HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1248Commissioner Johnson asked what would be on the referendum.
Madison said the ballot would ask if the people wanted to go under
the jurisdiction of Mooresville or not. Johnson asked if the
referendum would ask if the people wanted a plan. Madison said he
didn't think this was necessary. He mentioned that a plan was
nothing but a snapshot of what an area wants to be five or ten
years later. Madison said that whoever administers the plan will
have to be flexible.
Commissioner Johnson said he understood that the plan was a
changing organism. His concern has continuously been the
representation issue.
Commissioner Boone said he saw valid arguments on both sides.
The motion (proposal) was an attempt to meet the concerns of both
sides. The final decision on any zoning change (if the proposal
was adopted) would remain with the commissioners. There are also
some provisions that would prohibit Mooresville from revising the
conditional uses placed on Crescent Resources two years ago. Boone
asked Madison if he would consider a referendum on the information
presented in the motion (proposal) or something similar.
Commissioner Madison said it was too complicated.
Commissioner Stewart said she had concerns for the entire lake
area. If a study on planning is embarked upon, then the entire
lake area should be reviewed.
Chairman Haire said she felt the Board had let the P.O.S.S.E.
group down in that a land development plan was not developed by the
County.
Commissioner Madison said that a precedent could be set at the
meeting. He warned the Board about starting quasi -governmental
situations. In the future, a proposal could surface from Langtree
Road wherein the residents desired to be taken in by the Town of
Davidson. Commissioner Stewart concurred -- she said there needed
to be an overall plan.
Commissioner Boone suggested that a separate board be
appointed for the WSIV Critical Area for the remaining areas not
included in the plan.
MOTION by Commissioner Boone to amend Chairman Haire's motion
to request the legislative bill, with the provisions stipulated, be
subject to a referendum on the November ballot. (The ballot would
include voting on joint jurisdiction -- not a vote on giving all
the sovereignty away, but a vote on joint jurisdiction.)
Commissioner Madison asked for a legal opinion on whether a
joint jurisdiction was legal. Attorney Pope said the Board had the
authority to enter into contracts with municipalities to perform
certain services for the County and vice versa. Pope said he
thought a joint planning board could be established, but he did not
know about a joint jurisdiction.
VOTING ON COMMISSIONER BOONE'S AMBNDNNNTt Ayes - 1 (Boone)
(to place the proposal on November referendum) Nays - 4
VOTING ON ORIGINAL NOTIONi Ayes - 3 Nays - 2 (Madison, Stewart)
(endorsement of plan subject to the a conditions)
Commissioner Johnson spoke to the audience and cautioned them
to remember that simply because the plan said there should be a
service or a facility (schools/parks) in an area it did not
necessarily mean that this would be accomplished. "Plans do not
build things, money does," Johnson said.
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Chairman Haire adjourned the meeting to public hearing.
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