City Council - Regular Meeting

10:12•JCJanet Cowell

Welcome. We will start the meeting, as always, with the Pledge of Allegiance. Councillor Silver, can you lead us?

10:39 – 10:55•JCJanet Cowell

Right, and we had a consent agenda. There were no items. Oh, sorry, we have recognition of special awards. Is there any? Okay, right. Consent agenda, no items pulled. Do we have a motion to approve?

10:57 – 11:30•JCJanet Cowell

All in favor, aye. Aye. All opposed? All right. This pass and we will move to public comment. We have 22 folks signed up so two minutes each and I will just remind everybody that our goal here is to have a space where everybody feels comfortable to speak and we can all hear and respect each other so please refrain from clapping or certainly jeering or anything like that but just being respectful to everybody. First folks, John Crew.

26:38 – 27:15•JCJanet Cowell

Thank you. Isaiah Allen. Isaiah here. Elizabeth Palizzo. Is Elizabeth here? Vicky Reich. Is Vicky here? Bonnie Landaverde.

29:24 – 29:36•JCJanet Cowell

Thank you. Jen Lawson. Is Jen here? Okay. Eva Fairlinden.

34:00•JCJanet Cowell

Next speaker is Claudia Chambers. It's Claudia here, okay. Whitney Hill.

38:40•JCJanet Cowell

Thanks. Next we have Zainab Balak. Not here?

38:50•JCJanet Cowell

Hua Huang. Is Hua here? Okay. Giselle Torres.

41:10 – 41:31•JCJanet Cowell

Thank you. I will just say for those speaking on the teen issues, we are going to have a forum on October 12th, 5 o'clock, at the Adult Activity Center in Five Points area. So that conversation, if you are interested, will be held then. Athena Wallen is our last speaker.

43:42 – 43:54•JCJanet Cowell

Okay, that concludes our speakers and public comment. We will move on to the report and recommendation of the Planning Commission. Good afternoon.

Just one thing for Z2226. I asked if we can actually move that to the November 4th because it's in the evening so that residents that may want to attend can since it's involving the NCOD for the neighborhood. So that would be my only request. Other than that, with that change, I will move to approve the remaining, if there are any more questions from all the councillors? I do have questions. Okay, so I'll pull back.

Go ahead. Questions? Okay. Bynum, can you speak a little bit more? I mean, I can see in the blurb a little bit about the split vote here on this case, but could you elaborate a little bit?

Okay, so the three dissenting votes were all, that was the reasoning for all three? Yes. Okay, great. And then will you follow up with us about the notice error? I know there's been different reasons for them across time, so by email or something.

47:14•JCJanet Cowell

Okay, other questions? If not, do you want to- I don't know, Council Branch, you want to make a motion?

Yeah, so my motion is to set the hearing for Z1526 for October 26th, set it for Z2226 for November 4th, and to send Z1926 back to the Planning Commission. And cancel the... 1EF.

47:46•JCJanet Cowell

Okay, thank you for making that complicated motion. Is there a second? All right, second from Councilor Patten. All in favor of that motion, aye.

48:02•JCJanet Cowell

Okay, then we have special items. Justin Rometta.

Hi, thanks for this. So I want to make sure I've got my procedural understanding straight. So in the custom signage plan, if someone's pursuing that, and no one has pursued one under our current structure, right? Is that what you said? So if they did, they would submit an application, would go to design review commission, who could apply any sort of Conditions or changes to the case and then it comes to City Council for final approval. That's correct And then but on the text change the procedure is that we would authorize today Planning Commission would review and can Planning Commission make

Okay, yeah, I think I'll just offer as feedback and however it goes into the stream, we'll see it at the end. But I think some mitigation on the sort of amount whether it's like total square footage that can be Chopped up in any variety of ways or like total number of signs or something. So we're not just ending up with Infinite 300 square foot signs, but it's probably like an appropriate Loose end to tie up Okay, much counselor silver I Know this is just introducing it to City Council

It would be very helpful as if council authorized it to proceed through the process. I strongly encourage illustrations for the average citizen to understand five lines of copy versus 10 lines of copy, knowing zoning. I'm familiar with it, very foreign to the public, but also high profile, medium profile, and low profile zone sign, it may be an opportunity for the public to understand what we're talking about And then if there could be kind of this is existing, this is proposed, it would help, I think, everyone in the entire process. Because you're right, Raleigh's known for basically clamping

Yeah, I just want to note a few things, and correct me if I'm wrong. 300 square feet, that is about the size of a regular highway billboard, is that correct? It's okay if you don't know.

