July Planning Commission Work Session

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission 1h 53m 6 agenda items transcribed 2 months ago official recording ↗

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Who is introduced and what is the purpose of the July Planning Commission work session?

Douglas A. Welton 0:00

We're all here. Time is exciting.

Melissa Gaston 0:16

Teresa's gone.

Douglas A. Welton 0:24

Where's Ruth?

Melissa Gaston 0:26

Jeff?

Douglas A. Welton 0:30

I'll turn my mic on. Hey y'all, we're going to get started. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Douglas A. Welton. I am the chairman of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning Commission, and I would like to welcome you to our July 13th work session. This meeting is being held at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Government Center, that's 600 East 4th Street. We're in room C14 down in the basement today. It's exciting because we're all closer together than when we're upstairs. And do you guys like being closer together? yeah no it depends on it depends on who you're sitting next to i guess for viewing by the public and the media this meeting is being streamed on the planning uh design and development department's youtube page and uh so i would like to welcome everybody who's out there in uh in whatever cyberspace watching it i know that uh commissioner elaine powell was going to join us today

Douglas A. Welton 1:33

And she said that she's recovering from a little bit of surgery. So she is out in cyberspace. So hopefully we have at least one person watching. And I will say, Elaine, I know you'll have questions. So I expect to get a text from you, I guess is what I'm going to say. We will begin calling the meeting to order by doing introductions. And we will begin. Excited to have a full house of commissioners in today and new commissioners. But we will begin all the way to my left. with Commissioner Neely. Would you introduce yourself, please?

Candace Rory 2:06

Shawna Neely, Planning Commission.

Unknown 2:09

Robin Stewart, Planning Commission. Will Russell, Planning Commission. Andrew Blumenthal, Planning Commission.

Candace Rory 2:14

Rebecca Wilden, Planning Commission.

Michael Capparelli 2:17

Michael Capparelli, Planning Commission. Gary Lanstal, Planning Commission.

Carolyn Millen 2:20

Carolyn Millen, Planning Commission.

Michael Capparelli 2:22

Evan Keller, Planning Commission.

Carolyn Millen 2:25

Erin Shaw, Planning Commission. Clayton Seeley, Planning Commission. Melissa Gaston, Planning Commission.

Douglas A. Welton 2:31

All right, thanks very much, everybody, and you will notice that we had a different voice on our Planning Commission introductions. And that would be Evan Kettler. He is joining us as a new Commission member. He was appointed by the Mayor. I think he would probably have been one of the last dying acts as the Mayor went out of office. Shall we say it like that or something? No, no, that's not the way to say it. I'm going to give Evan a minute just to introduce himself and say hello if you will. I'll be happy to do that.

Evan Kettler 3:06

I'm Evan Kettler. I have long wanted to join this group and I'm happy to be here today. I look forward to getting to know each of you and getting to know more about the city and also being able to have an impact on We'll call it painting the canvas, if you will. My background is varied. I am currently the strategic advisor to the owners of companies. I help them grow. I help with leadership development. And lately, I've been helping people exit businesses as well. My history is one of civic engagement.

Douglas A. Welton 3:44

I've been a school board chair. I've been involved in multiple boards. I love entrepreneurs.

Evan Kettler 3:51

I actually love cities and especially beautiful cities.

Unknown 3:55

And so I'm happy to be part of this whole process. Thank you.

Douglas A. Welton 3:58

Thanks and welcome, Evan. I encourage everyone else on the Commission to get to know Evan. He'll be hanging around with us for the next three years, I guess is the way they say that. Now we'll do staff introductions, and I will begin with Ms. Rory.

Candace Rory 4:15

Candace Rory, Planning Staff. Monica Holmes, Planning Director. Al Knight, Planning Staff.

Douglas A. Welton 4:22

All right, thank you very much. We have a whole host of other planning department folks that are on the periphery here today, and we'll just say hi and feel the love. How about that? First thing we'll do is to get a motion for the disposition of our meeting minutes from our meeting of June 8th. So do I hear a motion for the disposition of those minutes? that's Steely Neely thing again there but we're going to give this one to Neely it's been moved by Commissioner Millen and seconded by Commissioner Neely uh all those in favor of approving the minutes please say aye aye any opposed staining because I did not attend the meeting that is we we will let you abstain thank you very much