City Council Zoning Meeting on 2025-10-20 5:00 PM - Oct 20, 2025

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What opening remarks and invocations are made at the start of the meeting?

Vi Lyles 3:56

And welcome to the October 20th zoning meeting. We're going to start with introductions and we will start with the clerk. Billy Tons, Deputy City Clerk.

Dimple Ajmera 4:10

Welcome Dimple Ash Mira

Vi Lyles 4:11

at large. Good evening, Marjorie Molina, District Five. Good evening, I'm Renee Johnson and I'm honored to represent District Four.

James Mitchell 4:20

Good evening everyone. James Mitchell at large. Keep pounding.

Vi Lyles 4:25

Allison Craig, Deputy City Manager. Good evening, Dante Anderson, Mayor Pro Tim, District One.

Malcolm Graham 4:30

Malcolm Graham, District Two. Ed Driggs, District Seven.

Vi Lyles 4:34

Good evening, Lawana Mayfield, Councilmember at large.

Anthony Fox 4:37

Good evening, Anthony Fox, interim city attorney.

Vi Lyles 4:42

So with every meeting, we begin uh we start the meeting with an invocation as an expression and inspiration, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. And our invocation by a council member is meant to underscore our proceedings, and we celebrate all religious diversity. of our community, including those that do not practice a religious faith. Uh and tonight I have the honor of providing our invocation. And um It's less of an invocation but more of a thought that um I've been having over the last several weeks. Um Right here in Charlotte in in our region uh and across the US, you we are experiencing a sense of hopelessness and apathy. And when when we allow apathy and hopelessness to take over, it it it robs us from our joy.

Vi Lyles 5:41

It robs us of being able to practice things that bring joy to others and it clouds our outlook on the art of possibility and what can happen if we put the work in and work together collectively. Енсо, ай то найт, ай лайк ту естено пра. That we all combat apathy and hopelessness by having a renewed fervor in our spirituality, a renewed connectedness and looking out for our neighbors and reaching out to our neighbors, checking on friends and family members that you may not have seen or heard of in months. Check on them. Do wellness checks. Do something that you believe brings you joy, whether it's taking a walk in the park. Um or playing playing with animals, adopting time, with children, but we need to ensure that we are prepared to do the work.

Vi Lyles 6:47

And in order to have that level of preparation, we have to stave off apathy and hopelessness. So that is my prayer for myself and this council, as well as all of the residents here in Charlotte, North Carolina. If you are able to stand, please join us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Ed Driggs 7:07

Amen.

Unknown 7:10

Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation, one other God, an indivisible with liberty.

Vi Lyles 7:27

So this is our third meeting of the month, which is our our zoning meeting. But before we uh continue with zoning proceedings, we have a topic that the council would like to uh have a conversation around this evening. Um and I will pass it over to uh Councilmember Mitchell to jumpstart this conversation with the understanding that we need to have a vote to actually put this on the agenda.

James Mitchell 7:55

Uh Mayor Council, I would like us to consider the vote to uh unanimous vote tonight to put on a new process. for our MPT MPTA appoint appointment process.

Vi Lyles 8:08

Second. Okay. Any comment? Hearing none, all in favor of placing this item on the agenda, raise your hands. Any opposed? That is unanimous. I will uh again hand it over to Mr Mitchell to guide this discussion.

James Mitchell 8:28

Mayor Pro Tem thank you and and council members, I have at your

Vi Lyles 8:33

Point of order. Hold hold on. Point of clarification from Miss I just wanted to ask the question because I know that uh Councilmember Molina uh is intending to request recusal. So before we got into the discussion, I just wanted to make sure that we gave a opportunity to do that if now is the appropriate time.

Dimple Ajmera 8:48

Mm,

Vi Lyles 8:48

yeah. Mr. Fox, um We we just we just made a motion, a unanimous motion to discuss the process and procedure of the MPTA, the transit authority appointment, because we previously voted on that process, so we need to vote to make those modifications. Mr Fox Um with this introduction of this topic.

Anthony Fox 9:17

Acknowledged participation but by her presence will be deemed to have voted in the affirmative unless she chooses to ask for a recusal at this point on the appointment process.