, and 10 great great grandchildren, community leader, and an active participant in social, political, economic, and religious life. And whereas Mrs. Canon is an active member and a great supporter and member of the Presbyterian Church, becoming a charter member of Covenant United Presbyterian Church in Canapapolis in 1958. And whereas Mrs. Cannon has served in various roles for the presbyter culminating in her role as a delegate to the Presbyterian woman's national meeting at Purdue University. And whereas Mrs. Canon's professional life has been equally diverse, starting as a salesperson in her youth and continuing until this day, including numerous

awards for through these services. And whereas Mrs. Canon made history as the first African-American woman employed in the production process at Canon Mills in 1963 where her sta trail trailblazing achievement opened doors for thousands of women of color in the textile industry. And whereas Mrs. Canon has also been deeply engaged in civic and political life, becoming associated with the NAACP 95 years ago, serving as a member of the Canapapolis Historical Club and becoming a charter member and former president of the Fisertown Princeton Park Community Organization. And whereas the city of Canapapolis would like to continue to honor Mrs. Cannon well into the future. And now therefore be it resolved that the city council of Canapapolis, North Carolina requests that the North Carolina Department of Transportation consider naming the new Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Bridge as the Karen L. Canon Bridge adopted this 9th day of February, 2026. [applause]

[applause] [applause] I just want to thank

everybody partic particularly the commissioners and the mayor of Canapapolis. I have been here for a long time. I guess you would think about that, wouldn't you? But I have come over those bridges. I've been walking over those bridges many years. I remember I was reading an article recently in 1884. There was an engineer who was very much worried and upset about not having a bridge over the neg. But it started by little things. You know, you start by little things and you'll be surprised what big things will be. I came over the bridges in Canapapolis with the civil rights movement with the all of the mysteries that you would think about jealousy in injustice and all those other mean things. I don't have to liberate them. You know how what I came over. I've been on God's road a long time. And that you don't know where the new road and the new bridge is going to take you. So this is a a word of for the mind is to think about where are we going from here? Where are we going from here?

This being the first of the February when we think about people of color in the month of February. After that we forget it. Let's keep on going.

We don't know where we're going. Think about how many people are traveling over the bridge now today at the 1884 in New York as a at the falls. Those bridges take you a long way. But don't try to go by yourself. You remember when the people walk along there was that morning with Jesus and they didn't know he was with them. But he was they were blessed. They were blessed when they found out the Lord was right here with us.

We all born for a purpose. I have no idea why I'm still here. Most of my associates are all gone. I'm so glad to see Betty Austin today. She we started out long time ago. She was our musician when we first started our church back in the 50s and all. And she's here today. I it would take me more than a minute, more than an hour to say thank you. So, I'm just going to cut it short. I've been traveling on this road a long time. I've been traveling on the road a long time. If you want to know the story, come visit me sometime at the at the landing of Cabaris. [applause] At the landing of Cabaris. It's just up the road there. Peace. I'd be love I'd love to see you there. So, I thank you. I thank you, mayor. I thank you. I was with the first mayor. I was in the meeting for we had the first mayor of Canapapolis. I was with him all after he passed.

I've been in Canapapolis now. I married on Saturday night, Saturday evening, and came over here 1930. When was it? About 80 something years ago. Long time. I've been in the area and I'm going to be included in Canapapolis. That's another thing I'm proud about. So y'all when you get ready to vote, vote. Think about me. I will.

Thank Thank you. Thank you. [applause] [applause] Let let me say one thing before we go. We all have a lot of blessings in our life, right? This lady is a blessing in all of our lives. She really is. And we really need to be thankful for her. God bless you, ma'am. Thank you.