Okay. Well, that's what I think from my read. And so I think to several of the points that I've heard, you know, I just want to ensure that we are not unleashing Pandora's box. You know, I think this is for a very specific request, you know, a specific place. I don't necessarily have an issue with this one property that has an interest, but what would be helpful I think when we were looking at billboard Policy before is we had a map of where this could impact So can we see across the city? You know who this would apply to and then in terms of these criteria Because it's an external request, yo

Okay, and will planning staff weigh in in any way?

And I guess one question perhaps for the applicant, if they are here, the person who started this, is there a way to narrow this to your property, or does it have to be done in a way that is available to many properties? Or I don't know if that, maybe that's questions back to you, Justin, sorry.

Could it be as narrow as only this one address can have this kind of signage?

I guess from the folks that are here representing this text change, I just would like for the public to understand what is your goal, that would be helpful.

59:22•JCJanet Cowell

Thank you. Other guests, councilor Jones?

This is for staff and it would just be to tag on to Councillor Silver's comments. I think in the process of conversation, learning why, since this is only 2024, it's not a very old ordinance, why the five lines was important. I think that explaining that, not just that we want the change, but why we initially just two years ago thought five was the number and wanting to increase it. I think that's gonna be really clear for the public. I just wanted to extra highlight that and put a pin in that.

Council Cotton. Just to put a fine point on figure back on Council Member Harrison, movable copy or changeable copy If that is captured somewhere else in the code, it would not be made available through this, like movable or changeable copy signs?

Okay, so adopting or allowing this to begin the process does not make available movable or changeable copy signs? It does not.

1:01:03•JCJanet Cowell

All right, does somebody want to make a motion?

Move to authorize the text change process to begin.

1:01:08 – 1:01:20•JCJanet Cowell

second all in favor aye aye all opposed nay so that passes thank you next we have the public art strategic plan adam foreman

1:13:04•JCJanet Cowell

Questions for Mr. Foreman? Councilor Patton.

Hi. I'm curious if you would apply this to, only to projects at their inception at the time of adoption, or something like New City Hall, which is not complete, but has already, we've already done a lot of the approvals and community engagement for the public art in New City Hall. Like, would you sort of retroactively apply this and make changes?

1:13:34 – 1:13:49•JCJanet Cowell

Any other questions? Good job explaining it all. So, let's see, do we need action? Receive his information, okay. Thank you. Raleigh sister cities update, Symetria Jones.

1:25:29 – 1:26:02•JCJanet Cowell

This is a somewhat random question, but I was meeting with the Embassy of Singapore delegates and they just opened a new office in Austin, Texas. And so I'm wondering, in addition to all this excellent work around sister cities, like targeted strategies around consulates, offices, and do we have a pulse on that and a strategic sort of plan in this region to try and pursue those sorts of presence by various?

1:26:14 – 1:26:42•JCJanet Cowell

if you want to add something else, but I think that's the perspective there. I just think it should be on one of our agenda. I don't know whether it's federal agenda or through this body, but it just hits me that there are increasing numbers of international groups coming directly to cities, and they're getting off the coast and coming into the heartland. So there are opportunities, and I would think, again, they are already coming here. We should just have a strategy of how to recruit or spend our time.

Thank you so much for this. In terms of the board members, you broke it down. There would be Raleigh, there would be two appointments from Raleigh. Who appoints the community members? Because I know currently they do that kind of on their own. So is that, would it be a mixture or would it be all us and the others that you?

Okay, so outside of the Secretary of State, the NC State, all eight other positions, there were six community and then two, that would be us? Yes. And currently we only do three, right?

Got it. Understood. Thank you so much. All right.

1:29:09•JCJanet Cowell

Okay, any other questions? Okay. Is there a motion?

