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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1411Nursing Home Advisory Committee (3 appointments): OTIO by Chairman Norman to postpone the three appointments until the February 6 meeting. VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0. Future Forward Economic Alliance Board (I appointment): Commissioner Tice nominated David Johnson. OTIO by Chairman Norman to close the nominations and appoint David Johnson by acclamation. VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD Buddy Hemric spoke against the Iredell-Statesville School System's proposal to utilize the former Dana Corporation Property for educational purposes. Hemric cited several reasons why the industrial site would be an unfavorable choice for a school, and some of these were (1) the environmental clean up costs would be prohibitive (2) the industrial area had numerous tractor trailers traveling in the vicinity and (3) the site is off I-77 where hazardous materials are trucked in - and -out daily. Mr. Hemric said the 100 -acre site would be too large for one school, and he questioned how the other property would be used. Hemric requested for the board of commissioners to vote unfavorably towards placing a school in the area, and instead, to recruit an industry to occupy the site. Skip Weber, spoke and requested for the board of commissioners to ask the Planning Board to "Re -think" the Growth Management Report. Weber said the planning board would meet on January 24 to finalize the document, and it would then be submitted to the board of commissioners. Weber said members of a community organization, also studying the growth issues, were "extremely disappointed by the content of the draft study." He said the planning board had ignored many of the recommendations made during the public meetings and had failed to make substantive recommendations that would have a favorable impact on the Brawley School Road and the Perth Road in any "rational timeframe." COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT: County Manager Mashburn distributed an activity report and noted that it included a draft agenda for the Winter Planning Session. Mr. Mashburn requested that the board members review the agenda and share any concerns or suggestions. He said a portion of retreat time would be devoted to reviewing state and federal legislation, and the subsequent impact on local government budgets. Conditional Use District Rezonings: Commissioner Johnson said the restrictions disallowing the commissioners to discuss conditional use rezonings was a topic that could be discussed with the legislators at the retreat. Johnson said he had already talked to some General Assembly members and had informed them about the difficulty in making informed zoning decisions when the board members couldn't discuss the cases. NEW BUSINESS Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) Zoning Releases: Commissioner Williams mentioned concerns about ETJ requests. He said the method being used, in accordance with the General Statutes, didn't require public hearings, but sometimes, adjoining property owners were affected. Williams said the adjoining property owners, under the county's jurisdiction, had to cope with the actions of municipal planning boards when releases occurred. He said a method was needed whereby adjacent property owners could share their concerns rather than arbitrarily releasing the county's jurisdiction to a developer. Mr. Williams suggested that the planning staff draft an ordinance and for it to be available for discussion at the Winter Planning Session. He said the Mooresville officials had also mentioned concerns, and they could address the issue at the same time. Interim Planning Director Steve Warren said he staff would have sufficient time to draft the ordinance before the Winter Planning Session.