Mayor
  John Aneralla

Mayor Pro-Tem
Danny Phillips

Commissioners
Melinda Bales

Dan Boone

Mark Gibbons

Charles Guignard

Rob Kidwell

Town Manager
Gregory H. Ferguson


AGENDA
Regular Town Board Meeting
June 6, 2016 - 6:30 PM
TOWN HALL
(101 Huntersville-Concord Road)

 Department Heads
Max Buchanan, Public Works
Bill Coxe, Transportation

Jackie Huffman, Finance
Michael Jaycocks, Parks&Rec
Jack Simoneau, Planning
Cleveland Spruill, Police Chief

Assistant Town Manager
Gerry Vincent

Town Clerk
Janet Pierson

Town Attorney
Bob Blythe

     
I.Pre-meeting
A.

Meet and Greet with Planning Board applicants.  (6:00 p.m.)

B.

Meet and Greet with Board of Adjustment applicants.  (6:15 p.m.)  

 

 

II.Call to Order
III.Invocation - Moment of Silence
IV.Pledge of Allegiance
V.Mayor and Commissioner Reports-Staff Questions
A.Mayor Aneralla (Metropolitan Transit Commission, Commerce Station Management Team)
B.Commissioner Bales (Lake Norman EDC, Lake Norman Transportation Commission, Lake Norman Education Collaborative)
C.Commissioner Boone (Public Safety Liaison, Land Development Ordinances Advisory Board)
D.Commissioner Gibbons (NC 73 Council of Planning, Veterans Liaison)
E.Commissioner Guignard (Centralina Council of Governments, Planning Coordinating Committee)
F. Commissioner Kidwell (Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization, Olde Huntersville Historic Society)
G. Commissioner Phillips (Lake Norman Chamber Board, Visit Lake Norman Board)
VI.Public Comments, Requests, or Presentations
VII.Agenda Changes
A.Agenda changes, if any.
B.Adoption of Agenda.
VIII.Public Hearings
A.

Conduct public hearing on Petition #R16-02, a request by Calatlantic Homes to rezone 73.274-acres located along Huntersville-Concord Road (west of Mirabella Subdivision) from Transitional Residential to Neighborhood Residential - Conditional District to create a 98-lot single-family home subdivision.  (David Peete)

B.

Conduct public hearing on Petition #TA16-01, a request by the Town of Huntersville Planning Department to amend Article 11.4.5 and 11.4.7(a) of the Huntersville Zoning Ordinance to reflect the changes made by NCSL 2015-160 by removing protest petitions.  (Caroline Sawyer)

C.

Conduct public hearing on Petition #TA16-02, a request by the Town of Huntersville Planning Department to amend Article 3.2.7 Highway Commercial District, Article 3.2.8 Campus Institutional District, Article 3.2.9 Corporate Business District, and Article 3.2.14 Transit Oriented Development - Employment District to allow for home occupations as a permitted accessory use.  (Caroline Sawyer)

D.

Conduct public hearing on Petition #TA16-03, a request by the Town of Huntersville Planning Department to amend Article 8.25.11, S.W.I.M. (Surface Water Improvement and Management) Stream Buffer Appeals and Variances of the Huntersville Zoning Ordinance to reflect the changes made by House Bill 276.  (Meredith Nesbitt)

IX.Other Business
A.

Consider adopting budget for fiscal year 2016-2017.  (Greg Ferguson)

B.

Consider decision on Petition #R16-03, a request by JV Bailey Road, LLC, to amend the Highway Commercial conditional rezoning plan for the McDonald’s Restaurant (parcel 01715807).  (Brad Priest)

C.

Consider decision on Petition #R16-04, a request by Lake Norman Charter School on behalf of the property owners to conditionally rezone 39 acres (parcels 01723306 & 01723312) from Corporate Business to Campus Institutional Conditional District. (Brad Priest)

D.

Conduct an evidentiary hearing and consider a decision on Blackwood Knoll subdivision sketch plan.  (Jack Simoneau)

E.

Consider adopting resolutions related to Bond Order authorizing the issuance of $865,000 General Obligation Street Bonds.  (Jackie Huffman/Greg Ferguson)

X.Consent Agenda
A.

Approve minutes of the May 10, 2016 Special Town Board Meeting.  (Janet Pierson)

B.

Approve minutes of the May 16, 2016 Regular Town Board Meeting.  (Janet Pierson)

C.

Approve budget amendment recognizing insurance revenue in the amount of $5,447.77 and appropriate to the Police Department's insurance account.  (Jackie Huffman/Chief Spruill)

D.

Approve budget amendment recognizing insurance revenue in the amount of $500 and appropriate to the Police Department's insurance account.(Jackie Huffman/Chief Spruill) 

E.

Approve SL362 Property Tax Refund Report No. 57.  (Jackie Huffman/Greg Ferguson)

F.

Adopt Ordinance designating the property known as the "Walters Barbershop" (including the interior and exterior of the building and parcel of land associated with Tax Parcel 01904106) located at 114 S. Main Street as a Historic Landmark.  (Sushil Nepal)

G.

Approve Electric Rate Rider REPS.  (Kathy Moyer)

H.

Approve Electric Rate Rider RECR-1.  (Kathy Moyer)

I.

Call a public hearing for Monday, June 20, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. at Huntersville Town Hall to consider the sale of a portion of Tax Parcel No. 019-311-04, containing 9.11 acres, of unimproved land in Commerce Station.  (Greg Ferguson)

XI.Closing Comments
XII.Adjourn



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Mayor
John Aneralla

Mayor Pro-Tem
Danny Phillips

Commissioners
Melinda Bales

Dan Boone

Mark Gibbons

Charles Guignard

Rob Kidwell

Town Manager
Gregory H. Ferguson


ACTION AGENDA
Regular Town Board Meeting
June 6, 2016 - 6:30 PM
TOWN HALL
(101 Huntersville-Concord Road)

 Department Heads
Max Buchanan, Public Works
Bill Coxe, Transportation

Jackie Huffman, Finance
Michael Jaycocks, Parks&Rec
Jack Simoneau, Planning
Cleveland Spruill, Police Chief

Assistant Town Manager
Gerry Vincent

Town Clerk
Janet Pierson

Town Attorney
Bob Blythe

     
I.Pre-meeting
A.

