Remarks by Corey Branch
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“Well, mine is kind of similar to this. So my question is how similar or dissimilar is this to our overall grant process in which, you know, they get a larger amount but they go through the entire process, but they receive their funding at what point?”
“Okay. And my last question is, I agree with the point about previous recipient, but how far back does that go? The reason I ask, because I know with our human relations grant, it's a three-year cycle. You wait a year, then you can submit again. So does this keep any of that into consideration?”
“And I was going to say in the piece about... Approval and the invoice in that part. I think that's an operational piece that you because the what it reads here it says Must cover a reimburse activity funding not disbursed without an invoice. Yes, so that's what it reads so the part of Us approving and the invoice and all of that, that's not what we're voting on. We're voting on this verbiage here. So I think that's an operational thing. And I think the direction we're giving is if they know they're going to get the funding, then they can kind of, I think, figure out what they can do with…”
“Since it's transitioning, this is maybe two. I know. I know.”
“We'll have a question. What about... Anyone that may request funding between today.”
“Yeah, just two questions. One, for the second convening, is it just for the 74 identified churches, or is it open to all?”
“And my second question, is there some point or time in which there's a list of who those 74 are? Sure, we can share. We can, thank you.”
“Thank you guys. So definitely thank you for the presentation. And we definitely did not talk because my questions were around the data. And is there a way that you, first of all, are there tools that you need that could help you all as far as tracking the data? And then in providing that so we can tell from year to year, are we seeing what upticks, where are the upticks? If it's dropping, where is it dropping? to try to help figure out what partners we need in the community that we don't currently have. Because to the naked eyes, people say it's getting worse. But in order to fix a problem,…”
“Not a question, but I did receive an email from the owner. They asked for more time, I think 120 days.”
“So I have a question. Before you, Ben. Yes, Council Member. You're saying you want 120 days for us to hold it, or 120 days for you all to act upon?”
“All right, so, okay, thank you. My question's now for staff. At the time we give permission for a home to be demolished, How long does that take?”
“Okay. So two to three months. So that puts us, it's a holiday season coming up as well. So you're probably at fastest mid-January? I would say January, yes. January. And you're asking for us not to act until February?”
“I would be open for counsel to approve demolition and give them until February, probably, 1st. to give you time to work through everything that you need to work through. That would be my motion.”
“So here's my concern. The request in which I hear is they don't want us to act until February 16th, which means if we hold this until February 16th, we come back and then it's another two-and-a-half months for staff before they act and do all the testing.”
“Yeah, well, the reasoning behind what I'm saying is to give them time. If we think about the case that we just had before it, we don't even know if we really got someone that's for sale that's looking to buy it. We approved that case. And we approved it because we don't know if we have the information. We have the owner. They didn't even talk to the owner on the other one about if it even is mapped out. We have someone with their attorney. They're paid attorney saying, hey, we're looking to sell this property, move forward to counselor. on Patton's point, for us to go in and do all of that…”
“First of all, thank you, and also thank you to the county manager that also reached out to me as well. With that, I move to adopt the proposed consistency statement dated October 20th, 2026, containing the agenda materials and to approve the zoning amendment with the adoption and effective dates described in the agenda under recommended action. Second.”
“Just one quick thing. There was a comment made earlier about the steps at Chavis needing repair. I was out there yesterday. The city's staff is already working on repairing those steps. So I just want to thank the staff for working in addressing those safety issues and concerns. Also a great meeting on October 12th with our youth and youth ambassadors. Thank you all for pulling that together. I look forward to the report out. And the main thing I would say from that is whatever we need to do to help inform the community that we already have youth ambassadors and how more youth can be involved…”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Just move for approval of the annexation of AS 1726. Second.”
“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.”
“How widespread do you think this would be utilized in our current city, if this change were to happen?”