2026-09-14 - Council Briefing

00:00recognize Councilwoman Kate Williams for

00:02invocation.

00:03>> If y'all want to pray with me.

00:07>> God, thank you so much for bringing us

00:09together here today. Thank you for

00:11giving us this opportunity to serve our

00:12community in this unique way. And please

00:14help us remember that we are part of a

00:16team and part of a bigger city and that

00:19we work for the good of everybody

00:22together. Um please keep us safe and

00:23please guide our choices and our

00:25decisions.

00:30I call to order our city council

00:33briefing meeting for September 14th. And

00:35welcome to all of you that are here this

00:37afternoon with us. Um item number two on

00:40our agenda is addition or deletions to

00:42the agenda. Mr. City Manager, are there

00:44any additions or deletions?

00:47>> May uh Mayor Prom and Council, I have no

00:49additions or deletions. I will have an

00:52an update at the end.

00:54>> Okay. And we we are going to um item

00:58number five with the presentations.

00:59We're going to reorder those to have the

01:02CPL the presentation by CPL become C and

01:06the two proclamations be A and B. If

01:08that makes sense.

01:09>> Okay.

01:11>> All right. After hearing this, what is

01:12the pleasure of the council regarding

01:14our agenda?

01:17>> I'll make a motion that we approve the

01:18agenda as presented.

01:20>> Is there a second?

01:21>> Second.

01:22Are we electronic or we going to just do

01:24voice?

01:26[snorts]

01:43>> All right.

01:44>> All right. It's

01:45>> It's fine.

01:49>> I was like, I miss

01:52that was

01:54>> it's You're fine. The agenda has been

01:56approved.

01:58>> We know what the agenda has been

02:01approved. We'll move on to item number

02:02three, which is our regular agenda for

02:04tonight. Item number A is presentation

02:07by Withers Ravenel on results of sewer

02:10AIA grant project. I'll recognize our

02:12city.

02:19I'm sorry.

02:19>> I'm sorry. You said city manager.

02:26>> It's four o'clock.

02:26>> It's four o'clock. It's too early.

02:29>> The um

02:31>> today we're going to have a presentation

02:33on the asset to that was performed by

02:37Weather's Ravenel. This is for our

02:40utilities water and sewer system. uh

02:43that is uh was a grant program and from

02:48that grant program they identified

02:50projects uh that need to be implemented

02:53for our utilities and we'll go into

02:56details over those items. I will turn it

03:00over to Morgan maybe to make

03:01introductions uh and then we can get

03:04started with the presentation.

03:12Um uh the presenter today

03:17with Wither Wii

03:19the grant that we got was a

03:21>> a sewer sewer AI

03:24system just a sewer system just to

03:26clarify this would be the first

03:29>> throw if you will of doing this

03:31>> of doing this they gathered the

03:34information that we had

03:36a lot of information integrated it and

03:39analyzed everything and put it together

03:41and kind of came up and uh some

03:43additional additional projects I think

03:45it's five additional projects that we

03:47did not have listed for our source

03:48system rehabilitation

03:50>> and integrated those

03:51>> integrated those into our existing CIP

03:54>> and uh and uh

03:55>> I guess

03:57go over the the results of the analysis

04:00of the data that that was gathered um

04:03and uh they also came not only did the

04:07asset did a an up update on the capital

04:10improvement plan, but they also did an

04:12asset management plan which kind of

04:14shows

04:15>> he'll kind of models going forward how

04:18much uh investment is needed to maintain

04:21the sewer system going forward and I'll

04:24turn it over to

04:25>> Deepy.

04:37Yes, now I can hear.

04:45>> Okay, sounds good.

04:54your mic because

05:00you all able to hear me.

05:12>> Okay. All right. Great. Well, um good

05:15evening everyone. Um my name is Si

05:18Kalyan. I am um I lead the asset

05:21management group and with us Ravenel I'm

05:23also the project manager on the summer

05:25AIA project um that we did for you all.

