City Council Zoning Meeting on 2023-12-18 5:00 PM

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What opening prayers and pledges are made at the beginning of the meeting?

Vi Lyles 0:00

Participate in this public discussion. While we know that holidays are Stressful and it also brings happiness at the same time. I want to remind you that this is a time of year for togetherness. We pause this day joining with others across our city who like us yearn for peace and harmony and understanding. We pause to celebrate the joy of people coming together. Serving one another with common goals and concerns. We pause to ask for blessings on this our blessings on this our time together. On gathering like ours across our land and across the world. Amen.

Sherry Sigman 0:47

Amen.

Vi Lyles 0:47

Thank you

Unknown 0:48

very

Vi Lyles 0:48

much.

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And now we will have our pledge of allegiance to our flag. Please stand if you choose to. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of

Vi Lyles 1:00

America, to the Republic for which it stands,

Unknown 1:04

one nation under God, indivisible, with

Vi Lyles 1:07

liberty and justice for

Sherry Sigman 1:09

all.

Vi Lyles 1:11

Thank you everyone. Um now that we've had those two um activities that are for the beginning of our meeting, I'm now going to begin and ask that those on the dais um be introduced and we'll start with our deputy city clerk. Billy Thomas, Deputy City Clerk. Impulajmira at large. Timor Brown District Three.

James Mitchell 1:34

Good evening everyone. Happy holidays. James Mitchell at large.

Vi Lyles 1:37

Liz Babson, Assistant City Manager. By Lile serving as mayor. Dante Anderson, Mayor Pro Tim, District One. Good evening, Ed Dries, District Seven. Tark Bakari, District Six. Happy holidays, Lawana Mayfield, Council at Large. Good evening, Victoria Watlington. Your council member serving at large. To Ree Hagler-Gray, Senior Assistant City Attorney. All right, thank you very much. Um, I want to go through a brief explanation of the zoning process. The process begins with applications submitted by to the planning staff or review. There are two types of cases on the agenda: decisions and hearings. Decisions on cases for which a public hearing has pub previously been held, they will be no further. public comment.

Vi Lyles 2:22

Hearings. Anyone that wishes to speak is asked to see the clerk before the start of the hearing. And at that point the staff will give a presentation with no time limit. The petitioner and those in favor get three minutes combined to present a case unless there Our opponents are signed up to speak. Or if the staff is in opposition, the petitioner gets ten minutes, opponent gets ten minutes combined, and petitioner gets a two-minute rebuttal. If no one is opposed or signed up to speak, the staff will give us a short, a very short presentation. And then we will close the public hearing and go to the next one. The petition then goes to the zoning committee of our Mecklen our Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning Commission for review and recommendation.

Vi Lyles 3:06

And so at this time I'd like to recognize Douglas Welton, the chair of the zoning committee of the commission.

Douglas A. Welton 3:14

Thank you, Madam Mayor. My name is Douglas A. Welton. I serve as the chairman of the zoning committee for the planning commission. Allow me to introduce my fellow members uh who are here with us tonight, uh Will Russell, Shauna Neely, Rick Winnaker, Terry Lansdell, Rebecca Wilden, and Clayton Seeley. The zoning committee will meet on Thursday, January fourth, at five thirty PM here at the Government Center. At that meeting, zon the zoning committee will discuss and make recommendations on the petitions that have a public hearing here tonight. The public is welcome to that meeting. But please note it is not a continuation of the public hearing that is being held here tonight. Prior to that meeting, you are welcome to contact us and provide your input.

Douglas A. Welton 3:58

You can find contact information for each of the petitions on the city's website at CharlottePlanning.org. Thank you and back to you, Mayor.

Vi Lyles 4:07

Thank you. Um to the Commission. Um and so we have at the beginning of our meeting we recognize that some of the things that have changed as a result prior to the agenda or after the agenda has been sent out. And so we are going I'm going to ask um Dave Petton to review the deferrals and withdrawals that were on our agenda that we are changing.

Dave Patton 4:30

All right, thank you, Madam Mayor.