[clears throat] [applause]

I want to say this before we move on. Miss Barry and and Mr. Jackson and myself have been on this council now for going on 13 years and that is the greatest moment that we've ever had. Absolutely. Give her another hand. [applause] That's fantastic. Are we moving on now to uh Mr. Anderson?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of council. Um [clears throat] what we have before you today is a update on our water and sewer master plan and CIP. And so I'd like to start today just by saying sorry about that. Let's back that up just a smidgen. What is a CIP? So a CIP is a multi-year uh planning document that outlines, prioritizes, and funds our major initiatives and projects. Those are going to include everything from pump station upfits to water and sewer main replacements as well as treatment plant improvements. And some of those improvements uh could be just due to age of material or the age of the asset. But it could also be expansion of treatment capacity both water and or wastewater. So uh what is our plan based on? to the plan that we staff are going to present to you as part of our budget retreats and as part of our um our budget packages over the next few months. The primary document that leads our CIP and our master plan is going to be the city's land use plan. That land use plan lays out uh our growth projections as well as u the growth areas and annexation areas for the city. and we then take those projections and add water and wastewater capacity calculations to them. So if we plan to grow the city X, then we know there's going to be there's going to be the need for more water, more sewer over time. And so the primary the primary item that we're going to look at on top of population projection is also age of our assets that we the city own. And we all know the older something gets, the more leaky it gets. So the older a water pipe gets in 20

years, the chances of it leaking are going to increase in the future. Same thing with sewer. Sewer is to keep ground water out and sewer in. Over time, groundwater will start to penetrate in some of the cracks and and the degradation that occurs over decades. And so we got we we've got four primary things that we look at as well. We have land supply. So that's basically what land is around us. What raw land is available here in the city or just outside. What properties do we have that are currently underutilized that could be redeveloped in the future by private investment? And then we look at our future land use plan that helps guide that. We look at suitability and then of course the ultimate growth forecast. So uh and then why do we need a CIP? Well, our master plan and our CIP are going to help us staff lay out a long-term water and wastewater capacity need and also help us with our rehabilitation and maintenance programs that will be part of our budgeting process over the next 20 to 25 years. So, what's included in this presentation and what you'll see at the upcoming budget retreat? You'll see routine repair and maintenance of pipelines, pump stations, and the treatment plant. You'll also see um plans to address limited water and wastewater capacity. You'll also see conveyance uh restriction improvement projects. And then, of course, we'll have a 20-year CIP as well as our master plan will be uh focused on a 25-year planning horizon. but what's not included in the CIP. So, what you'll see in the next couple of weeks and then in the next month or two will not include personnel additions, nor will it include our routine vehicle replacements like a like a pickup truck

or a van. Those are handled under our operational budget that year-over-year that council adopts and approves. But the final document that you'll see as part of the May and June budget package, it will include all the horizontal and vertical construction projects in the city. And it will also communicate our our system needs as well as our regulatory compliance program, future capacity needs and reinvestment program in our utility system. [clears throat] So jumping right into water demands and water projections. So using our current land use plan that the city has adopted, we anticipate that sewer will continue or uh that water rather will continue to grow. And so our current base year as of fiscal year of 26, so this current year right now is right at 6 to 6 12 million gallons of water daily is what the city uses. We project by 2030 that will increase 2 million gallons a day to 8.5. And then by 2050 it will increase to at least 12 million but currently we're targeting 14 million gallons of water per day. So essentially in 25 years we'll double the water based on the model and the projections. Also during the water and sewer authority of Cabaris County master planning efforts that occurred between 2022 and 2025 W was consultant reviewed all the surface lakes in the county and and also in Rowan County for Canapapolis would be Canapapolis Lake. During that analysis, we had to update our 50-year drought event, which is what we use to calculate safe yields. When our original um uh safe yield was

calculated, the 2008 drought was not a drought of record yet. So we used a drought in the 50s, 1950s. And then we used the 2002 drought and that gave us our safe yield calculation. With this updated safe yield calculation, we have to use the new drought of record, which is 2008. As part of that recalculation, our safe yield in in Canapapolis fell significantly. Also, Wasach's consultant commissioned a bometric survey of Canapapolis Lake and during that survey, they essentially they use ultrasonic and they just kind of sound the bottom. They found that in the last 20 years, we've lost 72 million gallons of onstream storage due to sedimentation predominantly at the northern end at the headwaters of the lake where Irish Buffalo Creek enters. So, we have to um take that into consideration that we've lost 72 million gallons of storage capacity for drought in drought conditions. We're kind of starting uh the start of the drought with 72 million gallons less. So, our current declared safe yield is 13.5 million gallons of water per day. With the updated studies, we're at 8.2. So, we have to start to plan around this reality that the the new drought of record, the 2008 drought, does impact our ability to say during a heavy drought, we're going to have 13 million gallons of water. Uh unfortunately the study that was commissioned just shows actually that we've lost some. Now we do have a a plan to take a deeper dive into this. So what's our plan for water capacity in the near term? Staff is going to commission a new focus safe

