City Council Business Meeting on 2026-05-11 4:00 PM - May 11, 2026
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Charlotte City Council
6h 20m
5 speakers
8 agenda items
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How are Council members addressing small business participation and CBI goals in consent items?
But they know how to code, so they're getting to see topics like that from people that work with coding every single day. They're getting to meet with some of our Accenture leadership, which honestly we find a lot of value that they just hear about their career paths, whether that be their entire lives from high school to now, some of the courses that they took in college to be able to get to the point that they're at today. So really just those hands-on kind of tactical skills are what they learn during industry days. What I would like to emphasize about the importance of exposing the high school youth to our industry is that there's no direct path to get here and that is the beautiful thing about it.
You do not have to go to college and major in computer science or coding or get an MBA. Those things matter and those things are of course important, but everyone's path is different and that's something that we value. We've talked about today how people that we work with, they have history majors or political science. educational paths that you would not think that lead up to a career like this but it does and it's all valuable.
I think it's just giving them another outlet something different that they may not be familiar with and it really gives you confidence.
I like that She Built the City has a saying, like, when there's not a seat for you at the table, build one. When you put together a chair or anything on your own, you're making the cuts, you're measuring, all those things, like, build your confidence in what you can do. Like, if I can do that, then I can do this. And it's just a trickle-down effect.
I really want to own my own hair salon one day because I like to do hair. So I think I know more stuff about business now and I think it'll work out pretty well.
The program is to teach you how to be a better person in life and teach you how to like work with tools and not that only it's a man job but it could be for women and girls. I hope the community sees that we're putting in a lot of work just to make sure we're building a better Charlotte's future.
Bye.
Thank you.
Good afternoon everyone. Thank you all for being a part of this meeting today and thank you for taking your time and energy around. I do want to say one thing, you know, I've got a little bit of a change in my life and I just want to make sure that all of you are aware and I'm just so grateful for the number of people that have been so supportive of me making a decision That was probably the most difficult thing that I've ever had to do. But if you saw my little girls, oh, my gosh, you'd just know I was doing the right thing. So thank you all.
I really appreciate it.
You're going to make me feel like I'm in church. So I want to say thank you. I mean, it's just amazing. And I don't know that I'd ever stopped loving the city like I do now. So thank you so very much. But today, that's not what you guys came for. You came for real work and real opportunities to talk with all of us that we are in terms of our meetings and things. So I want to say I'm going to call our meeting to order, and we are going to start with our action preview, and we're going to start our action preview with the city manager. Any introductions?
I did not say that. Introductions?
Oh, introductions.
They need to know who they are.
Maybe everyone should know, that's why. So let's move around. We'll start with our city clerk, staff person, and then we'll come around and you'll get to know everyone else. All right.
Victoria Watlington at large. Joy Mayo representing District 3. Good afternoon and happy bike month. Dante Anderson, District 1.
Good evening, everybody. James Mitchell, Mayor Pro Tem.
Good evening, and thank you. I am Vi Louse. Marcus Jones, City Manager. Kimberly Owens, representing District 6. Malcolm Graham, District 2. Ed Driggs, District 7. Good evening. Luana Mayfield, serving you at large.
Good evening. J.D. Masueta-Arias, proudly representing the Eastside District 5.
Good evening. Renee Johnson, and I'm honored to represent District 4.
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Agenda
8 items
1
How are Council members addressing small business participation and CBI goals in consent items?
0:00–1:02:07
2
Why are council and staff proposing a 150-day moratorium on data centers and what legal limits affect it?
1:02:07–2:12:22
3
What are the proposed phases and timeline for transferring CATS assets and operations to the NPTA under the PAVE Act?
2:12:22–2:19:01
4
Which employee protections, fund flows, and gates are included in the draft interlocal agreement?
2:19:01–2:29:09
5
What community priorities and budget requests do public speakers raise during the FY2027 public hearing?
2:29:09–4:26:12
6
How are Charlotte Water employees and alternatives-to-violence workers advocating for fair pay and recognition?
4:26:12–4:30:01
7
What evidence and requests are speakers presenting about I-77 safety, community impact, and independent reevaluation?
4:30:01–4:41:40
8
How did the City Council debate and vote on the I-77 substitute motion and rescission of P3 support?
4:41:40–6:20:38
Speakers
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