Yeah, I'll just say, you know, I think without this, the sister cities, the status quo is a pretty informal and very flexible, squishy relationship that I think is not really great for the city in terms of, like, exposure, accountability. Like, I think this will add a lot of clarity, so definitely understand that. other positions but for me that is why it's important to move forward at this to like codify a very informal relationship that's currently existing and I just I think the status quo is is too squishy so um with that I'll move to adopt the resolution all in favor of the motion aye all

1:30:07•JCJanet Cowell

All right, next we have the report and recommendation of the city manager.

Sharnell, can you come back? I'm so sorry. No, no, you're fine. You're fine. I raised my hand as you were going. Can you review just briefly some of the wins from the last job fair? And then how many departments, if you remember, I may have missed it at the beginning. I was chatting. So how many departments are we going to be doing this time? And then how successful was the last one?

That's awesome. So 400 people interested last year. Yes. Wow. All right. Well, I'm excited about that. Thank you so much.

1:34:45•JCJanet Cowell

Great. Thank you. Next, we've got the report and recommendation of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission.

Thank you so much for your remarks. I was looking through the work program, but you have it as number two bullet. You and I have talked before, and I wholeheartedly embrace. I understand that the work plan may evolve next year, but the focus on pedestrian infrastructure, that's certainly appreciated. You're right, not just as a point where there's an issue, but the entire network. And so I'm delighted as the Commission starts its work to start shifting gears and giving pedestrian infrastructure and sidewalks and all the other greenways the proper attention. So thank you for putting a spotlight

1:44:23•JCJanet Cowell

I'll move down here to Mayor Bertram Harrison.

Yeah, I just want to thank you, Mr. Smith, for being with us. Jane Harrison here. And I am so pleased that you're bringing that pedestrian focus to the commission. I have been a bicycle commuter, so I get the bicycle world. But we do need more folks with a real passion and focus on our pedestrian landscape in the Raleigh. And I just want to put a call out to everyone out there. who would like to join the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, please apply if you have a pedestrian focus, because when I go through the applicants, I often don't find that type of individual, and we need more

Excellent. Councilor Patton. Hi, Megan Patton here. Just want to build on that. So specifically thinking about the transportation bond and how that much of what we hope the voters will adopt is our big jump in our extension of high comfort networks. I'm curious what you think about BPAC's role in communicating the benefits of the upcoming bond.

Okay. So have you had any conversations as a group on how you might...

1:47:58 – 1:49:25•JCJanet Cowell

I had a comment that's probably partly for staff and partly for BPAC, which is I really appreciate all the good work here, and I think our staff does a really good job of prioritizing intersections and mapping data. I appreciate your points about not letting tragedies drive everything, but I would like to ask, because there's been a particularly deadly year, despite all of the good work in the city. I know traffic fatalities are up, I think, over 40% this year, and we've had a number of pretty horrific pedestrian deaths. And I just wanted to ask staff if we could just look at those and underst

Great. Thank you. And with that, should I put a motion forward then? Yes. So motion to approve the work plan.

1:50:12 – 1:50:26•JCJanet Cowell

All in favor, aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. And that is unanimous. Thank you so much. All right, next we have the report and recommendation of the Police Advisory Board. And we have Brianna Scurry and Cole McMullen.

Thank you so much. I want to go back to the inquiries. You mentioned that there were a few that were sent to our PD and then you reviewed the ones that you're going to do next year. I'm wondering, can you walk me through the process? What does that look like and were there any inquiries from previous years that closed out this year?

And what is the response back? Once you send all that information, how do they receive it and either act on it or don't act on it?

Very cool. And I just learned from SUAC, from the Substance Use Advisory Commission, that you guys spent, at least the chairs, some time together, able to have this conversation with each other within, I think those that were at the Pathway Center, and really interested in learning how that meeting went. And did you feel that it was good to connect? Was that your first time connecting with other chairs within that area?

Awesome. Well, thank you so much for your work. I look forward to seeing you at the October 12th. Hopefully that will speak to some questions that the board has, but thank you for your service.

Just one question for you, Cole. On these different policy reviews you do, does any of that information get to council? I know that I was able to get your guys' meeting minutes from August. They were very helpful. Thank you. Is this something that you think about for how to just communicate to us, too?

2:06:10•JCJanet Cowell

Second. All in favor, aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. Thank you so much.

2:06:19•JCJanet Cowell

All right. Next, we have matters scheduled for public hearing. Bryce Abernathy.

