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2019-08-29 Agenda Review NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BOOK 34 AGENDA REVIEW MEETING, AUGUST 29, 2019 PAGE 354 ASSEMBLY The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met for Agenda Review on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. in the Harrell Conference Room at the New Hanover County Government Center, 230 Government Center Drive, Wilmington, North Carolina. Members present: Chairman Jonathan Barfield, Jr.; Commissioner Patricia Kusek; and Commissioner Rob Zapple. Vice-Chairwoman Julia Olson-Boseman and Commissioner Woody White were absent. Staff present: County Manager Chris Coudriet; County Attorney Wanda Copley; and Clerk to the Board Kymberleigh G. Crowell. Chairman Barfield called the Agenda Review meeting to order and announced that the purpose of the meeting is to review and discuss the agenda items for the September 3, 2019 Regular Meeting with discussions as noted: Consent Item 6. Approval of NHC Board of Education Applications for NC Educational Lottery Funds for FY 20 Capital Projects. In response to Board questions, Assistant Superintendent of Schools – Operations Eddie Anderson, stated that the New Hanover County School system receives approximately $2.5 million per year from the lottery. It does vary from year to year and is dedicated only for school capital projects. The funds cannot be used for technology, athletics, etc. Consent Item 7. Approval of the Award of Bids for the Construction of Echo Farms Park Improvements. In response to Board questions, Parks and Gardens Director Tara Duckworth explained that the increase in project budget is due to the economy. There is no plan to compromise or make cut backs to the project. The department has worked with Integrity Builders on past projects. Regular Item 13. Tree Protection Standards Overview. In response to Board questions, County Manager Coudriet stated the item is still coming together. Planning and Land Use Director Wayne Clark stated the broad overview outline is to provide the Board an update on the Islands Restaurant – Car Wash situation and the variance being proposed to save the trees. The presentation will review how the County’s ordinance dealing with the protection of, in particular, large live oak trees compares to communities such as City of Wilmington, Hilton Head, Savannah, and Charleston. There is a short term change that will also be presented for the Board’s consideration that can be placed in the code quicker than waiting for it to be addressed in the Unified Development Ordinance four to five months in the future. Regular Item 14. Public Hearing Rezoning Request (Z19-09) by Southeastern Site Acquisitions, LLC, on behalf of the Property Owner, Edwin I. Jr. and Nancy R. Ennis, to rezone approximately 12.3 acres of land located in the 2500 block of Castle Hayne Road, from R-15, Residential District, and B-2, Highway Business District, to UMXZ, Urban Mixed Use Zoning District, in order to construct a mixed-use development. In response to Board questions, Senior Planner Brad Schuler stated that the bubble plan is similar to what is used for planned development. It is common for zoning districts that allow a mixture of uses because there are a lot of components that have to be reviewed. There is much more flexibility with this type of zoning district. The ordinance gives more details on what can be approved administratively. The applicant is still bound by the conceptual site plan. Director Clark stated the Urban Mixed Use Zoning District has more design requirements in the code. There are protections in the code to prevent anything be modified by staff, and the owner, which would violate the code. In response to additional Board questions, Mr. Schuler stated that the traffic impact analysis (TIA) examined the impacts of 360 apartment units on the subject site and the parcel north of the site (Riverside development). The project site to the north will add additional trips but has not been developed yet. As far as the 200 trips in the AM peak hours and the 350 trips in the PM peak hours and if they are current real trips or proposed based on what is to be currently built in that area, Mr. Schuler stated what was examined is what the net change would be from what could potentially be built and what is typical development under the B-2 zoning district and the five acres that is currently zoned B-2. The trips are based on that information and what the overall proposal (residential and commercial components) would create for the net change. Mr. Schuler will provide information to the Board as to how many more vehicles will be seen on the road with the proposal going in and what is the actual today of trips compared to the proposal. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Chairman Barfield adjourned the meeting at 4:18 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Kymberleigh G. Crowell Clerk to the Board Please note that the above minutes are not a verbatim of the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners meeting.