City Council Business Meeting on 2024-04-08 5:00 PM
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What items are being voted on in the consent agenda at the start of the meeting?
You're just getting older, okay? If you what number and
then 'cause
I've got another one too.
Twelve. And Councilmember Waddlington had identified ten and eleven. They responded to in here, but definitely number twelve.
All right. Twelve, ten and eleven, a proxy. That's we'll she'll be back in. Um and then any comments that council would have about any item on the consent agenda.
Madam Mayor, I would like to make a comment about twelve, but should I hold it since we're voting up I think you should
hold it since it's going to be a separate item. So um hearing that we now know twelve, ten, and eleven will be a separate vote. Do I have a motion to uh allow consent agenda items ten through fourteen with the exception of those three be considered as a motion. So move, Madam Mayor. Second. Second. Any further discussion given none. All in favor? Do we have Yes. All in favor. That passes. All right. So the items that we have that are been suggested for a separate comment. The first one I believe is Miss Mayfield's which was twelve. And so item twelve is the construction of Matheson Avenue Bridge Steep Streetscape Project. So with that, questions by who Miss Mayfield, I want to recognize you.
Thank you, Madam Mayor. We've been having a lot of conversations with CBI and looking at how we approve contracts and minority participation. this particular project We has been in discussion I think since around December. We've been having a conversation with staff. long before that with this particular Project for the construct Matheson Avenue Bridge Streetscape is a twelve million Eight hundred eighty five thousand dollars. project this particular project had a three had a seven percent and a three percent goal on it. One of the things that Council Member Mitchell and I was hoping he would have been finished with work to be here to speak to it, but one of the concerns that we have had and we've shared with staff is these hard bids and how do we truly break up these contracts in a way to address our goals that we've established for participation.
So this one's for the police station, the firehouses. When we do construction manager at risk, CMARs, those hard bids are creating some challenges that's already been identified. We're looking at it for future projects. But at some point we have to stop saying on the next one, we'll try to get it right and we'll do better. We had an opportunity with this one. The bid wasn't released until February. This was a great opportunity to really look at how we're creating more opportunities for our MBEs, MWSBEs, and our SBEs at a greater level than the seven and three percent and and or trying to combine the two, saying at ten percent. I personally am not supporting this, but I think we need to have a very clear conversation with whether that's co council approving the language.
I believe we've already approved some language with CBI in order for us to move forward and making sure we're having true equitable opportunities for the businesses that we are telling we want you to sign up to do business with the city of Charlotte and then when it comes time to do business with the city of Charlotte, we create obstacles that make make a greater challenge for those businesses. Thank you.
Any other comment? Mayor Pro Tem?
Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um I want to say that uh this particular project is very exciting to see it um tonight on the agenda. District one residents are very excited for this project. Even last term I met with uh residents from NODI, Villa Heights, and neighboring uh other communities to talk about the high injury network and the accidents that were going on. And they have known about this project being in development and are very excited to see it on the agenda tonight because it will open up uh pred pedestrian accessibility and connect to the Charlotte Cross Trail and the Blue Line Extension in ways that hasn't existed in this particular corridor. And um I just want I've gotten lots of letters of support for this from the Noda Business Association and other
residents within the community and so I just want to say I'm very excited to see this as phase one.
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Agenda
7 items
1
What items are being voted on in the consent agenda at the start of the meeting?
0:10–5:55
2
How is the Matheson Avenue Bridge Streetscape project presented and discussed?
5:55–23:12
3
What are the key points of the airport’s budget and growth presentation?
23:12–1:11:43
4
What were the final actions and motions of the public hearing on the FY 2025 Housing and Community Development plan?
1:11:43–1:24:50
5
How does the staff presentation introduce the Housing Trust Fund recommendations and new metrics for ROI?
1:24:50–1:47:20
6
What are the details of the proposed multifamily and home‑ownership projects, including location scores and affordability periods?
1:47:20–2:15:26
7
How are council members addressing the wait‑list, data transparency, and future improvements to affordable‑housing processes?
2:15:26–2:42:05
Speakers
9 identified
LaWana Mayfield 13 min
Vi Lyles 10 min
Dante Anderson 8 min
Renee Johnson 7 min
Victoria Watlington 4 min
Marcus Jones 4 min
Ed Driggs 3 min
Malcolm Graham 3 min
James Mitchell 1 min
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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