Council-Manager Memo #09 Thursday, March 2, 2017

WHAT’S INSIDE: Page Calendar Details ......................................................................................................... 2 Information: March 7-10 – Steele Creek Development Study Public Meetings and Charrette ..... 3 March 21 – West Boulevard Corridor Study Public Kick-off Meeting ....................... 4 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Family Homelessness Snapshot 2014-15 ............................ 4-5 Airport FY2016 Certified Annual Financial Report Published .................................... 5-6 Public Art Maintenance ............................................................................................. 6 2017 State Legislative Report #4 ............................................................................... 7

WEEK IN REVIEW:

Mon (March 6) Tues (March 7) Wed (March 8) Thurs (March 9) Fri (March 10) 12:00 PM Environment Committee, Room 280 5:00 PM Council Workshop/Citizens’ Forum, Room 267

6:30 PM District 6 Town Hall Meeting, Sharon Methodist Church

12:00 PM Housing & Neighborhood Development Committee, Room 280

12:00 PM Economic Development Committee, Room CH-14 1:30 PM Budget Committee Meeting, Room 280 6:30 PM MPT Lyles Town Hall Meeting, Elevation Church University

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CALENDAR DETAILS: Monday, March 6 12:00 PM Environment Committee, Room 280

AGENDA: Urban forestry master plan; Solid Waste Services ordinance; Primer for FY2018 budget process

5:00 PM Council Workshop/Citizens’ Forum, Room 267 Tuesday, March 7 6:30 PM District 6 Town Hall Meeting, Sharon United Methodist Church 4411 Sharon Rd. AGENDA: Meet the City Manager; Affordable housing; Public safety; Q&A session Wednesday, March 8 12:00 PM Housing & Neighborhood Development Committee, Room 280

AGENDA: Annual action plan; Potential affordable housing sites; Management of City real estate portfolio;

5:30 PM Idlewild/Rama/Monroe Intersection Project Public Meeting Independence Regional Library, 6000 Conference Drive

During this drop-in meeting, staff will share updates on the project and the concept design with attendees.

Thursday, March 9 12:00 PM Economic Development Committee, Room CH-14

AGENDA: Eastland Mall redevelopment; Workforce development update; Future meeting topics

1:30 PM Budget Committee Meeting, Room 280 AGENDA: TBD 6:30 PM Mayor Pro Tem Town Hall Meeting, Elevation Church (University) 8105 IBM Dr. AGENDA: Q&A with police chief and district attorney March and April calendars are attached.

March-April 2017.pdf

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INFORMATION: March 7-10 – Steele Creek Development Study Public Meetings and Charrette Staff Resources: Alberto Gonzalez, Planning, 704-336-8315, agonzalez@charlottenc.gov Monica Holmes, Planning, 704-336-8316, Monica.Holmes@charlottenc.gov The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department will hold a Development Response/Study which will include two public meetings and a design workshop to review and analyze proposed projects and potential development scenarios in a specified area of Steele Creek. The specific study area boundaries are shown on the attached postcard. Currently there are two pending rezoning petitions that have been filed within this area. Since the adoption of the Steele Creek Area Plan in 2012, significant development has occurred in the area. The size, scale and timing of proposed developments today are more intense than what was anticipated with the area plan, and this process is a way for staff to review and analyze what type of development may be appropriate for the area in the future. Similar efforts were previously conducted for the Waverly and Golf Links developments at Providence and I-485. This process will evaluate current rezoning petitions that have been filed and future development proposals. In particular the process will provide a potential street and open space framework for future development; guidance on appropriate land use intensity; and enhanced guidance on community design for the area. The process will include the following public involvement opportunities: • Kickoff Meeting: Tuesday, March 7, 6:30-8 p.m.

Kennedy Middle School, 4000 Gallant Ln., Charlotte, NC 28273

• Design Studio – Drop In: Tuesday, March 7- Friday, March 10, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Kennedy Middle School, 4000 Gallant Ln., Charlotte, NC 28273

• Wrap Up Meeting: Tuesday, March 14, 6:30-8 p.m. Kennedy Middle School, 4000 Gallant Ln., Charlotte, NC 28273

The kickoff public meeting will open with a presentation followed by an exercise to capture the ideas and concerns residents and property owners might have regarding development in the area. The Design Studio will be setup at Kennedy Middle School and students will have an opportunity to work alongside staff. The Design Studio is also intended to provide the public a convenient place to see what staff is working on. At the wrap up meeting, staff will present the ideas and concepts that were developed during the week. More information on these meetings and a map of the study area can be found in the attachment below.