05:28Um thank you for this opportunity to

05:31present um the project within um to the

05:34board. Um we are going to be presenting

05:38the um the project just a quick overview

05:41of the super AIA project what we did for

05:43the city and some key findings and then

05:46the recommended capital improvements

05:48plan. Um I hope you're all able to see

05:50the screen. So I'm going to go ahead and

05:52um start changing the the slides. If

05:54you're not able to see the screen,

05:56please let me know.

05:58All right. Great.

06:00All right.

06:05some very soon.

06:07All right. So, the presentation topics

06:10today, I'm going to be going over like

06:12what is an AIE and AM just because I'll

06:14be using those terms uh a lot throughout

06:17the presentation. Um I'll go over the

06:19project scope of what we did for the

06:21city and then um we'll go over the

06:24system inventory summary, the risk

06:27analysis, capital improvements plan and

06:30the life cycle marketing recommendations

06:31and also some recommendations as to how

06:33the city would be able to um keep

06:36updating the AM and um make it a more um

06:41uh a living document.

06:44So what is an AI and AM? Um an AMP is

06:48the asset management plan. At a high

06:50level, it basically helps you answer

06:52questions such as like what are the

06:54assets that the city owns, what is the

06:57what what condition those assets are in

06:59and what are the most important or

07:02critical assets um of the system. Um

07:06what my near-term or long-term capital

07:08improvement um needs are or operation

07:11maintenance needs are. And then um

07:13ultimately like where is the funding

07:15coming to um fund those projects. Um the

07:19AIA is the asset inventory and

07:21assessment grant program that the city

07:23has received the uh $400,000 grant from

07:27the state um to basically the state came

07:31up with this program so that utilities

07:33like yourself could uh proactively

07:36manage the assets make sure that um you

07:39know the assets are um planned well

07:43ahead then moving you know moving away

07:46from the reactive maintenance and moving

07:48into a more proactive maintenance and

07:50managing and financing the um the water

07:53and wastewater systems.

07:57So, in terms of project overview, like I

07:59mentioned, the city has received the

08:01$400,000 AIA grant money and part of

08:03that uh as a part of that project um

08:06what we did is that we updated the GIS

08:08mapping. We digitized the record

08:10drawings um the information that was

08:13available through record drawings. We

08:15used all of that. We scanned it. updated

08:17all that information into your GIS

08:19mapping and um also collected did some

08:22field data collection to update your GIS

08:24mapping. Again that includes like

08:27information um such as like the survey

08:29data, the input elevations, manhole room

08:31elevations, pipe sizes, materials and

08:33all those were collected and and um used

08:36to enhance your existing GIS mapping. Um

08:40once we had all the data we uh then used

08:43a risk analysis approach which I'm going

08:45to go over in the next slides to um to

08:49prioritize your capital needs and this

08:51included likelihood of failure,

08:53consequences of failure. So basically

08:56asking the same questions like what is

08:57the condition of the assets and um what

09:00happens if an asset fails. um using that

09:03methodology we came up with the um

09:06capital improvement needs and then we

09:08also have the operation and maintenance

09:09plan recommendations included in the AM

09:12and then finally I'll be going over the

09:14um the life cycle modeling and also

09:16we'll go over what that consists of.

09:19So um once the data like I said the GIS

09:23mapping was all updated the the um the

09:26city's um sewer system inventory was

09:30summarized and um this is a summary uh

09:34which includes gravity mains force mains

09:37manholes pump stations um for gravity

09:39mains you all have about um

09:41approximately 1,77,000

09:44linear foot of gravity mains that is

09:46about 200 28 miles Um from a force mains

09:50perspective you have about 125,000

09:52linear foot manholes 4,900 approximately

09:564900 and pump stations are 27

10:00and the map here basically gives you the

10:02visual representation of your collection

10:04system.