2:07:24 – 2:07:35•JCJanet Cowell

Okay, so you need a resolution confirming the lien and, yeah, hearing. So let me go ahead and open the hearing and close the hearing.

2:07:41•JCJanet Cowell

All in favor of the motion, aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. All right.

you know, where we're having to keep going out. How can we address that?

All right, well, I just say if there's anyone in the community, those that are seeing this, if you know property owners or people of these properties, please get them in contact with the staff so we can try to prevent these from reoccurring.

2:11:02•JCJanet Cowell

Okay, I will open the hearing and close the hearing. Do we have a motion?

2:11:11•JCJanet Cowell

All in favor of the motion, aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. That is unanimous. Next we have petition annexation AX 1526.

2:11:56 – 2:12:15•JCJanet Cowell

Questions? I will open the hearing and close the hearing. Move to adopt the annexation. Second. All in favor of the motion, aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. That is unanimous. Next we have petition annexation AX2126.

2:12:58 – 2:13:13•JCJanet Cowell

Questions? Questions? Open the hearing, close the hearing. Is there a motion? Move to adopt the annexation. Second. All in favor of the motion, aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. And that is unanimous. Next, we have AX 2326.

2:13:39 – 2:13:50•JCJanet Cowell

Second. All in favor of that motion, aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. That is unanimous. Next, we have rezoning Z1226 on Rock Quarry Road.

Councillor Patton. Hi. Perhaps for you, or you can push the applicant if needed, what's going on with Stream A? I tried to quickly glance at these conditions, but I'm not sure I'm getting it.

2:16:40•JCJanet Cowell

And we do have the applicant signed up for the hearing. So anybody else before we? OK. So we'll go ahead and open the hearing. And Worth Mills is here.

2:21:49•JCJanet Cowell

Thank you. Any questions for Mr. Miller? Yes.

Hey, Worth. So I understand the intention of this condition around the stream A is to protect it and the endangered lampreys, but what does it do?

2:23:18•JCJanet Cowell

Any other questions? Okay, I'll go ahead and close the hearing, as there is no one signed up in opposition. Is there a motion or further questions?

Now, I just thank you for your work in continuing to keep the conditions from the previous case, as well as those that you've added. So with that, I move to adopt the proposed consistency statement dated September 15, 2026, contained in the agenda materials, and to approve the zoning amendment with the adoption and effective dates described in the agenda items under recommended action.

2:23:49 – 2:24:02•JCJanet Cowell

Second. All in favor of the motion, aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. So that is unanimous. Thank you. Thank you. Next we've got rezoning z17 on Hillsboro Street Yes, ma'am.

2:27:08•JCJanet Cowell

Questions for staff before we have another staff member?

Go ahead. Thank you so much. On the two structures in the north side, are there people currently living there? I didn't see the staff report. They're both vacant. Great. Thank you so much.

2:27:24•JCJanet Cowell

Okay. Any other questions? All right. We'll go ahead and open the hearing and invite Ms. North to come up.

2:32:33•JCJanet Cowell

Okay, I will go ahead and close the hearing.

All right, I just am really excited to see this permanent affordable housing project get going. Yes, I am gonna vote yes on this one for sure. Thank you all for being here and supporting it. I move to adopt the proposed consistency statement dated September 15th, 2026 contained in the agenda materials and to approve the zoning amendment with the adoption and effective dates described in the agenda item under recommended action. Second.

2:33:02 – 2:33:13•JCJanet Cowell

All in favor of the motion, aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. That is unanimous. Thank you. Excited to see come to fruition. Next, we have petition annexation AX1726.

2:35:22 – 2:35:34•JCJanet Cowell

Okay, any questions? All right, I will open the hearing. And we have Anne Anderson.

2:36:25 – 2:36:44•JCJanet Cowell

Any questions for Ms. Anderson? Okay, I'll go ahead and close the petition annexation hearing, and then we can open the rezoning. Did you have anything additional to present, and did you have anything? Not unless you have questions for me. Okay, so here's opening the rezoning, closing. All right, questions or motions?

Just move for approval of the annexation of AS 1726. Second.

2:36:52•JCJanet Cowell

All opposed, nay. And that is unanimous. Thank you.