analysis and alternative study that will look just at Canapapolis. We'll be able to take a deeper dive into some of the projects that are currently funded. We have some recycling projects underway. Uh we also have some interconnects that are currently underutilized that we could u fairly easily activate and and work through those processes to get us back to that 13 and a half. But as part of that planning effort, it was identified that we will have to move forward in the near term with future connections to the Yadkin or the Kataba River. And then moving into sewer flows, um you can see the base year is approximately four and a half to five million gallons. And then by 2030, we're estimated to be around 7 million gallons of sewer. And then by 2040, we're estimated to be about 9 million 8 and a half to 9 million gallons of sewer. And then by 2050, we're well over 9 million gallons of sewer. And so these projections assume that we have wastewater capacity to continue to distribute. If we do not have wastewater capacity to distribute then of course these numbers would come down. This this chart here this table here just shows what the model is predicting. So the hydraulic model [laughter] what [clears throat] the hydraulic model is predicting will come from outside of the current city limits. So of the say 2 million gallon increase from 2030 to 2040 the model would indicate just under 200,000 would come from future growth. So this this is a good snapshot to show

the city currently has annexed of significant amounts of raw land or underutilized land that can be developed within the basin itself within the current corporate city limits. And this may be a little hard to see depending on the size of the screen, but this this map here shows uh restrictions within the gravity sewer system by 2030. And so if you notice the the uh kind of that red burgundy manholes, those circles, those are those are calling for um conveyance restrictions without any improvements. So without CIP improvements means if we don't do any improvements in that basin by 2030 those lines will will have constraint. Doesn't mean they're going to be you know backing up or overflowing but they are definitely going to be hydraulically limited. And then by 2040 you see the um the model continues to indicate more constrictions outside of the cold water basin moving into the Royal Oaks and the unnamed tributary off of Irish Buffalo Creek. Um that's the the creek that runs essentially from Beth Page Road all the way back behind uh Canapapolis Middle School paralleling Aelia and then ultimately to the Greenway. And then this is a a snapshot that shows 2050. It shows some constraints starting to occur around the Brantley Midlake area. Um that was projected. We knew that was going to occur. That's part of our normal planning. there's a plan in place to address that over time. And then there's one minor um watch list in the Rocky River basin. That's just a watch list. Likely no no project will occur. And so moving on within the CIP itself, you'll

see there's some routine annual maintenance that is going to be programmed in and and that'll be for council's consideration. Um but those will include lift station maintenance. So those are the existing sewer pump stations that the city currently owns and maintains. Some of those pump stations are brand new. Some of those pump stations are 30 years old. So over time, electrical uh switch gears, pumps, motors, generators, they'll have to be uh replaced over time. We also have some significant dollars set aside in the CIP that that will be presented at the uh upcoming budget meeting to look at sewer inspection and annual rehabilitation. And then there's recurring uh GIS survey and updates um basically to capture all the work that's occurred in that 5-year period and and track that throughout the life of the master plan. And so just to wrap everything up, we're coming toward the end. I wanted to show some examples of what you will see as part of your your package. This is a a map that you'll see. It's prepared by the consultant. And this will be you'll see there's a time. So this is a 2050 project. There's a um an opinion of probable cost right below that with some of dollar amounts. Those are in 2025 amounts. And then there's always some project descriptions. So, as you thumb through those, you'll see and there's a nice map that that you can follow. And essentially, this will lay out why we're recommending this project. And then this will this is just a a closeup of a water main project. Uh the maps will be very similar. They'll look a little different because water and sewer um they're just slightly different from a capacity standpoint. This this