Meet and Greet with Planning Board applicants.  (6:00 p.m.)

B.

Meet and Greet with Board of Adjustment applicants.  (6:15 p.m.)  

 

 

II.Call to Order
III.Invocation-Moment of Silence
IV.Pledge of Allegiance
V.Mayor and Commissioner Reports and Staff Questions
VI.Public Comments, Requests, or Presentations
VII.Agenda Changes
Item F added under Other Business (Consider authorizing Town Manager to execute purchase and installation agreement with Southern Mechanical Services for the remaining RTU's as approved with the 2017 budget) by unanimous vote.
VIII.Public Hearings
A.

Conduct public hearing on Petition #R16-02, a request by Calatlantic Homes to rezone 73.274-acres located along Huntersville-Concord Road (west of Mirabella Subdivision) from Transitional Residential to Neighborhood Residential - Conditional District to create a 98-lot single-family home subdivision.  (David Peete)

Public Hearing Closed.
B.

Conduct public hearing on Petition #TA16-01, a request by the Town of Huntersville Planning Department to amend Article 11.4.5 and 11.4.7(a) of the Huntersville Zoning Ordinance to reflect the changes made by NCSL 2015-160 by removing protest petitions.  (Caroline Sawyer)

Public Hearing Closed.
C.

Conduct public hearing on Petition #TA16-02, a request by the Town of Huntersville Planning Department to amend Article 3.2.7 Highway Commercial District, Article 3.2.8 Campus Institutional District, Article 3.2.9 Corporate Business District, and Article 3.2.14 Transit Oriented Development - Employment District to allow for home occupations as a permitted accessory use.  (Caroline Sawyer)

Public Hearing Closed.
D.

Conduct public hearing on Petition #TA16-03, a request by the Town of Huntersville Planning Department to amend Article 8.25.11, S.W.I.M. (Surface Water Improvement and Management) Stream Buffer Appeals and Variances of the Huntersville Zoning Ordinance to reflect the changes made by House Bill 276.  (Meredith Nesbitt)

Public Hearing Closed.
IX.Other Business
A.

Consider adopting budget for fiscal year 2016-2017.  (Greg Ferguson)

Town Manager's Recommended Budget approved by 4-3 vote (Commissioners Boone, Kidwell, Bales in favor; Commissioners Gibbons, Phillips, Guignard opposed; Mayor Aneralla broke tie by voting in favor).
B.

Consider decision on Petition #R16-03, a request by JV Bailey Road, LLC, to amend the Highway Commercial conditional rezoning plan for the McDonald’s Restaurant (parcel 01715807).  (Brad Priest)

Approved by unanimous vote.
C.

Consider decision on Petition #R16-04, a request by Lake Norman Charter School on behalf of the property owners to conditionally rezone 39 acres (parcels 01723306 & 01723312) from Corporate Business to Campus Institutional Conditional District. (Brad Priest)

Petition denied by 4-2 vote (Commissioners Bales, Boone, Gibbons and Phillips in favor of denial; Commissioners Guignard and Kidwell opposed).
D.

Conduct an evidentiary hearing and consider a decision on Blackwood Knoll subdivision sketch plan.  (Jack Simoneau)

Approved by unanimous vote.
E.

Consider adopting resolutions related to Bond Order authorizing the issuance of $865,000 General Obligation Street Bonds.  (Jackie Huffman/Greg Ferguson)

Approved by 5-1 vote (Commissioner Phillips opposed).
F.Consider authorizing Town Manager to execute purchase and installation agreement with Southern Mechanical Services for the remaining RTU's as approved with the 2017 budget.
Approved by unanimous vote.
X.Consent Agenda
A.

Approve minutes of the May 10, 2016 Special Town Board Meeting.  (Janet Pierson)

Approved by unanimous vote.
B.

Approve minutes of the May 16, 2016 Regular Town Board Meeting.  (Janet Pierson)

Approved by unanimous vote.
C.

Approve budget amendment recognizing insurance revenue in the amount of $5,447.77 and appropriate to the Police Department's insurance account.  (Jackie Huffman/Chief Spruill)

Approved by unanimous vote.
D.

Approve budget amendment recognizing insurance revenue in the amount of $500 and appropriate to the Police Department's insurance account.(Jackie Huffman/Chief Spruill) 

Approved by unanimous vote.
E.

Approve SL362 Property Tax Refund Report No. 57.  (Jackie Huffman/Greg Ferguson)

Approved by unanimous vote.
F.

Adopt Ordinance designating the property known as the "Walters Barbershop" (including the interior and exterior of the building and parcel of land associated with Tax Parcel 01904106) located at 114 S. Main Street as a Historic Landmark.  (Sushil Nepal)

Approved by unanimous vote.
G.

Approve Electric Rate Rider REPS.  (Kathy Moyer)

Approved by unanimous vote.
H.

Approve Electric Rate Rider RECR-1.  (Kathy Moyer)

Approved by unanimous vote.
I.

Call a public hearing for Monday, June 20, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. at Huntersville Town Hall to consider the sale of a portion of Tax Parcel No. 019-311-04, containing 9.11 acres, of unimproved land in Commerce Station.  (Greg Ferguson)

Approved by unanimous vote.
XI.Closing Comments
XII.Adjourn