Calendar:
Monday, September 19
5:00 pm - Council Manager Dinner Briefing, Room CH-14
6:00 pm - Zoning Meeting, Meeting Chamber
Wednesday, September 21
3:30 pm - Economic Development and Planning Committee Meeting, Room CH-14 AGENDA: Growth Impact on Schools; Cultural Facilities Master Plan
7:00 pm - MUMPO Meeting, Room 267
Thursday, September 22
12:00 pm - Community Safety Committee Meeting, Room 280 AGENDA: False Alarm Ordinance; Update on CFD Firefighters First Responders Duties
Friday, September 23
7:45 am - Planning Liaison Committee Meeting, 8th Floor
Information Items:
Open Space Requirements in Single Family Zoning Districts
Staff Resources: Katrina Young, 704-336-3571 and Keith MacVean, 704-336-5738
At the dinner meeting on September 12, Council received an update on issues related to open space requirements in the Charlotte Zoning Ordinance. Staff outlined a schedule for zoning holds, resolving interpretations, enforcement procedures and notification to property owners. Zoning holds were placed on eight homes in the Myers Park community. The interpretation policy and enforcement procedures will be used as a basis to determine if the properties meet the 65 percent open space requirement
Planning and Neighborhood Development staff met with representatives of the building industry on Thursday, September 8, 2005, and with the Myers Park community on Wednesday, September 14, to hear their issues and concerns regarding the open space issues. The attached interpretation policy and enforcement procedures will be forwarded to them.
Planning staff will begin a text amendment process to revise open space language in the Zoning Ordinance within the next 30-45 days.
Staff will be available at the September 19, 2005 City Council Meeting to answer any questions.
School Comments Regarding Upcoming Zoning Petitions
Staff Resource: Keith MacVean, 704-336-5738
School overcrowding is a significant issue. In the past, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) has recommended that zoning petitions that increased attendance in over-crowded schools not be approved. In this month's package CMS staff is now recommending that in new rezoning petitions where the school utilization would exceed 100%, that the petitioner provide an offset of 10% of the estimated capital cost of the additional school capacity for the new development.
Such offset may be monetary or, as appropriate, a donation of land for a school site. The cost to provide a seat for elementary, middle or high school students varies and is used to calculate the cost (please see attached example).
Planning staff and CMS staff will be available at the September 19, 2005 City Council Dinner meeting to answer any questions.
Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Project List for Mecklenburg Union Metropolitan Planning Organization
Staff Resource: Norm Steinman, 704-336-3939
At the September 12 City Council meeting, staff asked that City Council direct their MUMPO representative's vote to support the Technical Coordinating Committee's (TCC) recommendations regarding the use of Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds for various projects.
Included in the TCC's proposal was funding for a Pilot Voluntary Transportation Demand Management (TDM) and Fleet Operations Program. The TCC proposed allocating up to $500,000 for the Pilot TDM Program by reducing CMAQ funding proposed for particulate filters on CATS buses by $250,000 in FY 2006 and reducing funding for the Center City Parking and Wayfinding System by $250,000 in FY 2007.
At Monday's City Council meeting, City Council voted to allocate the entire $500,000 from the Center City Parking and Wayfinding System, by reallocating $250,000 in each of the next two fiscal years to the Pilot TDM Program.
At the September 14 MUMPO meeting, the Board voted to concur with the motion to fund the TDM Program by reallocating $500,000 from the Center City Parking and Wayfinding System.
Year-End Legislative Report
Staff Resource: Boyd Cauble, 704-336-2009
Attached is a summary of this year's legislative report. Should you have any questions, please contact Boyd Cauble.
Charlotte Arena Project Monthly Expenditures
Staff Resource: Jim Schumacher, 704-336-3656
Attached is the Monthly Arena Expenditure Report.
FY2005 SBDP Year-End Report
Staff Resource: Tiffany Capers, 704-336-3862
The FY2005 SBDP Year-End report highlights City SBE participation for informal purchases, SBE participation in construction subcontracting, achievement of MWBE Citywide goals and SBE participation on the Charlotte Arena.
- For FY2005, the City exceeded its 7% goal for SBE participation on informal purchases achieving 9%.
- For construction subcontracting, the City achieved participation goals for four of five ownership categories.
- The City met Citywide MWBE goals in three of six work categories.
- SBE subcontractor payments on the Arena total $17.5 million or 14.5%.
