HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1173IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BUDGET SESSION MINUTES
TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2006
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Review Session
on Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at 5:30 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center
(South Wing Conference Room), 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present were:
Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Godfrey Williams
Steve D. Johnson
Marvin Norman
Ken Robertson
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Deputy County Manager Susan
Blumenstein, Assistant County Manager Tracy Jackson, Code Enforcement/Planning
Director Lynn Niblock, Planning Supervisor Steve Warren, Subdivision Administrator
William Allison, Assistant Finance Director Deb Alford, Animal Control Supervisor
Robb Tatham, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
Others present: Kathryn Thier with the Charlotte Observer, Daniel Goldberg
with the Record & Landmark, and Lee Ann Sherrill with the Iredell Citizen.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT OPTIONS: Planning Supervisor Warren
displayed a map of the Brawley School Road area and showed a specific one -mile
segment that had four traffic signals. He said the most recent Department of
Transportation (DOT) analysis indicated the road could handle 12,000 to 14,000 trips a
day; however, a recent count showed 27,000. Warren said the DOT figures varied, but
the congestive conditions were worsened by poor traffic -light synchronization. He said
a private consulting firm had been hired by the DOT to study the synchronization.
Warren then summarized the following growth control measures currently available to
aid in managing development in the area.
Summary of Growth Control Measures
• Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance - must meet level of service standards for
approval. County services are limited to schools, recreation, fire -law enforcement.
• Building Permit Caps — limit the number of new permits to be approved.
• Cost Recovery Fees — raise the review fees/permits.
• Impact Fees*- charge fees based on development size to finance public improvements.
• Lot Sizes (Density Limits) — increase the minimum lot size. Increase from 30,000 to
• Moratorium — temporarily stopping the issuance of permits/approvals will require due
process with a hearing and the setting of a time and reason.
• Subdivision Ordinance — revisions: change approval process by adding new
requirements — open space, sidewalks, and connections with other development.
• Special Overlay District — designate specific area for attention with new requirements.
• Subdivision Timing or Phasing — establish a percentage for overall projects approved
at a certain time.
• Taxation — Consider financial measures to slow growth: property taxes, real-estate,
transfer tax, tax -increment financing.