Council-Manager Memo #21 Thursday, May 25, 2017

WHAT’S INSIDE: Page Updates: 2017 Aviation Department Summer Internship Program ......................................... 1 2017 State Legislative Report #15 ............................................................................. 2 Circle K & Kangaroo Speed Street 2017 ..................................................................... 2

WEEK IN REVIEW: Tuesday, May 30 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CM Eiselt Town Hall Mtg. UNCC Center City – 320 E. 9th St. Thursday, June 1 12:00 p.m. Community Safety Committee Mtg. Room 280 Agenda: Citizens Review Board Decisions 5:00 p.m. – 7:00pm Central/Kilborne/Norland Pedestrian Improvements Public Mtg. Calvary Christian Church - 3001 Kilborne Drive May, June and July calendars are attached

May-June-July2017.pdf

UPDATES: 2017 Aviation Department Summer Internship Program Staff Resource: Brent Cagle, Aviation Department, 704-359-4022, bdcagle@cltairport.com On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 the Aviation Department Summer Internship Program begins, ending on August 11. The internship program gives rising juniors and seniors enrolled in accredited universities opportunities to gain valuable work experience and enhance professional growth.

Mayor and Council Communication 5/25/17 Page 2

The program begins with an orientation and each meeting that follows gives interns the chance to meet various division leaders in Aviation. Meetings will also cover workforce development tips for professional success, as well as a program outline and schedule for the internship terminal tour and City Council Meeting. Guest speakers for each bi-weekly meeting include Donovan Jones, Stuart Hair, Babette Boone, Katie McCoy and Ashton Watson. Interns are also responsible for presenting on their workplace accomplishments at the end of the summer program on Monday, August 7th. 2017 State Legislative Report #15 Staff Resource: Dana Fenton, City Manager’s Office, 704-336-2009, dfenton@charlottenc.gov

2017 week 15 report.pdf

Circle K & Kangaroo Speed Street 2017 Staff Resource: Joe Yanicak, CDOT, 704-336-5531 jyanicak@charlottenc.gov The annual Speed Street festival will be held Thursday, May 25 through Saturday, May 27 in Uptown Charlotte. The concert stage will be located at Romare Bearden Park with musical performances each evening. Street closures along Tryon Street between Stonewall Street and 6th Street and Mint Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 3rd Street closed Wednesday, May 24 at 9:30 a.m. Cross streets will close beginning Thursday, May 25 at 9:30 a.m. Cross streets will reopen between 6 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 26 for the morning commute. All streets will reopen Sunday, May 28 at 6 a.m. A map of the event site is attached.

Wednesday, May 24 9:30 a.m. Streets close for set-up Thursday, May 25 Noon – 8 p.m. Festival Open Friday, May 26 Noon – 8 p.m. Festival Open Saturday, May 27 Noon – 8 p.m. Festival Open Sunday, May 28 6 a.m. Streets re-open

Additionally, the Charlotte Knights will be playing at BB&T Ball Park each evening. During the festival, commuters should expect significantly heavier traffic and congestion during morning and evening rush hour. In an attempt to decrease congestion, CATS will re-route busses as needed and increase the frequency of the LYNX Blue Line service. Information regarding street closures and event details will be communicated to Uptown businesses and residents through the Street Use Notice (SUN) and through Center City Partner’s website. Additionally, Charlotte Communications & Marketing will issue a press release with city service impacts, including street closure information.

Speed Street Events Map.pdf

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

12:00pm

Environment

Committee Mtg.,

Room 280

4:30pm

Dinner before Budget Presentation,

Room 280

5:00pm

Council

Workshop/Budget Presentation, Room

267

2 3 4 12:00pm

Community Safety

Committee Mtg.,

Room 280

5 6 9:00am

District 3 Town

Hall Mtg., CPCC

Harper Campus – 315 W. Hebron St.

7 8 2:00pm

Transportation & Planning Committee

Mtg., Room 280

5:00pm

Council Business

Mtg., Room 267

5:30pm

Budget Public Hearing, Council

Chamber

9 10 1:00pm

Budget Adjustments, Room

267

11 12:00pm

ED Committee Mtg., Room CH-14

12 13

14 15 12:00pm

Council Zoning Briefing (optional),

Room 886

1:00pm

Intergovernmental

Relations Committee Mtg.,

Room 280

5:00pm

Zoning Mtg., Room

CH-14

16 17 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Crowns of Enterprise,

Harvey B. Gantt

Center, 551 S.

Tryon St.

