HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0846 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
AUGUST 20, 2002
The tredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session at 5:00 p.m.,
on Tuesday, August 20, 2002, in the South Wing Conference Room of the Iredell County
Government Center, 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Karen B. Ray
Tommy E. Bowles
Steve D. Johnson
R. Godfrey Williams
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan
Blumenstein, Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, County Assessor Brent Weisner,
Emergency Management and Communications Director Larry Dickerson, County
Assessor Brent Weisner, Health Director Ray Rabe, Environmental Health Supervisor
Kelly Sheeks, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
REQUEST FOR A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE POSTPONEMENT OF
THE MECKLYNN ROAD REZONING PUBLIC HEARING (RESIDENTIAL
AGRICULTURAL TO MULTI -FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT): Planning
Supervisor Ron Smith said the planning board on August 7 heard a request from
Davidson Development to rezone approximately 11 acres from Residential Agricultural
to Multi -Family Residential District. He said that at the meeting, there were several
individuals against the new zoning, and they had requested more time to prepare their
case before the matter was heard by the commissioners. Smith said the applicant was
also requesting more time. He said that normally a zoning request would be heard by the
planning board one month, and during the next month, the case would be presented to the
board of commissioners. Smith said that if the commissioners agreed with the
postponement, the rezoning request would be presented in October instead of September.
REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A REVISED
CABARRUS/IREDELL/ROWAN CONSORTIUM JOINT COOPERATION
AGREEMENT FOR THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP ACT &
APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE SAME: Erskine Smith, the
Mooresville Assistant Town Manager, explained that since the May 2, 2002 meeting,
when the consortium agreement was presented and approved, a few changes had been
recommended by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development attorneys. Smith said one
change was to correct the qualification period (Federal Fiscal Years 2003-2005).
Another change was to stipulate in item 15 that the City of Kannapolis had been added as
a new member.
REQUEST FOR A DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CONCENTRATED NEEDS APPLICATIONS
(CDBG-CN): Shelley Williamson, a planner with Centralina Council of Governments,
said the CDBG-CN program was designed to assist local governments in improving and
developing residential neighborhoods. She said the process was on a state-wide
competitive basis and the application deadline was September 23, 2002. Williamson said
there were six different types of community block development grants, and one of them
was for economic development.
(Due to the lack of time to prepare an application, this item was deleted from the
agenda.)
Discussion on the Scattered -Site Housing Program Funds: Mr. Mashburn said the
county would be receiving $400,000 from the Department of Commerce for the