Steele Creek.pdf

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March 21 – West Boulevard Corridor Study Public Kick-off Meeting Staff Resources: Keith Hines, CDOT, 704-336-3913, dhines@charlottenc.gov Scott Correll, CDOT, 704-432-5219, scorrell@charlottenc.gov

The City of Charlotte invites the community to participate in the West Boulevard Corridor Study kickoff meeting on March 21, 2017 from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. in the West Boulevard Branch Library Community Room located at 2157 West Boulevard. A postcard for the meeting is attached below.

The purpose of the study is to develop recommendations about potential improvements along this corridor between Camden Road and Billy Graham Parkway. This study will focus on improving conditions for pedestrians and bicyclists, and is being conducted by the City in close partnership with NCDOT.

Charlotte City Council members and the general public are invited to participate. Residents will have an opportunity to work with designers and City staff to shape options for the West Boulevard corridor.

http://charlottenc.gov/Projects/Pages/WestBoulevardCorridorStudy.aspx

West Corridor Workshop.pdf

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Family Homelessness Snapshot 2014-15 Staff Resource: Mary Gaertner, NBS, 704-432-5495, mgaertner@charlottenc.gov The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Family Homelessness Snapshot 2014-15 was released today. This report is part of the Housing Instability & Homelessness Report Series initiated in 2015 by the Housing Advisory Board of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. It is designed to better equip the community to make data-driven decisions around housing instability and homelessness. The Urban Institute at UNC Charlotte prepared the report. Mecklenburg County Community Support Services provides funding for the report series. This report looks at the intersection of two distinct data sets, one from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) and one from the Homeless Management Information System. In order to complete the data match, the most recent data set that matched in terms of time was 2014 to 2015. The report describes the characteristics of family homelessness in Charlotte-Mecklenburg and explores the connection to educational services and outcomes for children experiencing homelessness. Homelessness has lasting, negative impacts on adults and children including family separation, poor health outcomes, and lower social-emotional and academic well-being. Children in families experiencing homelessness are more likely to be absent from school, perform below grade level in math and reading, and are less likely to graduate from high school.

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An Educational Toolkit is provided to accompany the report. It takes the information in the report and translates it to actionable steps around education, advocacy and funding. This report and others in the series can be found at the link below: http://charmeck.org/mecklenburg/county/CommunitySupportServices/HomelessServices/reports/Pages/2016-Reports.aspx Airport FY2016 Certified Annual Financial Report Published Staff Resources: Michael Hill, Aviation, 704-359-4009, mdhill@cltairport.com Teresa Smith, M&FS, 704-336-7906, tsmith@charlottenc.gov The Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) FY 2016 Annual Financial Report is now available. This report was prepared in collaboration with the City’s Management & Financial Services Department. Staff have developed this report in an effort to provide enhanced transparency of the Airport’s financial operations. The report also provides operational information and highlights from FY2016. The information contained in this report may be useful to the public, media, airline business partners, governmental agencies, the investment community, rating agencies and other interested stakeholders. A hard copy of the Report will be distributed to the Council, the City Manager’s Office, and other City staff next week. The Airport enjoyed another strong year both operationally and financially. The bullets below are a summary of operational and financial highlights more thoroughly described in the report:

• The number of enplaned passengers grew for the thirteenth consecutive fiscal year, reaching approximately 22.4 million;

• The total number of local and visiting enplanements reached a record high of 6.1 million in FY2016;

• The Airport completed a successful renegotiation of the Airport Airline Use Agreement with five airlines for 10 years;

• American Airlines remained the Airport’s largest airline with 91% of total enplaned passengers in FY2016;

• CLT provided approximately 724 daily departures to 155 destinations in 32 countries around the world in FY2016;

• Several construction projects were continued and completed in FY2016, including the Little Rock Road extension, the Airport Entrance Road, Fuel Farm expansion phase II, a high speed taxiway, and expansion of the cargo ramp;

• CLT continued to provide a business friendly operating environment for the airlines with a reconciled cost per enplaned passenger of $1.35, the lowest among large hub in the United States; and

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• Airport operating revenues increased by $12.7 million to $206.4 million in FY2016 led by strong increases in terminal, parking and concession revenues.

• The Airport remained one of the nation’s highest rated airport credits, maintaining ratings of A+/Aa3/A+ by Fitch, Moody’s, and Standard & Poors, respectively.

Public Art Maintenance Staff Resource: Rachel Wood, Strategy and Budget, 704-336-3656, rwood@charlottenc.gov

The Arts & Science Council is currently working with contractors to address maintenance concerns with two of the City’s public art installations (pictured below). Note that these photographs are of the works in their repaired state.

Faces of Freedom, Artist: Cheryl Foster The Faces of Freedom mosaic tile installation along Freedom Drive is currently undergoing maintenance work to address a damaged concrete pillar and repair portions of the mosaic artwork that have fallen off due to faulty grout. Repair work is currently underway and should be completed by April 20.