10:07So once we know what assets the city

10:09owns uh the next step was to find out

10:12what condition are those assets in. So

10:16um for gravity means typically CCTV data

10:19gives the direct condition information

10:21of the pipes. Um so we used a lot of the

10:24CCTV data what the city had and we

10:27reviewed that information and identified

10:30which lines are in poor condition or are

10:33structurally failing or had like on&m

10:35needs and we uh prioritized those lines

10:38for rehabilitation or replacement.

10:41And for the lines that we did not have

10:43CCTV data, we use the age information to

10:46come up with your capital needs. Um, so

10:49that's the estimated useful life. Um, so

10:51any any lines that had installed dates,

10:54we have um, you know, we we um compare

10:58that with the pipe materials. And for

11:00example, product pipe has a life cycle

11:03of 80 years. And if a line in your

11:06system that is more than 80 years, that

11:08means that that line has surpassed its

11:10useful life. So it was recommended for

11:12future CCTV investigations. Um all the

11:16red lines that you see um in the map um

11:19in the slide are those the central

11:21location of the city which I think are

11:23all most of the um older pipes in the

11:26system. So that is why those are

11:27highlighted as red which means that

11:29those lines are surpassed their useful

11:32life. Um force mains again we use the

11:35age information for manholes. We um with

11:38those traveler staff when they were out

11:40in the field collecting data, we did um

11:43perform some visual inspections and uh

11:46we have provided some condition ratings

11:48of those of those manholes and for the

11:50manholes that did not have that

11:52information. Again, we use the age to

11:55identify the condition. Um for pump

11:57stations, we use the city staff input on

11:59the condition of the pump stations or if

12:01there's any replacement or

12:02rehabilitation needs that need to go

12:04into the capital improvement plan.

12:07Um based on this analysis um for gravity

12:10mains um overall is about 40% of your

12:13system is in that red category which

12:16means they have the high or very high

12:17likelihood of failure. It doesn't mean

12:19that all those lines are failing and you

12:21have to replace them right away. It just

12:23gives you that perspective that these

12:25lines are the oldest in your system and

12:28need to be recommended for future um

12:30inspections or replacement if we already

12:33know the condition based on CCTV data.

12:36Uh for force means um again a lot of

12:39your system is in that moderate to low

12:41category and then manholes are in

12:43alignment with the gravity mains which

12:45are about 40% of the manholes are in

12:47that high to very high likelihood of

12:49failure.

12:51Um for consequences of failure um we

12:54used the so basically the consequences

12:56is like what happens if an asset fails.

12:58This is to identify which assets are

13:01more critical for your system. There

13:03could be a bunch of lines that need to

13:06be replaced. But then which lines are

13:09more [clears throat] important? For

13:10example, if a line that is close to a

13:12water body or if a line is located, you

13:15know, in a in a state highway or um a

13:18line that serves um for example a

13:20hospital or a school, those lines were

13:22considered to be more important over the

13:25others. So if those lines are in a bad

13:27shape or in a poor condition, those were

13:29prioritized over the others. Um for the

13:32city of Thomasville we have about 7% of

13:34grad mains that fall within that

13:36category of um

13:39um you know high consequences of

13:41failure. And then for force means we use

13:44pretty much all force means were given a

13:46five rating because we never want a

13:48force mean to be failed. And for

13:50manholes again they are about 5% in that

13:53high consequence excuse me consequences

13:55of failure category.

13:59Once we have uh we had all this um

14:03likelihood of failure and consequences

14:04of failure results uh what we did is

14:07that we went with a tiered approach. So

14:10any lines that have a high consequence

14:13of failure and a high likelihood of

14:15failure were prioritized over the

14:18others. So for example tier five is the

14:21high LOF and high CF. Um and then we

14:24further the those were about um 16

14:2717,000 linear foot of lines. Um but

14:31again we we saw which lines were based

14:33on CCTV data. Which lines were based on

14:36the age. The lines that we already knew

14:38that came from the CCTV data. We knew

14:40the condition that these lines are

14:42structurally failing. They are in a poor

14:43condition. We have recommended those for

14:46rehabilitation or replacement. And then

14:49the lines that are based on the age

14:51information that fall within the tier

14:53four and tier five category were um

14:56further recommended for uh CCTV

14:58inspections.