And for Z1826, I move to adopt the proposed consistency statement dated September 15, 2026, contained in the agenda materials, and to approve the zoning amendment with the adoption and effective dates described in the agenda items under recommended action. This approval is also deemed an amendment to the future land use map to the extent described in the adopted consistency statement. Second.

2:37:23 – 2:37:35•JCJanet Cowell

All in favor of the motion, aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. And that is also unanimous, thank you. Okay, final item is text change TC-426, minor and exempt subdivision regulations.

How widespread do you think this would be utilized in our current city, if this change were to happen?

We think it'll be really highly used very successful Okay other questions before I open the oh, yes councillor Patton I have a handful I think maybe building off of councilmember branches point on these It seems like four or five and six splits It's like only in residential, not where Street Plan Street is called for, not near a school, Greenway, et cetera. So there are all these places where you would not trigger it. So I am curious if you have a sense of how much land area is unlocked once we've kind of removed all the people who won't, parcels that won't qualify.

Okay, so you can still go through the minor subdivision process, but at the end of the process, you have to produce the sidewalk.

Okay, okay, helpful. And sorry, one more. Roughly how much time for both the parts, roughly how much time is saved if these are adopted?

Thank you. I do want to highlight that in the questions we asked about this, in that 23 developments that you mentioned, that also it created 50 to 70 lots. So that's a really impressive number of homes that could have been added. I do have a question about stormwater. As we increase density, and I know in five points we have a lot of, maybe some potential for this to be an area where this is utilized. Will you walk me through what the UDO would require with the stormwater concerns with that increased density on smaller lots?

2:51:40 – 2:51:59•JCJanet Cowell

Okay. We'll open the hearing, and I have eight people signed up for the eight-minute slot for the support and nobody in opposition. So Hannah Mull, Tyler Metz, Jamie Ferguson, Harold Yell, Aaron Yelly, James Holloway, Daniel Coleman, and Danielle Plard.

3:00:05•JCJanet Cowell

OK. Yep, still got time. Got 25 seconds.

3:00:30•JCJanet Cowell

Thank you. All right. That concludes the speakers. So I will go ahead and close the hearing.

That's fine. I have a question for one of the speakers. And actually, it's for Mr. Coleman, because I know at a public planning commission, you spoke in opposition. And there's now your four. Can you help me understand the change? Are you calling him?

3:02:03•JCJanet Cowell

Okay. Okay. Is there further dialogue, or does somebody want to make a motion?

Well, I was just going, yeah, I was just from Stormwater. I guess you're good with this proposal, the way it's set up and everything. And our infill rules will protect our neighborhoods. Yes.

3:02:49 – 3:03:20•JCJanet Cowell

Second. All in favor of that motion, aye. All opposed, nay. And that is unanimous. Thank you all. All right. Next, we have the different committees, but there is nothing pending, so I will start with Councilor Fort for the report of the Bay Area and City Council.

I have two quick things for staff that both can be done through manager's update probably. One, North Carolina repealed parking minimums at a statewide level and gave back the stormwater authority as part of that. And I want to just, I'm sure staff's already on this, but understand what code amendments might be needed to utilize the new authorities we've just regained. And then also, I believe this is something that staff is also already on, but I am interested in how our code enforcement policies might like need modification or updates to match more like prairies, wildflower meadows, drought-

No report. I just have a few things. As I am the liaison for our stormwater team, I did send an email out to council about something that I'd like our stormwater advisory council to work on. So I would like to say, as Raleigh continues to densify and experience more intense weather events, we need to ensure our development regulations are keeping pace, particularly when it comes to sensitive sites. And to that end, I would like to propose and motion that we direct the Stormwater Management Advisory Commission to review the UDO, the Unified Development Ordinance, and associated stormwater regul

3:05:33 – 3:05:44•JCJanet Cowell

And just, I think I laud your effort. I also wonder in terms of the down zoning bill, how does that intersect? I mean, are we able to do?

anything well I think that through this is the discussion so the goal of this would be to send this to the the team the Advisory Council to discuss and bring back any recommendations so there's no record there's nothing that would change right away it would be just open the discussion so that we can learn maybe there are those issues and we can if possible strengthen what we can do is conditions