actual snippet here is showing all phases of the water main project to to better facilitate the movement of water from the water treatment plant up to North Canapapolis to help improve fire flows over time. And then of course this is an expansion project. So this is just one example where Canton Drive was annexed by the city at the time. Water was not extended. Um this would be a project that we could review and look at cost and and say do do we want to do this? Does the community desire to connect things like that? And then this is just a snippet of a of an opinion of of probable cost and included that in the presentation. Each project that will be presented will have one of these dedicated just to it so that you can see where the um the consultant came up with the recommendation for for um for a budget amount. [clears throat] And so to sum up the capacity related projects the there's really two options for water capacity. One is the Yadken River Basin. So, we've got a few projects that could occur within the Rocky or the uh the Yadkin River Basin rather. That would be improvements at Second Creek Pump Station. That would be our partners to the north, Salsbury Rowan Utilities, or our partners to the east at Alamarl who were already partnered with. We have the option to expand their water plant from 5 million gallons to a combined 10 million gallons uh in partnership with city of Concord. Um and so there'll be some recommendations of over the next few decades planned programs to respond to water capacity shortfalls. And then of course the Kataba River Basin. The city of Canapapolis currently has a contract to purchase half a million gallons of water a day from the city of Charlotte. We

currently do not have the pipeline constructed for that contract, but the contract is is valid and active. So there'll be some projects in there that talk about, you know, building those water lines that we've been talking about for years. And of course, wastewater. The summary on that is we have the variable and fixed rate charge increases that would be necessary if we decided to participate in the future phases of the Rocky River Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion. the the two current programs that they have on their CIP are from 34 to 36 million gallons per day or essentially a 2 million gallon per day increase and then a 36 to 45 million gallon per day increase or an increase of 9 million gallons per day at Rocky River. The city would pay its portion if it elected to move forward with those projects, whatever portion we agreed to, and we would work with our uh WASAC board members to uh facilitate that. We also have the potential new wastewater plant in southern Rowan County. So there there is an option that the city partner or by ourselves build a new wastewater treatment facility. And then also there's the partnership potential for um with Salsbury Row and Utilities for Southern Rowan County sewer flows. With that, I know that was a lot of um a lot of tables with a lot of numbers, but with that, I'd be happy to answer any questions that the group may have.

I have one, mayor, Mr. Jackson. Uh, Alex, the we partnered with Concord on the album uh waterline, right? Yes, sir. Are we maxed uh maxed out on what we use there? How does that play into the the consumption that we

Sure. [clears throat] So, we're not maxed out, but the pipeline itself was designed to transport at least 10 million gallons a day. Our contract though with the town of Albamarl stipulates that when we hit 5 million gallons per day, that's combined Concord and Canapapolis purchases. To get more, we have to expand their plant. The plant just needs some concrete and steel. We have to expand the building. Um, and so that's where we're at. If we want to get any additional flows, we're going to have to expand or partner and expand the Albamaral treatment facility. Our current usage on that that line is limited to 5 million. We're between four and a half to 5 million daily. That's split between Concord and Canapapolis, but we're we're essentially maxed out on what we can get from them currently.

There's any kind of ceiling on the maximum capacity like the Yadkin or the Kataba that they would allow us in the future to be able because these rivers are only so big.

Yes, sir. So the Yadkin River, our current limit is 10 million gallons per day. That's set by our IBT certificate and our limit with the Kataba is also 10 million. So we can withdraw 10 million from the Yadkin and an additional 10 million from the Kataba. I don't believe we're going to be anywhere close to needing 10 million from the Kataba anytime soon, but we we definitely do have it in our plan to start withdrawing some amount probably closer to that half million or maybe you know a million in the future. But um but the majority we would recommend currently coming out of the Yadkin. Now, I know you're projecting out to 2050 and I'm thinking there's no way we'd be able to double our capacity, water capacity if we had those limitations. Yeah. So, if we activated all the IBT certificate would allow we we definitely could achieve what's in there, but with our current pipelines, I think we we would be limited. Uh we do have an existing water man coming from the city of Salsbury into Canapapolis that we could get several million gallons of water a day from as well. So we definitely have a lot of options and we'll do a I hope we'll do a good job of of showing all those options in the budget retreat. Uh but you're right with the numbers that the model's indicating we will have definitely a need to expand water capacity in the in the city.