15:00The tier 1 2 3 or more in the low

15:03likelihood of failure to moderate

15:04likelihood of failure. Um and those

15:07lines were um you know just as an

15:09information that for you all it's all

15:11saved in your GIS so you all could uh

15:14plan for your next set of um CCTV in the

15:17future post the 10ear time frame

15:24once all this data was collected um you

15:26know like I said there were about 29

15:2930,000 near foot of um pipes that that

15:32were based on the CCTV data that were

15:35all that that fell under the um poor

15:38condition category and those represent

15:40the first um five projects listed in

15:43your 10ear capital improvements plan and

15:46then the remaining lines that fell

15:48within that core condition category

15:50based on the age information were

15:52recommended for CCTV those are the

15:54remaining three projects in the top um

15:57um top

15:59C uh top six rows there six or 10 rows

16:02there um so the CCTV recommend

16:04commendation was um a phased approach.

16:07So any lines that have the high

16:09likelihood of failure consequences of

16:11failure were prioritized for CCTV and

16:14then the remaining 400,000 linear foot

16:17were all high likelihood of failure but

16:20then had a low consequences of failure.

16:22So that's the second um phase and then

16:25the last phase was the moderate

16:28likelihood of failure and high

16:30consequences of failure were recommended

16:32for CCTV as the third um priority.

16:36Um rehabilitation and replacement of um

16:3950 poor condition manholes. Again these

16:41were based on the visual observations

16:43that we staff has conducted and we we um

16:47uh have noticed that these manholes were

16:49in poor condition. Um so we have

16:51recommended those for um rehabilitation.

16:55The next set of the treatment plan and

16:57consation study upgrade projects that

16:59you you see in the in the next um

17:01category down there those were all from

17:03your existing CIP and also from

17:06citystaff input based on their

17:07day-to-day operations of farm stations

17:10and any other projects um that need to

17:12go in there um for for your 10ear

17:16capital improvement needs.

17:20This is just a visual representation of

17:22that capital improvement plan. Um the

17:24first plan, the first map on your um

17:27left which says CIP projects 1 through

17:29five are all the uh rehabilitation and

17:32replacement replacement recommendations

17:35based on that CCTV data. And then the

17:38the map that's in the middle is um the

17:41lines that were recommended for CCTV

17:44um which like I said a lot of your lines

17:45in the central city um area are all the

17:49poor condition lines based on the the

17:52aged um age factor and then the um the

17:56map that is on the right is the um

17:58rehabilitation and replacement of the

17:59poor condition manholes.

18:03So um the life cycle uh was another um

18:08aspect or um element that we did as a

18:11part of the project. What the life cycle

18:12model gives the city is provides you all

18:15with that long-term understanding of the

18:18city's needs. So the capital improvement

18:20plan looks at the current state and

18:22looks at like okay what are the cap

18:24city's needs over the next 10 years. The

18:26life cycle model looks at the overall

18:29the holistic view of the city's

18:31condition the the assets condition. Um

18:35so even if a line is in a good condition

18:37right now 50 years from now it could

18:39fail. So does the city have enough funds

18:42to replace that line at that time is

18:45what the life cycle model provides you

18:48um information on. So based on that um

18:53the life cycle model analysis um the

18:57recommendation for the sewer system came

19:00out to be about $500,000 of annual

19:02funding to maintain your bio domains in

19:05a fair condition for the next 50 years.