My only concern as I look through the Stormwater Management Advisory Commission work plan, there is reference to reviewing policies and codes. I always get nervous when an advisory board is giving an assignment that really is primarily a staff role. My hope was with the expertise of stormwater state regulations. This is something I believe, you know, when I was plan director, we reviewed our code annually through conditions and zoning cases. And so certainly I believe there's a role for the Stormwater Advisory Commission. That is a heavy lift to go through the UDO when our staff is constantly

Agreed. I mean, why are we going to do that? I guess my... Normal concern is that we have stormwater regulations, but then every zoning case, we re-litigate the entire ordinance, and then there are additional stormwater regulations. I think it may be appropriate to find out, is that appropriate? Do we want to have a one-off every zoning case? My hope is that when we have an ordinance, it covers all the development standards, but it seems that there's always something different or extra or over. So I'm fine looking at it, but I agree that it should be balanced between staff taking the lead with

Yeah, I just want to add that we do have a lot of experts on the Advisory Commission, and I liked how the Police Advisory Board has picked up, like, you know, three or four policies to review each year. I think that's manageable, and certainly to work in coordination with our staff. So if you need a second, I'm seconding.

3:09:27•JCJanet Cowell

We don't need to bet on anything, right? I mean, in terms of a second, yeah.

Oh, okay, perfect. And just to close that, I have just a few more. Our Decoding Democracy Book Club will meet on Saturday, October 10th at the Continental in District B from 9.30 to 11.30 a.m. We will continue our discussion and we will be moving on to Chapter 3.2. DISTRICT E's COMMUNITY MEETING WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH FROM 6 TO 8 P.M. AT LA CUSINA ITALIAN RESTAURANT. COME JOIN US FOR DINNER AND CONVERSATION. AND THEN LASTLY, I LAST FRIDAY WAS ABLE TO BE WITH THE GUATEMALAN CONSULATE AND WE RECEIVED THIS AWARD. JUST CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO THE CITY OF RALEIGH JUST IN APPRECI

Just ask that we do look to plan the community update on the Bus Rapid Transit where we are since we've kind of started and other than that, no report.

We'll have a District D Neighborhood Alliance meeting on Saturday, September 26th at 9.30 a.m. And the topic will be the affordable housing bond. So please come out if you want to talk about that.

3:12:08 – 3:12:19•JCJanet Cowell

Move to reappoint. Second. All in favor of the reappointments, aye. Aye. All opposed, nay, and that's unanimous. Okay, the report and recommendation of the city attorney.

Yeah, so one of my concerns are no scooters and really bikes in places outside of downtown, in different places. Is there a way where maybe there's some type of identifier? So if I'm driving, there's a number or something I can see on it. So when it's reported, we can say, hey, there's scooter 12 and others 12. Sitting on Rockari Road Bridge because that has happened. So if there's some way Safely in this is distinguishable where these numbers can be placed on these that we can identify it because sometimes people are moving in transit and they're not able to Scan a code.

Yeah, just one question on legality of where scooters can be ridden. So my understanding is they should only be on our streets and not our sidewalks when you're riding them. Can you confirm that? that is correct okay so i know i see a lot of folks riding these on the sidewalks and i get it because it can feel scary to ride on the street depending on where you are but i just give my own example i was hit by a car when i was younger and it was because i was riding my bike on the sidewalk And when you're riding and you're just going a little bit faster than what people expect and they're coming o

3:21:42•JCJanet Cowell

The only thing I'll say is just I think the corrals look great. I've been watching them go in all over town. So just thanks to all the staff and the artists who are working on that.

3:22:08 – 3:22:31•JCJanet Cowell

Second. All in favor, aye. Aye. All opposed? Unanimous. Thank you. All right, so I have a motion to enter into closed session pursuant to General Statute 143.318.11a3 to consult with the city attorney in order to preserve attorney-client privilege. So moved. Second. All in favor, aye. Aye. All opposed? So we are now going into closed session.

4:27:08 – 4:27:47•JCJanet Cowell

and council has directed the city attorney to draft a proposed six-month moratorium ordinance for council's consideration on data center development within the city's corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction and to take the steps required by North Carolina law that are necessary to allow the council to adopt it if desired at that meeting. A public hearing on such an ordinance will occur at the October 6, 2026 council meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. And with that, this meeting is adjourned.