18 12:00pm

Community Safety Committee Mtg.,

Room 280

6:00pm – 8:00 pm

Eastway Drive

Streetscape/ Pedestrian

Improvement Study

Public Mtg., Garinger HS

Atrium -

1100 Eastway Drive

19 20

21 22 12:00pm

Governance & Accountability

Committee Mtg.,

Room 280

5:00pm

Citizens’

Forum/Council

Business Mtg.,

Room 267

23 11:00am

Toby Creek Greenway Phase 2

Opening

Celebration, 823 Brooke Nicole

Place

6:00pm – 8:00pm

16th Street

Streetscape & N. Tryon Street

Gateway Public

Mtg. (AIC), Extravaganza

Depot

1610 North Tryon Street

24 12:00pm

Budget Adjustments/Straw

Votes, Room 267

5:30pm

MTC Meeting,

Room 267

25 6:00pm – 8:00pm Back Creek Church Road Farm-to-

Market Public

Mtg., Back Creek

Presbyterian

Church - 1821

Back Creek Church

Road

26 27

28 29 30 6:00 – 8:00pm

CM Eiselt Town

Hall Mtg., UNCC Center City – 320

E. 9th St.

31

2017

May

Memorial

Day

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 12:00pm

Community Safety

Committee Mtg., Room 280

5:00 – 7:00pm

Central/Kilborne/

Norland Pedestrian

Improvements Public Mtg.,

Calvary Christian

Church 3001 Kilborne

Drive

2 3

4 5 12:00pm

Environment

Committee Mtg.,

Room 280

5:00pm

Council Workshop/Citizens’

Forum, Room 267

6 7 8 12:00pm

ED Committee

Mtg., Room CH-14

9 10 10:00am-12:00pm

Mayor Roberts

Town Hall Mtg.,

Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church –

1117 South Blvd.

11 12 2:00pm

Transportation & Planning Committee

Mtg., Room 280

5:00pm

Council Business

Mtg./Budget Adoption, Room

267

13 14 12:00pm

HAND Committee Mtg., Room 280

15 6:30pm – 8:30pm

CM Kinsey Town Hall Mtg.,

International House

– 1817 Central Ave., #215

16 17

18 19 12:00pm

Council Zoning

Briefing (optional), Room 886

1:00pm

Intergovernmental

Relations

Committee Mtg., Room 280

5:00pm

Zoning Mtg., Room

CH-14

20 21 22 12:00pm

ED Committee

Mtg., Room CH-14

6:30pm – 8:00pm

CM Phipps Town Hall Mtg., MLK

Middle School –

500 Bilmark Ave.

23 24

25 26 12:00pm

Governance &

Accountability

Committee Mtg., Room 280

5:00pm

Citizens’

Forum/Council

Business Mtg., Room 267

27 28 12:00pm

HAND Committee

Mtg., Room 280

5:30pm

MTC Meeting,

Room 267

29 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Council member

Fallon Town Hall

Mtg., University City Library -

301 East W.T.

Harris Blvd.

30

2017

June

US Conference of Mayors Annual

Meeting

Miami Beach, FL

US Conference of Mayors Annual

Meeting

Miami Beach, FL

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 12:00pm

ED&GC

Committee Mtg., Room CH-14

14 15

16 17 12:00pm

Council Zoning

Briefing (optional), Room 886

5:00pm

Zoning Mtg., Room

CH-14

18 19 20 21 22

23 24 12:00pm

Governance &

Accountability

Committee Mtg., Room 280

5:00pm

Citizens’

Forum/Council

Business Mtg., Room 267

25 26 5:30pm

MTC Meeting,

Room 267

27 28 29

30 31

2017

July

2017

Independence

Day

CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE M E M O R A N D U M

May 25, 2017

TO: Marcus Jones, City Manager

Randy Harrington, Chief Financial Officer

FROM: Dana Fenton, Intergovernmental Relations Manager SUBJECT: Week 15 State Legislative Report What You Need to Know The House continued work on the Appropriations Act of 2017 (SB 257 – Brown) this week. The subcommittees of the House Appropriations Committee will meet today and perhaps tomorrow to review House budget recommendations. The House is planning on releasing its budget proposal by Tuesday, May 30 and passing it by the end of next week. House Finance Committee reported out the Wireless Communication Siting (HB 310 – Saine) bill that mandates the processes that local governments must follow when regulating wireless communications infrastructure (sometimes referred to as DAS or small cell technology) in city owned rights-of-ways. Working through the NC League of Municipalities, the City has provided recommended amendments to the bill. Of particular concern to the City are provisions dealing with the various fees authorized by the bill and the definition of city right-of-way. HB 310 could be debated on the floor of the House as soon as next week. House Finance Committee reported out the Revisions to Outdoor Advertising Laws (HB 581 – Lewis). HB 581 is a compilation of the introduced versions of HB 579, HB 580 and HB 581. The introduced version of HB 579 addresses just compensation in the condemnation of outdoor advertising and is strongly opposed by NC Department of Transportation. The introduced version of HB 580 preempts local authority when it comes to the relocation of outdoor advertising from industrially zoned to commercially zoned areas. The introduced version of HB 581 preempts local authority governing the transition of static signs to changeable message signs. Both HB 580 and HB 581 are strongly opposed by the NC League of Municipalities and local governments. HB 581 could be debated on the floor of the House as soon as next week.