19:08Um for manholes the recommendation is

19:10about $250,000

19:12um to maintain again a fair condition

19:14for the first 30 years. Now this is just

19:18to prepare the city to be more

19:21financially um stable so that there are

19:25funds available when these assets are

19:28going to be failing or will fail in the

19:30future. Um and if they do fail then you

19:34know you have the money to replace those

19:37lines. [snorts]

19:41Um with that um some of the re few

19:45recommendations from um future and next

19:47steps is that um to maintain and update

19:52the GIS mapping um on an annual basis

19:55whenever there is change to your

19:56infrastructure whenever there newly

19:58completed projects or if any lines have

20:01been replaced rehabbed make sure that

20:03the GIS mapping is updated so that you

20:05all have um the most greatest and um

20:08latest data in your GIS mapping.

20:11Um also the cost estimates that are

20:13included in the capital improvement

20:15plan. Um we recommend that you all

20:17update those cost estimates again on an

20:19annual basis because of u market

20:22volatility and the construction costs

20:24that keep on changing all the time. We

20:26want to make sure that you have the most

20:27upto-ate um cost estimates included.

20:30[snorts] Also um we did include a

20:33recommended on and m

20:35excuse me operational maintenance

20:37recommendations and the asset management

20:39plan. We do recommend that the city um

20:42build a preventative maintenance

20:44schedule and um continue

20:47um inspecting all the high priority

20:49lines from a CCTV standpoint.

20:53Also, one of the recommendation is that

20:55you all coordinate with your street

20:57maintenance or NC do like paving plans

20:59or anything that are coming in the

21:01future. So, if there's any NCR paving

21:04projects, um you may want to if if

21:08there's a project going on or going to

21:10be coming in the future, you may want to

21:11look at the condition of those um

21:13gravity mains under that street to see,

21:16you know, what condition are those um

21:18lines are in and if they need to be

21:20replaced couple of years from now, you

21:21may want to uh replace them when the

21:24streets get paved. In that way you could

21:25save a lot of construction costs um and

21:29avoid redigging the streets again. Um

21:33again um highly recommend that the AM is

21:37um a living document and update it every

21:40year based on changing infrastructure

21:43and needs and update the um the CIP

21:46based on the updated likelihood of

21:48failure and consequences of failure

21:50information.

21:52Um and finally um to um about come up

21:56with a funding strategy. So there are a

21:58lot of grant programs, low interest loan

22:02programs available. So we highly

22:04recommend that you're always um talking

22:06to funding experts and see what's out

22:10there um in terms of state funded grant

22:13programs or loan programs to see what

22:15projects may be eligible um for um for a

22:19program. And that way you could easily

22:22um complete those projects um see which

22:25projects may have a higher chances of

22:27funding and and um

22:31so that those projects will be awarded

22:32and we can complete those projects.

22:36So that um I'll be happy to take any

22:40questions.

22:54Hey, thank you.

24:49This budget amendment appropriates um

24:51approximately $132,000

24:54um from the North Carolina State Bureau

24:56of Investigation payable to all local

25:00law enforcement officers in the state

25:02who were employed as of June 30th, 2026.

25:05Those payments are $1,750

25:08appreciation bonuses which are to be

25:11paid around midocctober to all of our

25:13sworn local law enforcement personnel

25:15that were on the books at that time. Uh

25:17the amendment also appropriates $5,000

25:20of grant funding from the North Carolina

25:21League of Municipalities for its risk

25:24management services insurance pool

25:26safety grant program. Um, this provides

25:2950% reimbursement for the purchase of 22

25:32water filled barricades for

25:34construction, pedestrian, and traffic

25:36safety. These will be purchased by our

25:38fire, police, and public works

25:40departments. Um, [snorts]

25:42additionally, $4,900 is transferred from

25:45general fund contingency to cover the

25:47cost of a gift card incentive, which was

25:49part of the city's climate workplace

25:51survey services agreement with the UNCC

25:53School of Government. general fund

25:55contingency balance is now $495,100.

