HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0839 (2)4. Parameter Sheet Detailing how Crossroads would become a Local Managing
Entity
5. A Listing Showing the General Preferences for Selecting Providers
6. "Talking Points" Sheet
Mr. Swann said Crossroads in the future would become less identified as a service
provider and more identified as a service manager. He said the focus in the future would
be to shift resources towards a smaller group of people (target population), or the ones
having the most serious needs.
Attorney Pope asked if the providers would be competing.
Swann said yes, unless they were the only provider offering the service.
Commissioner Johnson asked if Crossroads would become larger or add another
county.
Swann said probably.
Commissioner Bowles asked the number of employees Crossroads would have in
the future.
Swann said that on a regional basis, probably 50 to 100 people.
Chairman Tice asked Mr. Swann if any action was needed.
Swann said no. He said he was giving an update, and he was just trying to ensure
that the Local Business Plan was "going in the right direction' with the commissioners.
PUBLIC HEARING
Chairman Tice declared the meeting to be in a public hearing.
CONSIDERATION OF A ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT THAT
WILL ALLOW NON-PROFIT RETREAT CENTERS IN RESORT
RESIDENTIAL (RR) DISTRICTS AS A "SPECIAL USE": Planning Supervisor
Smith said a zoning ordinance amendment had been prepared to allow non-profit retreats
in the RR district as a special use. He said that on May 7, 2002, the ordinance was
amended to allom the retreats as a permitted use, but the staff and planning board were
now recommending that in RR districts, a special use permit be required. Smith said the
change would require non-profit retreat centers (RR district) to be reviewed by the board
of adjustment. In addition, he said the centers would have to meet criteria in the
ordinance as well as the special use requirements. Smith said the planning board
recommended approval of the most recent amendment on August 7, 2002.
Attorney Bedford Cannon spoke in favor of the amendment. He said the residents
near the North Carolina Quiet Waters Christian Fellowship Inc., retreat were concerned
about the facility and its usage. Mr. Cannon said he understood the facility derived some
of its revenues from its occupants. Cannon said the area residents were not trying to
"assault" non -profits, but they were concerned about the way the retreat derived its
funding. He said that, basically, the retreat was operating a business with 70 or 80 guests
at any given time. Mr. Cannon said he would ask that rather than allowing non -profits in
the Resort Residential district "by right," that they be considered as a special use and
taken up on a case-by-case basis.
Mr. Cannon asked the individuals in the audience who were in favor of the
amendment to stand up. Approximately 50 people stood up.
No one else desired to speak, and Chairman Tice adjourned the public hearing.