Page 2 May 25, 2017 Week 15 State Legislative Report Status of the State Legislative Agenda Police Recordings: The House passed Changes to Current Body-Worn Camera Law (HB 797 – Faircloth) that amends last session’s police recordings law (HB 972) but without new language to add members of city councils to the list of officials to whom the custodial law enforcement agency may disclose the recordings. The outlook for the language that was removed by the House being added back to the bill appears remote at this time. In Senate Rules Committee. Strategic Transportation Investments: The House passed DOT/DMV Changes – Megaproject Funding (HB 110 – Torbett) that creates a new program to fund larger-scale and higher-cost transportation projects of over $200 million. The new program does not have an identifiable source of revenue, except for appropriations or transfers made by the General Assembly. Instead of the General Assembly establishing criteria for selecting projects, HB 110 would establish a workgroup to develop the selection criteria. In 2013 when the Strategic Transportation Investments program legislation was enacted, the General Assembly specified quantitative criteria in the underlying legislation (HB 817 – Brawley) for selecting projects. In Senate Rules Committee. Sales Tax Redistribution: The Senate passed Change the Local Option Sales Tax Adjustment Factors (SB 126 – Brown) that changes the adjustment factors applied to the half-cent local Article 40 sales tax levy with factors based on the county's economic tier designation. Tier 1 counties, which are the most economically distressed counties in the State, would be assigned a factor of 1.10. Tier 2 counties would receive no adjustments and Tier 3 counties would be assigned a factor of 0.90. The Mecklenburg County factor would increase from the current 0.89 to that of Tier 3 counties, 0.90. According to new estimates prepared by the non-partisan General Assembly Fiscal Research Division on May 3, approximately $2.3 million more in sales tax revenue would accrue to the City of Charlotte in the first full year of implementation. In House Rules Committee. Sales Tax Redistribution: The Senate passed Economic Development Incentives Modifications (SB 660 – Brown) that makes changes in how Job Development Investment Grant and One NC funds are distributed to projects in Tier 3 counties like Wake and Mecklenburg. SB 660 is similar to legislation filed in the 2015 long session in that it put projects in Tier 3 counties at a competitive disadvantage when competing for State economic development funds. In House Rules Committee. Charlotte Firefighters Retirement System (HB 58 – Dulin) is local legislation requested by the City of Charlotte that enables the Charlotte Firefighters’ Retirement System to comply with the Voluntary Correction Program entered into with the Internal Revenue Service to tweak the method for computing a firefighter’s final average salary. The bill has no fiscal impact upon the System. HB 58 passed the House and resides in the Senate Rules Committee.

STONEWALL ST

MINT ST

CHURCH ST

COLLEGE ST

BREVARD ST

CALDWELL ST

DAVIDSON ST

MLK JR. BLVD THIRD ST FOURTH ST TRADE ST FIFTH ST SIXTH ST

ROMAREBEARDEN PARK

BOFAPLAZA

OMNIHOTEL

BOFA CORPCENTER

DUKEENERGYCENTER

MINTMUSEUM

MARRIOTHOTEL

CHARLOTTECONVENTION CENTER

NASCARHALL OF FAME

TIME WARNERCABLE ARENA

TRANSITCENTER

CTC STATION

EPICENTER RITZ CARLTON

POPLAR ST

THEGREEN

TRYON STREET

FOOD COURT

KIDS’ AREA

STAGE

TICKETEDCONCERT AREA

BOOTH

KIDS ZONE Tryon at Trade Street – 4th Street:Food Court Tryon at 4th Street – 3rd Street:GEICO, Vacation Village Resort, Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs, Olde English District, PNC Bank, Gold Peak Tea, Gold Peak Specialty Drinks, SPAM, Coca-Cola (Thursday), Eli Lilly (Friday & Saturday) Tryon at 3rd Street – Martin Luther King Jr Blvd:Concert Ticket Booth, NC Education Lottery, Body Armour, Trolli Candy, Circle K, Planters Nut Mobile, Goody’s Headache Powders, MONSTER Energy, ESPN Radio, The Charlotte Observer, Vacation Village Resort Tryon at Martin Luther King Jr Blvd – Levine Avenue of the Arts:Autograph Zone, Lasik Vision, High Life Smoke Shop, Passanante’s Home Food Service, Allegiant Air, State Farm, WCNC, Game Truck, Color Me Happy Face Painting, Morris Jenkins Kids’ Area Levine Avenue of the Arts:Kids‘ Activities Tryon at Levine Avenue of theArts – Stonewall Street:Mello Yello, Swisher Sweet Cigars, Mello Yello Stage NASCAR Hall of Fame Plaza:Kids’ Activities

MAP KEYEvacuation Shelter

Lightrail

Lightrail Station

Beverage Station

ATM

Restrooms

First Aid

Lost And Found

Concert Ticket Sales Booth

PNC Speed Street 5KPNC Speed Street 5K registration & packet pick upPNC Speed Street 5K award ceremony

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