25:59Um, a $10,000 contribution from the High

26:01Point JC's is appropriated in the

26:03recreation department to support

26:05beautifification efforts at Finchfield,

26:07home of the High Toms. Uh, special

26:09thanks to the High Point JC's for this

26:11contribution. Also for uh also special

26:15thanks to tourism and Cameron Marsden

26:18for coordinating with the JC's to secure

26:20the funding. Thanks also to Corey Tobin

26:22and the recreation department for

26:23overseeing the project. Um, [snorts]

26:26finally, uh, the amendment appropriates,

26:29uh, all funds currently held in the

26:31recreation reserve, which totals

26:33approximately $146,000

26:35and approximately $362,000

26:38from unassigned fund balance in the

26:40general fund, which will serve as the

26:42city's contribution to the CDBG NR um,

26:46grant for construction improvements at

26:49Strickland Center and Carver Park. Um,

26:52this will allow us to get an initial

26:54budget in place, move forward on the

26:56project immediately, and we may have to

26:58revise that that ordinance, which is

27:01you'll be approving subsequently later

27:03on when bids come in, but initially we

27:05need to get a budget in place, and

27:06that's what we're using to to secure our

27:08contribution. Also, um, there's a

27:11there's a we're appropriating $2,150

27:14in the beautifification fund. Um, these

27:16are donations for the light up the

27:18holidays event and I'm requesting that

27:20you go ahead and approve this budget

27:21amendment here at briefing so we can

27:23move forward on the CDBG NR grant

27:25project immediately.

27:28>> Thank you. You heard the item. I'll

27:30defer to council direction.

27:32>> Make a motion that we approve the budget

27:33amendment P3-01-2026.

27:37>> Is there a second?

27:38>> Second.

27:39>> Any discussion?

27:42>> All in favor? Oh, sorry. Wait, I have

27:44discuss just real quick.

27:46>> We keep spending from our unrestricted

27:48fund balance. And I do think it's

27:50hilarious that I am the one who's like

27:52we need to keep an eye on our spending

27:54from our unrestricted fund balance

27:56because it's a real turning of tables on

27:58me specifically. But I just want to

28:00point that out.

28:01>> Great point.

28:03>> Any other discussion?

28:06All right. You may cast your vote

28:10and that item has been approved. Thank

28:13you.

28:14All right. Uh item D is consideration of

28:16grant project ordinance for CDBG-NR

28:19grant project.

28:21>> So the budget amendment transferring

28:23money into the the uh the grant project

28:26and the budget that we're establishing.

28:28This is the ordinance which establishes

28:29the project budget for the CDBGNR grant

28:32project. Uh [snorts] so the total

28:35estimated budget is approximately $3.7

28:38million. This includes approximately

28:41slightly under $3.2 million of grant

28:43funding for construction and

28:45administration costs of the project.

28:47We're also uh appropriating $200,000

28:51as an estimate for additional

28:53engineering and design costs which we

28:55may incur and a little over $37,000 for

28:59contingency if needed. We typically um

29:02appropriate 5 to 10% extra for

29:05contingency on the project in case of

29:07cost overruns. So, this will allow us to

29:10get an initial project budget in place.

29:12This uses all the funding from the

29:13recreation reserve and again

29:15approximately $37,000

29:18from unassigned fund balance in the

29:19general fund. Um, and I'm also

29:22requesting that you approve this

29:24ordinance today at briefing because this

29:25is part of the project. We need to get a

29:27budget in place to move forward. Thank

29:29[snorts] you very much.

29:34I make a motion that we approve the

29:36grant project ordinance for the CDBG-

29:39NR grant project.

29:41>> Is there a second?

29:42>> Second.

29:43>> Any discussion?

29:46You may cast your vote.

29:52All right, that item has been approved.

29:5470. Um item E is consideration of

29:58CDBG-NR

30:00grant number 20-d424

30:04for 2,246,138.70.

30:16>> Defer on this one.

30:20>> Thank you. So what you're approving this

30:21evening is the acceptance of the grant

30:23from

30:25Commerce the community development block

30:27grant neighborhood revitalization grant.

