City Council Business Meeting on 2024-03-25 5:00 PM

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What roll‑call and consent agenda items are approved at the start of the meeting?

Ariel Smith 0:16

Ariel Smith, lead city clerk.

Patrick Baker 0:18

Good

Vi Lyles 0:18

evening, I'm Victoria

Patrick Baker 0:19

Wattlington, you're a Charlotte City Council member at large.

Vi Lyles 0:23

Good evening, I'm Rene Johnson, and I'm honored to represent district four. Good evening, I'm Marjorie Molina. I represent the East Side District Five.

James Mitchell 0:33

Good evening, Jane Smith Large.

Vi Lyles 0:37

Dimpolar Shmira, councilwoman at large. Good evening, Dante Anderson, Mayor Pro Tem, District One. Good evening, by Laos Mayor.

Marcus Jones 0:46

Marcus Jones, City Manager. Malcolm Graham, District Two. Ed Driggs, District Seven.

Patrick Baker 0:51

Patrick Baker, City Attorney.

Vi Lyles 0:53

Thank you very much. Um we have consent items twenty two through forty one that can be considered in one motion unless there is someone on the council would that would like to have a separate vote for any one of the items between twenty two and forty one. Is there anyone that would like to have a separate vote? Hearing none, um may I have a motion to approve the consent agenda items twenty-two through forty one. So moved. So moved. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Hearing no discussion, all in favor, please raise your hand. All right, thank you very much. Um so now I'd like to turn it over to the city manager for the overview of our discussion for this afternoon.

Marcus Jones 1:36

So thank you, Mayor, members of council. Tonight we have as an agenda item an update on the residential development in the UDO and we have Alison Craig that will provide that uh update. As well as we have a closed session item, Mayor, a real estate matter.

Vi Lyles 2:00

All right. Uh good evening, uh Mayor, Manager, and members of council. Um I'm here tonight to talk to you about um an update to the UDO, kind of what we've been seeing. Um So The way I'm going to lay out the presentation this evening is first setting the stage. Um, where are we now? Um of course when we are talking about evaluating how we're doing the UDO, the m the most important thing is to point back to our comprehensive plan goals. Then I want to talk a little bit about what we're seeing in terms of um submittals um for about nine to ten months after the UDO has gone into effect. And then I want to talk a little bit about market trends, of course. Um The market doesn't solely drive our decisions, but it is an important thing to understand when we're planning for the future.

Vi Lyles 2:47

And then I want to give a brief update about an update to uh from the Transportation Planning and Development Um Committee referral. Um that was a referral from last summer, um, and talk about an upcoming text amendment that we will be filing tonight related to conservation and development, and then discuss some other recommendations that uh I will be making this evening that will discuss more encouragement. Committee. So, first, starting with Charlotte's vision, of course, the comprehensive plan is born from many years of community engagement, talking about what we wanted to see in our future. And as a reminder, the UDO is a tool that implements the comprehensive plan. And so we continue to evaluate what we're seeing to make sure that we are aligned with our comprehensive plan goals.

Vi Lyles 3:37

And so and then recognizing that while we have these goals in place, there are different ways in which we can implement these goals. So I want to highlight two from the comprehensive plan uh tonight. First is goal number two. Neighborhood diversity inclusion, that Charlotte will strive to have a diversity of housing options by increasing the presence of missing middle density housing. And number three is housing access for all. Charlotte will ensure opportunities for residents of all income to access affordable housing. So I think we can all agree that these are two very important goals to the city of Charlotte. But I think over time, and we've we've been talking about The comprehensive plan and the UDO, and even seeing what we've been receiving in site plans, is how exactly do we implement these goals?

Vi Lyles 4:24

And we may not always be on the same page about that. So I want to stop for a moment and just highlight what we're seeing. So we are really seeing a limited number of new infill duplexes and triplexes.