Council Committee Discussions on 2025-02-03 6:00 PM - Feb 03, 2025
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Charlotte Council Committee Discussions
32 min
9 speakers
8 agenda items
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Who are the council members and officials introduced at the start of the meeting?
Good evening, Dante Anderson, Mayor Pro Tem District 1.
Good evening, Vi Lyles, Mayor.
Marcus Jones, City Manager.
Good evening, Ed Driggs, Princeton University.
I'm on TV tonight at 7 o'clock.
Bring it on, B-Boy. Bring it on. I do want
to say that Ed had his town hall as long as James Mitchell having a town hall. So I think we had a lot of information out for the public and the communities
over this week. So
thank you, everyone, for those. All right,
Mr. Bakari, he's dead. Tariq Bakari, District
6.
And that is where it dies. So the one Mayfield council member at large. And it is Black History Month, so my month.
That's hilarious. Good evening. My name is Victoria Wellington. I have the pleasure of serving you at large and happy Black History Month as well. I am Council Member Tijuana Round representing District 3. It's an honor and pleasure to serve you. And with me, it is Black History Month every single day, 365 days a year. And if it's leap year, how many is it? 366 or whatever, that
part. Well, thank you all for being present today. So we're going to go ahead and start with, I believe, our first committee report, which is from Mr. Mitchell. Yes. I'm sorry, Mr. Mitchell. And... We'll turn it over to him. I want to remind everyone that most of us watch this on television. We know what's going on. So let's get the opportunity for the highlights. And then if there are questions, that's more important, I believe, at this time. So Mr. Mitchell.
Thank you, Mayor and Council. We had a great meeting led by Chair Malcolm Graham, myself, Councilman Madrid, Councilman Marlena, Councilman Picard. We talked about two important things. One, we got an update for workforce development from Danielle, and she's going to come back to us in March with a whole update and master plan. And then we talked about a new program called C-Piece, and C-Piece is a funding option for private developers. The key thing I would say, the big takeaway, is we need county participation. And so we talked about how we're going to work with our county commissioners to make sure they support C-PACE. And it will be implemented by the economic development program for the state of North Carolina.
That's all I have, Mayor, for a great meeting we had with E.D.
All right, so any questions for the great committee work that the budget, I mean, I'm sorry, not the budget, but the house, no, I'm really confused here. Jobs and ED committee report. Thank you. Any questions? None at all. Yes?
I just have a quick comment about the CP's portion. I think what the key takeaway for me was we need to work with our county. counterparts because they can approve this to take effect in all of Mecklenburg County, which will impact commercial property in Charlotte. So we really need to be proactive around having a conversation around whether or not we are interested in the program and any other double clicks we like to take with that.
What were the key points of the Jobs & Economic Development committee report on workforce development and C‑PACE funding?
Okay. Well, when we have the opportunity, we will definitely have a follow-up. So thank you very much. All right. So any other questions? Hearing none, Mr. Mitchell, thank you. All right. So the next report that we will have is Transportation Planning and Development. Mr. Driggs.
Thank you, Mayor. Our committee met first this morning. Members of myself as chair, Ms. Molina as vice chair, Mr. Graham, Ms. Johnson, and Dr. Watlington, we had two topics. One was an update on the Strategic Energy Action Plan. Sarah Hazel, Robin Byers, and Julian Joy with Ernst & Young are working on an update of the plan, which will be interesting. It reviews the experience of the last five years and also establishes some new goals based on science, based on coordination with international agencies and so on, The plan for that is that we will be told about updated focus areas in March, review strategies and actions, and then in April, the goal is to adopt an updated CEAP by Council. The other topic was the Unified Development Ordinance, and they were basically
two reports there, one related to conforming our UDO to the Senate Bill 382, I think it was, the bill that basically prohibited down zoning.
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Agenda
8 items
1
Who are the council members and officials introduced at the start of the meeting?
0:00–3:40
2
What were the key points of the Jobs & Economic Development committee report on workforce development and C‑PACE funding?
3:40–8:10
3
What updates were presented in the Transportation Planning and Development report?
8:10–14:04
4
How does the Strategic Energy Action Plan and Unified Development Ordinance report affect city policy?
14:04–19:53
5
What is the MWSBE financial‑partner process and why is a vote being considered?
19:53–23:17
6
What motion was proposed to limit consideration to timely‑submitted financial‑partner applications?
23:17–25:57
7
What topics did the Housing Safety and Community Committee discuss regarding code enforcement and affordable housing?
25:57–28:57
8
How did the council vote on the motion and what were the final actions before adjournment?
28:57–32:51
Speakers
9 identified
Dimple Ajmera 7 min
Vi Lyles 6 min
Ed Driggs 6 min
Victoria Watlington 4 min
Renee Johnson 2 min
James Mitchell 1 min
LaWana Mayfield 1 min
Dante Anderson 1 min
Marcus Jones 1 min
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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