Thank you, Alex. I appreciate it, sir. Jackson. [clears throat] Thank you, Alex. Uh, first of all, I just want to begin by thanking this um council for electing me to the uh Wasac board. I attended my first meeting and so when we talk about muddy when you talked about Muddy Creek and uh the Rocky River transfer uh it was it was like okay this is uh coming home to me. But uh the question I I have to ask is right now our lake has been drained

um because of repairs to the spillway and so do we have the capacity to in the event of extreme droughts to transfer water and from what source would that be? And the second question is what is the impact of the CIP on the um development at old uh Bisport road?

Sure. Well, so the the first the first question there is capacity during a drought. So we have a contract amount with uh at Codle Creek or Lake How to transfer 2.6 million gallons of water per day. So, we're currently not transferring any water from Codle Creek to Canapapolis Lake because we need to keep the lake level low for the construction project. So, our hope is no drought hits this in calendar year 2026. But we definitely could begin to transfer water today from Codle Creek. All the pumps are working right. We test them regularly. Pipeline is cleared. So, we could definitely start to transfer water today. We also have a pump station in uh Rowan County in Second Creek and that pump station is operational currently. However, it is in the uh 100-year flood plane and has flooded several times. So, there's a lot of um rehab that has to go into it every time it floods. We can withdraw. We have a grandfathered IBT uh to to pump up to 6 million gallons of water per day from that pump station and that pumps into Irish Buffalo Creek which would fill into uh Canapapolis Lake. But it is important for us to recognize that if if the Irish Buffalo Creek wershed is in a drought then the Second Creek whed is also likely to be in drought conditions. So we probably wouldn't be able to get the full 6 million gallons of water per day. But but historically and our safe yield calculations show we should at least uh expect two and a half million gallons per day. So we definitely could start to uh to fill Canapapolis Lake today from Codle Creek and with a little bit of of TLC at Second Creek, we definitely could uh start pumping from there. Not this

week, but but it's definitely doable. Satchel. Well, I want to say thank you for coming up here. You had a tough act to follow. Yeah, I appreciate you coming up here and explaining it um taking something very complex that a lot of us don't deal with every day and making it so we can understand and um making it very clear. So, I do appreciate that you're always available for questions. Um I'm going to just I just want to make sure I'm understanding it and make it really like one sentence clear. Basically, what I'm hearing is we have ability to get the water we need, but we need to work on the pipelines. Yes, ma'am. That's it. Okay. Thank you,

Miss Barry. I just wanted to know from what uh Naomi said, we [clears throat] we must start in fiscal year 2027 or can it be put off? I'm just wondering.

I I definitely think there are options that we can phase a lot of these projects. Um not the entire CIP is not expected, nor will it be presented that all of it's it's all or none. We definitely have options to phase some of those in. There will be requests made within the planning horizon of fiscal 2027 to 2029 that include the connection to the Kataba River. So there will be some some requested projects within the next few years. Thank you. Do we have any other questions? I'm just someone else. Okay. I'm sorry. Did Miss Dixon, did I answer your question?

Well, the second part of my question was about the how the C applies to the Old B Road project. Does that come Oh, yeah. That comes [clears throat]

Yes, ma'am. So, the the the current water and sewer serving the Old Betties for road exit 65 is constructed and that's already been financed. The CIP does recognize uh some future downstream improvements to the Brantley and Midlake basins just due to the pump station pumping more sewer over time. That's not something that we would anticipate being needed in the next few years, but it's definitely in the planning horizon that that improvements would be needed. I think it is important to note if we did get a heavy water and sewer user in that basin, then that may trigger improvements sooner, but if the [clears throat] buildout occurs, as we have uh laid out after consultation with the developer, the improvements are not needed in the near future. Everybody good? Thank you, Mr. Anderson.

Thank you. All right. Our next uh thing is Mr. Melton here. Excuse me. City council comments. Any comments from council. Matchel. Just wanted to say one quick thing. I've kind of joked, but we were number one this last weekend. Number one in snowfall in Canapapolis. So, in the area. So, with that though, I I do want to thank those um different departments that were out there working, whether it was fire, whether it was the transportation department clearing our roads. I know they were out there because I had people tell me they're out there at 1:30 in the morning

getting the roads cleared. Um and I also want to thank the citizens that checked on their neighbors, that stayed home, that um you know, maybe helped a neighbor by shoveling out a driveway or checking on some of those seniors there. And I was very impressed because the questions that I did get about snow removal, every time that I heard it, it was they were concerned for other neighbors, especially the seniors in their neighborhood. So, it just really goes to show what kind of citizens we have in Canapapolis. So, thank you everybody. And thank you. And and I echo what she's saying about our support people. It was it was a great reaction. It really was. Anyone else, Miss Dixon?

