Monday, June 18
1:30 pm - Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee Meeting, Rooms 270/271. AGENDA: Boarded Up Structures; Sign Ordinance; Payment in Lieu of Taxes for Housing Authority
3:30 pm - Environment Committee Meeting, Room 280. AGENDA: Follow-up to "Blue Sky" Discussion; Proposed Post Construction Controls Ordinance
5:00 pm - Council Manager Zoning Dinner Briefing, Room 267
6:00 pm - Zoning Meeting, Meeting Chamber
Tuesday, June 19
3:30 pm - Economic Development and Planning Committee Meeting, Room 280. AGENDA: Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Policy Development; Belmont Retail Follow-up
6:00 pm - District 2 Town Hall Meeting, Little Rock AME Zion Church, 401 North McDowell Street
Wednesday, June 20 - Friday, June 22
Chamber Inter City Visit, Austin, Texas
Friday, June 22
7:45 am - Planning Liaison Committee Meeting, 8th Floor
Agenda Notes:
A closed session has been scheduled at the conclusion of the Zoning Meeting to consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions of appointment or conditions of initial employment of the City Manager. Attached is a motion to assist City Council in effecting this closed session.
Information Items:
Given the City Council's interest in corridor and neighborhood revitalization, we have arranged a special panel discussion with Austin City officials engaged in their housing and revitalization efforts. This panel will take place at 4:00pm on Thursday, June 21 at the City of Austin's Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Department Office, 1000 East 11th Street. We will provide transportation to the office and back to the hotel afterwards.
City of Austin officials participating in this panel include:
Kristen Vasallo, Chief of Staff, City of Austin
Byron Marshall, President, Austin Revitalization Authority
Kelly Weiss, Administrator, Austin Housing Finance Corporation
Please contact me if you have any questions.
In preparation for the start of the LYNX Blue Line Light Rail Service later this year, CATS will be making changes to its current 7-day pass. Beginning July 1, 2007, a new weekly pass, valid Sunday - Saturday, will be introduced.
This change is being done in preparation for the proof-of-payment fare collection system that will be used on the LYNX Blue Line Light Rail service. When riding the train, passengers will be asked to show their pass to a fare inspector to verify the pass has a valid date and time. The LYNX vehicles or platforms do not have fareboxes aboard them like the bus fleet and thus cannot activate the current 7-day pass with the current date and time. Without activation, the current 7-day pass would introduce potential abuse of the fare collection system. The new weekly pass will be dated on the front and will be valid on both CATS buses and the LYNX train service.
To ensure this change does not adversely affect our customers, CATS is providing a transition for 7-day pass users to the new weekly passes at no charge. During the last week of June, customers whose current 7-day pass ends prior to or after the start of the new weekly pass will be provided one-day passes to transition to the first week of the new weekly pass. Attached is the communication material describing the process to customers.
The Charlotte Chamber will conduct their 4th Transit and Land-Use Summit on June 29 at the Westin Hotel from 7:30 am - 2:00 pm. The Summit this year will highlight recent reports by UNC-Charlotte Transportation Institute on public transportation, panel discussions by local community and business leaders on regional growth, the environment, land-use along the rapid transit corridors and an update on the 2030 Corridor System Plan and the CATS bus system. At the conclusion of the summit a tour will be conducted along the South Corridor Line on the
LYNX Blue Line vehicles for attendees only. Seating is limited and the cost to attend is $40 per person. Please visit
www.charlottechamber.com/events to register, or contact Allison Waller at 704-378-1351 or
awaller@charlottechamber.com.
This week's legislative activity was impacted by the funeral of President Pro Tem Basnight's wife. Most of the legislative body attended the funeral Wednesday at the Outer Banks.
Monday afternoon, the Street Gang Subcommittee met to hear from law enforcement officers across the state from both large and small municipalities. There is widespread agreement that street gang prosecution is a high priority for both urban and rural areas. The Metropolitan Coalition and its affiliated Police Chiefs' Association is evaluating the recently approved South Carolina street gang legislation for ideas that can enhance the proposed North Carolina law.
Wednesday night's annexation public hearing highlighted several regional citizen groups discontented with the implementation of annexation within their respective areas. The anti-annexation advocates presented accusations of municipal misuse of the current annexation law. A large number of municipal officials outlined their communities' annexation procedures and questioned the need to change current law. Council member Carter represented the City of Charlotte and told about our objective process for evaluating all areas regardless of income or ethnicity and the advantages of providing consolidated urban services to an urban area. The NC League of Municipalities will provide a report on the stated examples of misapplication of the current annexation law.
Next week will be dominated by budget discussions as the House and Senate conferees are expected to unveil key areas of disagreement in the budget. We will continue to push our local bills in hopes of approval prior to adjournment.
Should you have any questions, please contact Boyd Cauble.
Attached please find a positive article regarding Charlotte's transit oriented development efforts from the June edition of Governing magazine.