30:30We were fortunate enough to already have

30:32$950,000 that was appropriated for this

30:34project for the Strickland Center. This

30:37is an additional 2,246,138.7

30:41that I'm asking to accept tonight on

30:43behalf of the city so that we can move

30:45forward with the project. What I will

30:47say about this project in particular is

30:49this project 20-d42

30:5224 has to be fully extended by next

30:54August. If we don't spend it, we lose

30:57it. It has to be reported out by

30:59November. And so we're under the gun.

31:01That's why we're bringing it to you this

31:02evening to accept the grant funds so

31:04tomorrow we can move forward with

31:07environmental review and get that

31:08process going. These funds are coming

31:11from the state. So total project.

31:15Thank you. Any questions?

31:18>> Counc

31:25number 20-d424

31:29for 2,246,138.7.

31:35We have a motion to second. Is there any

31:37discussion?

31:38>> Great job.

31:48has been approved.

31:51>> Item F is consideration of

31:53>> Carver Park grant administration with

31:55PTRC.

31:57Deputy city manager.

31:59>> Thank you again. So the grant

32:00administration for Carver Park

32:02Strickland Center um is being obligated

32:05to Pedmont Tribe Regional Council of

32:07Government. Um, we had an original

32:08agreement for the $950,000

32:11of which we were going to total of about

32:13$95,000 that we were paying to them to

32:16manage that grant. Um, of which we've

32:19paid a little over 24 or $25,000

32:22already um for the management of it,

32:24which leaves us with a balance now on

32:26this particular first trunch of funds of

32:29950,000 with a balance of 56,13870.

32:34Uh there is a second agreement here, let

32:37me get to it,

32:40that we're asking for consideration of

32:42approval is for the management of the

32:44$2.2 million as well. So they'll be

32:46managing both of the projects. What I

32:48can say is we're very thankful for the

32:50partnership with Pont Regional Council

32:53of Government because they could have

32:56charged us another um 200 through

32:59$300,000 to manage this grant. They were

33:01kind enough to manage the second trunch

33:03of funds for $60,000. So in essence,

33:06we're owing them around $116,000

33:09of which the proceeds pay for the

33:12environmental review for the project

33:14that has to start. And again, we'll work

33:15on that starting tomorrow. Um, and so it

33:18takes care of all of those fees

33:20associated with it. So we're very

33:21excited to work alongside of them. Um,

33:23and they're equally as excited to work

33:25with us to get the project going. So I'd

33:26ask that you consider approving that.

33:28Um, so we can have the mayor sign it and

33:31move forward tomorrow. Thank you. Are

33:33there any questions? Defer to council

33:36for action.

33:39>> I make a motion that we approve the

33:40Carver Park Grant Administration with

33:43PTRC.

33:44>> Thank you. There's a motion. Is there a

33:45second?

33:46>> Second.

33:47>> Any discussion?

33:49All right. You may cast your vote.

33:53That has been approved 70 as well.

33:56>> Thank you.

33:57>> Thank you. Which brings us down to item

33:59number four, uh, which next week we'll

34:01have our public forum where, uh, anyone

34:03can speak for a topic of their choice

34:05for two minutes.

34:07Um, and then we will have item number

34:09five, recognitions and presentations.

34:12Hispanic Hispanic Heritage Month, uh,

34:14will be the first proclamation. I will

34:17read that one. Then we have breast

34:20cancer awareness. If one of you would

34:23like to do that,

34:25>> okay, Erica, Erica. Erica,

34:29thank you. And then we'll have the

34:31presentation by CPL regarding the update

34:33on the uh Carver Park Strickland Center

34:36redevelopment.

34:39Uh item number six is our consent agenda

34:42for next week. Uh we have two items

34:44there. Item A is consideration of the

34:46minutes from the briefing committee

34:47meeting on August 10th, 2026. And then

34:51we have item B, which is consideration

34:53of the minutes of the city council

34:55meeting from August 17th, 2026.