Yes. Uh I have a litany of thank yous and and I actually wrote them down so that I would not forget anybody. Uh, I want to, um, on behalf of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. uh, committee, uh, I think the mayor will probably concur with me that I said that enough on during the parade that he it probably still resonating in his You're correct.

Okay. But, um, I want to thank, uh, our city manager, Melton, who was certainly on hand. our city clerk Pam who made phenomenal arrangements for us. Um Annette and and her committee for the publicity, the custodial staff for doing just a an outstanding job of of preparing the facility, our parks and recck staff, our our police and fire and all of those people who came together to um support the the whole weekend and it was just a stellar weekend and you're certainly to be commended for that. Um, also my my second thank you is to Lee Goodman of the Canapapolis Fire Department. Uh Lee goes around the the city uh offering CPR and other information about fire prevention. And uh this past week I was in a community meeting and he along with um the Will Cannon of the American Red Cross at the Centerview Cares uh community association has offered a um fire alarm smoke smoke alarm detector to community members who are interested in having smoke smoke detectors. And on March 2nd, and the members of community care are here in the audience with us March 7th in the community, uh Lee Goodman and uh Will Cannon from American Red Cross will be distributing smoke alarms to our community members. And so I would like to just commend Lee for coordinating that event and also to ask that at some point in the future we have Lee and uh Will County to come make a presentation to our council so that we will be familiar with the fine job

they're doing in the community and also to make the public aware of these services that are available to our citizens, our residents. Thank you. Thank you. Anybody else? Okay, Miss [clears throat] Barry, I'm sorry I keep getting past you. Go ahead. No, no, Barry's no manager. I was going to get her to do the thing. I'm sorry. I'm skipping past you.

All right. Thank you, mayor, members of city council. Uh, I want to echo the comments that were made regarding our team's efforts during the snow and ice events. Uh, they were literally backtoback with the ice event and then, uh, snow just just days after that. But I want to commend our police, fire operations team, facilities, uh, communications, uh, etc., as well as our community partners in Rowan and Cabaris County. We had weekly calls where we were working together collaboratively as a team to make sure that the citizens of Canapapolis were safe. So, I just can't say enough about the extraordinary job that our team did during those two events to make sure that our citizens were safe. And if you can imagine when uh as uh Councilwoman Hathel mentioned out having to move 14 and a half inches of snow from the roads so that we can ensure that trash and recycling and your other services are available to you. It was a tremendous effort for those guys working around the clock to be able to do that and our fire and police teams making sure that our citizens were safe during this time frame. People that were stuck out on roads going out to make sure that they could get back home safely. So, I commend all of my team members for the extraordinary job. We couldn't have done it without you and thank you for your hard work and effort. The other item that I wanted to mention, all of you that I did share this uh in an email with you, but uh please when you have an opportunity, if you would thank Congressman Addison McDow's office, we were able to secure $1.5 million in US NC DOT dollars. uh that will help us to be able to improve the intersection of Oakwood Avenue and Rogers Lake Road. If you've been on that road before and you see the buses and uh that that turn as you're headed westward, it is it is it is somewhat of a challenge. So, this will significantly improve that. We've done work that excuse me, I say to the east, not west, but uh the the section that's to the uh to the west, we've already improved. We

did that with the uh CDBG uh project or excuse me CMAC project, but this will help improve that intersection where it's much safer. There'll be some signalization and drainage work as well as widening and turn lanes. So, uh it'll be much improved, but uh just wanted to share that with the board. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. [clears throat] Now, Miss Barry, can you get us into close session?

I sure will. Motion to enter into close session pursuant to NCGS1 143318 111 A3 to consult with an attorney in order to preserve the attorney client privilege and GS143 31811 A4 for discussing matters relating to the location or expansion of industries or businesses in the area. Is there a second? Mr. Payne, all in favor? We're now in close session. Thank everybody for coming. We were part of a historic night here. I really believe that. So, thank you for coming.