Passing Through Light, Artist: Erwin Redl The Passing Through Light installation located on the Trade Street/I-77 underpass is undergoing maintenance work to address a defective wireless sensor that is causing several of the lights to not illuminate properly. The Arts & Science Council is currently working with a contractor to determine a solution that will permanently address recurring issues with the wireless sensor. Work to address issues with the wireless sensor should be complete by May 2017.

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2017 State Legislative Report #4 Staff Resource: Dana Fenton, City Manager’s Office, 704-336-2009, dfenton@charlottenc.gov Attached is the Week 4 State Legislative Report.

2017 week 4 report.pdf

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

5:30pm

Letter to the Community,

Belmont Center –

700 Parkwood Ave.

2 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Marvin Rd. Sidewalk Public

Mtg., Elon Park

Elementary – 11425 Ardrey Kell

Rd.

3 4 9:00am

District 5 Town Hall Mtg.,

Memorial UMC –

4012 Central Ave.

5 6 12:00pm

Environment Committee Mtg.,

Room 280

5:00pm

Council

Workshop/Citizens’ Forum, Room 267

7 6:30pm – 8:00pm

District 6 Town Hall Mtg., Sharon

UMC – 4411

Sharon Rd.

8 12:00pm

HAND Committee Mtg., Room 280

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Idlewild/Rama/

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Intersection Proj Mtg., Independence

Library – 6000

Conference Dr.

9 12:00pm

ED&GC Committee Mtg.,

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6:30pm – 8:00pm

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Elevation Church –

8105 IBM Drive

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12 13

14 15 16 12:00pm

Community Safety

Committee Mtg.,

Room CH-14

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19 20 12:00pm

Council Zoning

Briefing (optional), Room 886

1:00pm

Intergovernmental

Relations

Committee Mtg., Room 280

5:00pm

Zoning Mtg., Room

CH-14

21 9:00am – 7:00pm

West

Trade/Rozzelles Ferry CIP Work

Session, Mosaic

Village – 1635 W. Trade St.

5:00pm – 7:00pm

West Blvd.

Corridor Study Public Kick-Off

Mtg., West Blvd.

Library – 2157 West Blvd.

22 12:00pm

HAND Committee

Mtg., Room 280

1:30pm

Budget Workshop, Room 267

5:30pm

MTC Meeting,

Room 267

23 12:00pm

ED&GC

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6:00pm – 7:30pm

Districts 2 & 4

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University City UMC – 3835 WT

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24 25 10:00am – 1:00pm

Female First

Responders Open House, Police/Fire

Training Academy

– 1770 Shopton Rd.

26 27 12:00pm

Governance &

Accountability

Committee Mtg., Room 280

2:00pm

Transportation &

Planning Committee Mtg., Room 280

5:00pm

Citizens’

Forum/Council

Business Mtg., Room 267

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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department will hold two public meetings and a design workshop in an effort called a “Development Study” to further review and analyze proposed projects in a specified area of Steele Creek. The study area boundaries are shown on the map on the other side of the postcard.

Why do a study now? Since the adoption of the Steele Creek Area Plan (adopted 2012), significant development has been occurring in the area. The size, scale and timing of the proposed developments today are more intense than what was anticipated with the area plan, and this Development Study process is a way for the City to review and analyze what type of development is appropriate for the area.

Public Outreach Property owners / general public, please be aware that the Development Study will not change the adopted future land use for the area, but will instead help develop a series of guidelines and recommendations to help direct current development proposals for the area.

For more information, please contact Alberto Gonzalez at 704-336-8315 or agonzalez @charlottenc.gov

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department 600 East Fourth Street Charlotte, NC 28202

Meetings Date Time Location

Public Kick-Off Meeting

March 7, 2017 6:30 pm Kennedy Middle School 4000 Gallant Lane Charlotte, NC 28273

Design Studio Drop In March 7-10, 2017 9:30 am -5:00 pm

Kennedy Middle School

Public Wrap-Up Meeting

March 14, 2017 6:30 pm Kennedy Middle School

WEST BOULEVARD C O R R I D O R S T U D Y

PUBLIC WORKSHOPThe City of Charlotte invites the community to participate in the West Boulevard Corridor Study kickoff meeting. This study is being conducted by the City in close partnership with NCDOT and will focus on improving conditions for pedestrians and bicyclists along West Boulevard between Camden Road and Billy Graham Parkway. Residents will have an opportunity to work with designers and City staff to shape the future of the West Boulevard corridor.