35:00Item number seven next week will be our

35:02regular agenda, and I'm going to turn it

35:04over to our city manager to walk us

35:05through the rest of the agenda.

35:10>> Thank you, Councilman Thrift. [snorts]

35:12Uh, so on uh next week, we have the

35:16consideration of amendment to the lease

35:18agreement with the High Toms Baseball

35:19Club. I mentioned I have an update. This

35:22is actually something that I'm working

35:24on right now. Uh it was noticed in the

35:28agreement that we currently have for the

35:30contract that the uh the CPL league was

35:37also in the area of alcohol sales within

35:40that contract. And by no longer playing

35:43in the CPL league, that would remove

35:45alcohol sales from Finchfield. Uh so uh

35:49our attorney is reviewing that and

35:51coming up with language that would be an

35:53appropriate replacement. Um and uh

35:57assuming that you do want the ability to

36:00sell alcohol on the outside of that

36:02league play um since he'll be

36:06independent next year. Um and then uh

36:09she's reviewing it for other so we will

36:11have a new contract for you uh for next

36:14week but it'll it'll be in your package

36:18uh later on this this week.

36:20>> So that's A or B. Do you want that

36:22regular?

36:23>> Regular.

36:23>> Okay.

36:28>> Okay. The next item is consideration of

36:30an amendment to the city ordinance uh

36:32regarding coin policy for payments.

36:35>> Follow me.

36:37>> Yes. with consent. Okay.

36:40>> And this just brings our policy in into

36:44line with state law.

36:47>> New state law. Who knew we had needed?

36:49[snorts]

36:50>> Uh item C is consideration of dope park

36:53resurfacing, which is a source contract

36:56with bars recreation.

36:59>> Regular or consent.

37:00>> I'm fine with consent.

37:01>> Consent.

37:08Okay. Item D is consideration of revised

37:10special event permit application and

37:12process that we are also working on uh

37:16some of the changes that were uh

37:18discussed last week. We'll have a new

37:21version of it in your package uh and for

37:24the end of this week.

37:26Would you like this to be regular or

37:27consent? Regular.

37:35All right. Item E is consideration of

37:38the first amendment to the water tower

37:40lease agreement with Verizon Wireless.

37:44>> Regular.

37:45>> Regular. Okay.

37:48As a reminder, all it takes is one

37:50person and it goes on regular.

37:56>> All right. Item F is consideration of

37:58temporary road road closure ordinances

38:00for light up the holidays and

38:01Thomasville Christmas parade. This is

38:04one item. If you really feel that it

38:06needs to be two different items, you

38:08could divide it this evening.

38:10>> Regular one.

38:12>> Consent is fine.

38:14>> Consent. Okay.

38:17>> I assume the next will he

38:19>> be there for the next item, the badge.

38:22And

38:22>> uh he is not going to be present for

38:25that.

38:26Um, which consideration of approval of

38:29resolution awarding badge and service

38:31sidearm to retiring law enforcement

38:33officer, Captain Brad Saint Singh. As it

38:35as I stated, he he will not be here in

38:38person.

38:41>> I'm fine with cons consent since he will

38:43not be here.

38:44>> Yeah.

38:51>> Okay, I'll turn it back over. Uh let me

38:54just real quick run down the regular

38:55items. Uh so it'll be seven A

39:01D

39:02E will all be on regular. Everything

39:05else will be on consent.

39:06>> That's what I have.

39:08>> Good deal. Uh item eight is council

39:11reports and appointments next week. Uh

39:13everyone will be prepared to give those.

39:16Are there any additions or updates?

39:20>> I have no further additions or updates.

39:22>> Okay. Anything from council?

39:25>> All right, then I will ask for a motion

39:26to adjurnn.

39:28>> Second.

39:29>> Thank you. Uh, any discussion?

39:32>> You may cast your vote

39:36and we are adjourned.