The Wilmington City Council held an agenda briefing meeting on Monday, September 21, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. in City Hall to review the regularly scheduled agenda for the September 22, 2026 Council Meeting. Mayor Saffo presided, with Councilmembers Spears, Joyner, Andrews, Santaguida, and Clinton-Quintana present; Councilmember Lyle was excused due to illness. The meeting adjourned at 8:39 a.m.
Called the meeting to order. I'm gonna take a roll call at this time. Mayor Pro Tem. You here? I am here. Okay, Councilmember Join, are you here? Here. Councilmember Andrews, are you here? Here. Council Member Lau, are you here? Councilmember Lau? Okay. Councilmember Santa Guida? Here. Councilmember Clinton Guintana. I'm here. Chairs here. Everybody's here in a counter for another Mrs. Lau was uh indicated that she was sick this morning. So give her an excused absence. We have um presentation, proclamation name is September the 22nd, 2026 as Sister Cities International Day. Consent agenda. Could we move it up, please? Yes. Um C one is resolution declaring certain oh I'm sorry. Certain uh personal uh property surplus and authorized donation to the Onslook County Sheriff's Office. C two is a resolution authorized city manager to execute a contract amendment in the amount of twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars with street scan USA Incorporated for asset management software used for the city street rehab program. C three is a resolution amending vision zero policy. Mr. Mayor. Yes, yes, ma'am. Question on C three. Um the resolution that the council adopted last year specifically directed implementation of traffic calming measures on Rogersville Road and several other names streets within the Vision Zero plan um that was being developed, and that language is being deleted. I just wanted to know why. And does its deletion change the priority funding or implementation schedule for any of these projects? Our director of transportation, Susan Willard. Um will you be able to address that today, Susan? Can you come talk up at the mic, sorry? Those projects are still planned and they will be contracted with our annual needs program. So that was the intent was to not delete those projects. Not delete the projects. The projects are are underway. Okay. Yes, Mayor. Okay. So we're committing $95,000 toward a $210,000 study before the final scope has been developed. So what specifically will this plan provide that we aren't already getting through Walk Wilmington? Um the WMPO SS4A safety action plan, the Greater Downtown Plan, and our now and now our vision zero safety action plan. There we go. Good morning.