Tuesday, April 1
11:30 am - Lunch available in room 280; Neighborhood Foreclosure Tour 12:00 to 2:00 pm
Wednesday, April 2
12:00 pm - Economic Development & Planning Committee, Room 280
AGENDA: Mayor's Youth Employment Program: Joblink; North Tryon; Building Permit/Plan Review Improvements & Northlake Area Plan.
Information Items:
The City received an offer to purchase approximately 2,464 square feet of a property remnant (PID 047-221-13) from Crescent Resources, LLC at fair market value of $5,075.84 to be added to the IKEA project and included in the landscaping plan.
The City acquired this parcel in June 2001 for the US 29/NC 49 Interchange project. City staff determined that approximately 2,464 square feet will be surplus after construction is complete and can be conveyed at this time without impact to the road project.
An October 2007 appraisal indicated a value of $2.06 per square foot (a total of $5,075.84). This remnant is fully encumbered with a Duke Energy easement. Any future property rights required by the City will be conveyed at no cost to the City by Crescent Resources, LLC. The Planning Department concluded that this sale does not need to go through the Mandatory Referral process due to the size of this parcel and the lack of joint use opportunity.
A public meeting is scheduled for May 6, 2008, from 5:00 - 7:00 pm in room 267 of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center at 600 E. Fourth Street to present the Draft Uptown Streetscape Standards. At that time, City of Charlotte staff will present recommendations for Uptown Streetscape Standards developed in collaboration with the Planning Department, the City Arborist, Charlotte Center City Partners, and other stakeholders.
The primary objective of the Standards is to promote the development of a comfortable pedestrian environment, and to establish design continuity within the various Uptown districts. The City of Charlotte has maintained a set of Uptown Streetscape Guidelines since 1987. In 2006 the Charlotte City Council adopted The Center City Transportation Plan (CCTP) which recommended guidelines for updating the streetscape treatments in Uptown's streets.
The purpose of this update of the Uptown Streetscape Standards is to consolidate the recommendations of the CCTP with the earlier versions of the Guidelines in order to guide both the public and private sectors in achieving desired streetscape improvements. The standards developed in the CCTP provide the primary content of the update, while elements of the earlier Streetscape Guidelines are retained where they provide greater detail than does the CCTP.
The full text of the Draft Uptown Streetscape Standards Manual, as well as the Street Enhancement Standards Map (adopted April 2006) as revised, will be posted at the CDOT website
http://cdot.charmeck.org for 30 days in advance of the public meeting. Public comments can be presented at the public meeting or at the website.
City staff will seek City Council's approval of the new guidelines later this year followed by any necessary Zoning Ordinance text amendment changes.
