James Mitchell

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Charlotte City Council · City Council Business Meeting on 2026-02-09 5:00 PM - Feb 09, 2026 · 9 Feb 2026 meeting

And I think that's something on staff's side that we should be able to accommodate.

Yes, I'm not sure about how many people we can mail out, but I forgot to mention we also have signage.

But we have Holly here, and she can be more specific.

I'm sorry I'm fumbling around, but she's the expert on how the process rolls and how the notifications are.

Oh, you're not fumbling with me.

Come on up, Miss Holly.

So council members, I would like for us to recognize that we have the ability to look at not always doing what we've always done.

So what we just heard is that based on our policy from many years that it has not been necessarily a different type of outreach because we have several individuals that want to annex.

Our concern should also be about those who

aren't interested in being annexed into the city so we have the ability to direct the manager to make sure that notifications actually goes out because truth be told how many around this table read mecklenburg times does anybody even know what the mecklenburg times is so there's two of us that know what mecklenburg times is the question is if that is not a source that is

readily and widely known, that's a great way to bury the lead, to have the information out there to say, well, we presented the information, we posted it, but who's actually gonna read it to see it?

There very well may be members that live in the unincorporated area that are familiar with the Mecklenburg Times, but I think if we're going to be setting a public hearing, we have the opportunity to ensure that everyone that may be impacted should be aware that this conversation is happening.

So Holly and staff to Council Member Mayfield, can that be a takeaway for staff to bring back to us and to look how we can communicate with all the residents, especially in the annexation area?

We can definitely look at options, you know, what precedent it would set and the cost involved.

But, Ms.

Mayfield, I also want to assure you, I didn't mention this part, you know, like you're talking about impact.

well, you know, they're traffic potentially, but even if we don't annex it, it'll be the same traffic pattern.

But it's even better really for the side residents because if they're part of the city, then like whatever stormwater standards or other standards that we hold, this neighborhood's gonna have those standards.

Whereas if we didn't annex it, they wouldn't be under our standards.

So in that regard, they're better for the neighbors.

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