http://charlottenc.gov/Projects/Pages/WestBoulevardCorridorStudy.aspx

West Boulevard Branch Library 2175 West BoulevardCharlotte, NC 28208

L O C A T I O N

SCOTT CORRELLscorrell@charlottenc.gov704-432-5219

KETIH HINESdhines@charlottenc.gov704-336-3913

C O N T A C T I N F O

W E B S I T E

Tuesday March 21, 2017 Drop-in 5:00pm - 7:00pm

D A T E & T I M E

CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE

M E M O R A N D U M

March 2, 2017

TO: Marcus Jones, City Manager

Randy Harrington, Chief Financial Officer

FROM: Dana Fenton, Intergovernmental Relations Manager

SUBJECT: Week 4 State Legislative Report

What You Need to Know

Government Immigration Compliance (SB 145 – Sanderson) would legislate very tough

sanctions for local governments and public universities that have what are termed “sanctuary

city” policies. SB 145 provides that a local government, upon a finding it was violating State

immigration laws, would forfeit its Powell Bill, and beer and wine, telecommunications, video

programming and piped natural gas taxes. For Charlotte, these tax revenues are in excess of $40

million annually. In a press release, the Senate cited several cities, including Charlotte, as to

why the legislation is needed. As you may recall, a similar bill (HB 43) was filed in the house a

few weeks ago. HB 43 would have withheld all of the above revenues with the exception of

Powell Bill funds.

Change the Local Option Sales Tax Adjustment Factors (SB 126 – Brown) is legislation

sponsored by Senator Brown, who championed reallocating local option sales tax revenues in

2015 session, to change the adjustment factors applied to the half-cent local Article 40 sales tax

levy. SB 126 would eliminate all current adjustment factors for this particular tax, replacing them

with a factor based on the county's economic tier designation. Counties with a Tier 1 designation

would receive a boost in tax receipts, with their collected amount being multiplied by a factor of

1.10. Tier 1 counties are the considered to be the most economically distressed counties in the

State. Counties designated as Tier 2 would receive no adjustments, while counties designated as

Tier 3 would see reduced receipts due to being assigned a factor of 0.90. Since Mecklenburg

County’s current adjustment factor is 0.89 and is a Tier 3 county, the County’s adjustment factor

would rise to 0.90, which would provide a modest boost in local option sales tax revenues.

According to estimates prepared by the non-partisan Fiscal Research Division, approximately

$932,000 more in sales tax revenue would accrue to the City of Charlotte. Of the 100 counties in

the State, 27 counties would see decreases in local option sales tax revenues while the remaining

73 counties would experience increases.

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March 2, 2017

Week 4 State Legislative Report

Transportation Megaproject Funding (HB 219 – Torbett) is legislation recommended by the

House Select Committee on Strategic Transportation Planning and Long Term Funding

Solutions. HB 219 would create a new program to fund large-scale transportation projects of

over $200 million in value. HB 219 calls for a workgroup to be established to develop criteria

for selecting projects, and which shall include representatives from the North Carolina

Association of Municipal Planning Organizations North Carolina Association of Rural Planning

Organizations, North Carolina League of Municipalities, North Carolina Association of County

Commissioners, North Carolina Metropolitan Mayors Coalition, and the North Carolina Council

of Regional Governments.

Status of State Legislative Agenda

Citizens Review Board: Staff is working to secure, prior to introduction, bi-partisan support for

local Charlotte legislation to extend subpoena power to the Charlotte Citizens Review Board.

Bill filing deadlines for local bills, of which this request is one, is March 15 in the Senate and

March 29 in the House.

Police Recordings: Staff is working on this statewide request through the NC Metropolitan

Mayors Coalition, which has convened a workgroup of city attorneys to work through this issue

and recommend legislative changes.

Strategic Transportation Investments: STI/Regional and Division Weighting (HB 81 –

Torbett) shifts the share of local input that is used to rate regional and division needs projects

from a balanced 50/50 share between NCDOT division engineers and metropolitan planning

organizations to an approximate 1/3 share for NCDOT division engineers and a 2/3 share for

metropolitan planning organizations. HB 81 passed the House.

Rural Development: The BRIGHT Futures Act (HB 68 – Szoka, Saine, S. Martin, Brenden

Jones / SB 65 – Meredith) focuses on accelerating the deployment of digital infrastructure in

rural and unserved areas including broadband, retail online services, internet of things, Grid

Power, healthcare and education. HB 68 referred to House Energy and Public Utilities. SB 65

referred to Senate Rules.

Charlotte Firefighters Retirement System (HB 58 – Dulin, Autry, Belk, R. Moore / SB 54 –

Waddell, Tarte, Bishop) is local legislation that enables the Retirement System to comply with

the Voluntary Correction Program entered into with the Internal Revenue Service, by which the

method for computing a firefighters final average salary is determined. The bill has no fiscal

impact upon the System. SB 54 received serial referrals to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee

on Pensions, Compensation and Benefits and Senate Rules Committee. HB 58 reported out of

House Committee on State and Local Government I, and will next be heard by House Committee

on Pensions and Retirement.