NovusAGENDA

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
December 5, 2016 - 6:30 PM
TOWN HALL (101 Huntersville-Concord Road)

Department Heads
Max Buchanan, Public Works

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.	Closed Session - Consultation with Attorney. (5:15 p.m.)
		B.	Meet and Greet for Parks & Recreation Commission and Greenway, Trail and Bikeway Commission applicants. (5:30 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, North Meck Alliance)


		B.	Commissioner Bales (Lake Norman EDC, 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 #R16-10, a request by MI Homes of Charlotte, LLC to rezone approximately 50.337 acres located south of Ramah Church Road and west of Ewart Road from Transitional Residential to Neighborhood Residential - Conditional District. (David Peete)
		B.	Conduct public hearing on Petition #TA16-07, a request by LStar Management, LLC to amend Article 3.2.2(d) Transitional Residential District, to reduce lot size, width, and side yard setbacks. (Jack Simoneau)


	IX.	Other Business


		A.	Consider decision on Petition #TA16-05, a request by Mike Clapp to amend Article 3.2.10 of the Huntersville Zoning Ordinance to add Indoor Recreation uses as a use permitted by right in the Special Purpose zoning district. (Brad Priest)
		B.	Consider decision on Petition #TA16-06, a request by Susan Lurz to amend Article 12.2.1 of the Huntersville Zoning Ordinance to modify the Farm, Bona Fide definition. (Meredith Nesbitt)
		C.	Consider decision on Petition #TA16-08, a request by the Town of Huntersville to amend Article 8.26.4 of the Huntersville Zoning Ordinance to exempt the lighting of official public civic monuments from lighting standards. (Meredith Nesbitt)
		D.	Consider authorizing the Town Manager to execute the Professional Services Agreement for the engineering design (Phase II) of Main Street Improvements Project. (Max Buchanan)


	X.	Consent Agenda


		A.	Approve the minutes of the November 7, 2016 Regular Town Board Meeting. (Janet Pierson)
		B.	Approve the minutes of the November 21, 2016 Regular Town Board Meeting. (Janet Pierson)
		C.	Approve budget amendment appropriating Sponsorship revenue in the amount of $31,595 to the Downtown Festival account. (Jackie Huffman/Michael Jaycocks)
		D.	Approve budget amendment appropriating Police Restricted Donation revenue in the amount of $3,750 to the Police Department's Crime Prevention budget. (Jackie Huffman/Chief Spruill)
		E.	Approve budget amendment appropriating estimated revenue of $3,200 for Massage Services and $12,000 for Novant Training to be used for associated expenses. (Jackie Huffman/Dee Jetton)
		F.	Call a public hearing for Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at Huntersville Town Hall on Petition #R16-11, a request by Shawn Schreiner to rezone Parcel 01313108 (+/- 8.52 acres) from Rural to Neighborhood Residential District. (Alison Adams)
		G.	Call a public hearing for Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at Huntersville Town Hall on Petition #TA16-06, a request by the Huntersville Land Development Ordinance Advisory Board to amend Article 6 of the Huntersville Zoning Ordinance to modify landscaping of parking lot requirements. (Meredith Nesbitt)
		H.	Approve the write-off of electric uncollected final accounts in the amount of $18,460.30. (Kathy Moyer)
		I.	Award bids for Commerce Station Substation power transformer and steel transmission poles. (Kathy Moyer)


	XI.	Closing Comments


	XII.	Adjourn


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