City Council Minutes October 16, 2017 Work Session

OTHERS PRESENT: Matt Pepper, Assistant City Manager; Lauran Willis, City Clerk; Jody Reid, Utility Superintendent; Dave Harvey, Chief, Darryl & Teresa Welch, Terri Fullerton, Todd Cain, Kendra Mayfield,  Robert Bayless, Mike Besaw, Judy Greer, Jeff Wearing, Peggy Madden, Hoyt and LaTrelle Oliver, Zach May, Loren Roberts.

The meeting was called to order by the Hon. Jerry D. Roseberry, Mayor  
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Mayors Announcements
The annual retreat is scheduled for October 27, 2017 here at City Hall.
A Plan Implementation Project meeting is scheduled for November 17^th at The Center at 9:30.

Grant Writer – Roseberry said with the recent purchase of the property at 107 W. Clark, and due to the historic nature of the building we need someone who has experience as a historian and knows how to write grants to pursue possible funding for the restoration of the property. Roseberry suggested Eric Oliver. City Clerk Lauran Willis will research salaries for Grant writers and this item will be on the November agenda for a vote.

Moore Street Traffic Study – Assistant city manager Matt Pepper gave an update on the traffic study that was done on Moore Street.  Mayor Roseberry asked that Chief Harvey verify with the county fire marshal to see if there is a specific kind of speed hump they recommend that would have less impact on the fire engines and speed in getting to any calls.  Eady suggested he also investigate if a stop sign would be just as effective.  This item will be on the November work session agenda for further discussion.  *

101 Longstreet Circle- Roseberry said we have received another low offer on the property at 101 Longstreet Circle.  He said we need to discuss what the city wants to do with this property.  Do we want to make it into a park or entertain bids to sell it?  The consensus was to turn it into a passive park.  It was suggested we need to canvas the citizens in the neighborhood first before we move forward.  This item will be on the November agenda for a vote.    

Honorary Councilmember of the Month Program.
Assistant City Manager Matt Pepper said we started this program in 2014, since then we have hosted 48 honorary councilmembers.  Pepper said due to the time spent and cost involved with city staff we suggest transitioning to every other month.  Eady suggested possibly going to quarterly.  This item will be on the November meeting for a vote.

Asbury Street Parking Lot
Kendra Mayfield with Oxford College said that due to the expense in engineering to reconfigure straightening of Asbury Street on the plans the College has decided to withdraw their request. 

Councilmember Eady asked, since the council had not approved the parking lot on Whatcoat, that parking on Pierce and Whatcoat Streets be discussed further. Mayor Roseberry said this will be put on the November work session for further discussion.

 
Executive Session
This item was cancelled.  

Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 6:52 pm.

Respectfully Submitted;


Lauran Willis, CMC/FOA
City Clerk

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