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Here is a summary of the agenda of the meeting. There were a couple of important items that were discussed at this meeting and the details are listed further below:
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City Council Agenda - March 4, 2014The Hound's Notes:
1) Special Presentation B is about the Inspiring Spaces Initiative - Hickory Inc. went to Charlotte on Friday. John Tinkelenberg of the Hickory Daily Record did a special report on this "Retreat". Here is a link to the report - Uncertainty still blankets Inspiring Spaces initiative.
2) Possible development of the property at the Cloninger Mill Proposed Park site? - I find item I of the Consent Agenda interesting. Economic Development Agreement with MAB American.
Found this from Streetinsider.com - November 13, 2014 - Inland Real Estate Corporation (NYSE: IRC) announced that it has entered into a joint venture
to develop grocery-anchored shopping centers in select markets
throughout the southeastern United States with MAB American Retail
Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Melbourne, Australia-based MAB
Corporation. The five-year development program will target
demographically strong metropolitan areas in the Carolinas, Georgia,
Florida, Virginia and Washington, D.C. and could result in the
construction of as many as 20 new grocery-anchored shopping centers with
a total market value of as much as $325 million. MAB Corporation is a
privately owned property development company and fund manager that has
completed in excess of $2 billion in projects, including retail, office,
multi-family and industrial, at locations throughout Australia, New
Zealand and the United States. MAB Rosenthal - MAB American
Invocation by Susan Smith Walker, Assistant Pastor, Exodus Missionary Outreach Church
Special Presentations
A. Presentation of FY 2014-2015 Board and Commission Work Plans. Presenters will be allotted no more than five (5) minutes to make their presentations to Council.
Board/Commission Presenter
1. Library Advisory Board Kathy Ivey
2. Citizens’ Advisory Committee Mike Holland
3. Community Appearance Commission Steve Bowman
4. Community Relations Council Neal Orgain
5. Hickory International Council Hani Nassar
6. Hickory Regional Planning Commission Brian Frazier
7. Hickory Youth Council Toni Abernathy
8. Historic Preservation Commission Larry Triplett
9. Parks and Recreation Commission Tony Wood
10. Public Art Commission Brian Frazier
11. Recycling Advisory Board Norm Meres
12. Business Development Committee Alan Jackson
B. Inspiring Spaces Committee Update
Consent Agenda:
A. Special Event/Activities Application for Cornerstone Cares 5K Run/Walk, Allison Crouse, Executive Assistant, Cornerstone Health Care, Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Union Square, Downtown Hickory, Sails on the Square.
B. Special Event/Activities Application for Hickory Oktoberfest 2014, Connie Kincaid, Executive Director, Hickory Downtown Development Association, October 9, 2014 at 6:00 a.m. to October 12, 2014 at 11:00 p.m. (times include set-up and clean-up). Staff recommends approval with public safety stipulation that the event closes at 10:00 p.m. and alcohol sales stop at 9:30 p.m.
C. Acceptance of Offers to Purchase and Contracts for Properties Located at 1840 and 1845 Waterbury Court, in the Waterford Hills Subdivision. - Staff requests consideration of Offers to Purchase and Contracts for properties located at 1840 and 1845 Waterbury Court, in the Waterford Hills Subdivision. The properties were originally purchased by the City because they were on the route of the proposed Southern Cross-Town Thoroughfare. The route for the future thoroughfare has since been amended, and the properties are no longer needed. Tax value for 1840 Waterbury Court is $27,600, and 1845 Waterbury Court is $27,300. Ioan Aron, and wife Carmen Aron are interested in purchasing these lots in order to construct single family dwellings. They are offering $15,000 per lot.
Notice of Upset Bid was advertised on February 7, 2014 in a newspaper having general circulation in the Hickory area. No upset bids were received for the properties.
D. Acceptance of Offer to Purchase and Contract for Property Located at 1747 Whitewater Court, in the Waterford Hills Subdivision. - Staff requests consideration of an Offer to Purchase and Contract for property located at 1747 Whitewater Court, in the Waterford Hills Subdivision. The property was originally purchased by the City because it was on the route of the proposed Southern Cross-Town Thoroughfare. The route for the future thoroughfare has since been amended, and the property is no longer needed. Tax value for 1747 Whitewater Court is $29,700. Mark Schudde is interested in purchasing the lot because it is adjacent to his home. He is offering $16,500 for the lot. Notice of Upset Bid was advertised on February 7, 2014 in a newspaper having general circulation in the Hickory area. No upset bids were received for the properties.
E. Acceptance of an Offer to Purchase and Contract for Properties Located at 11 3rd Street SE, 17 3rd Street SE, 21 3rd Street SE, and 27 3rd Street SE, the City owns 10.7143% Interest in the Lots - Staff requests consideration of the Offer to Purchase and Contract for properties located at 11 3rd Street SE, 17 3rd Street SE, 21 3rd Street SE, and 27 3rd Street SE. The Patrick Beaver Memorial Library was one of eight beneficiaries of the will of George L. Lylerly, Jr. In July 2009, the trustee presented the beneficiaries with the option to accept an $8,000 offer to purchase the property or the option to approve the distribution of the property. Council rejected the offer to purchase and approved the distribution of the property from the trust at the July 21, 2009 Council meeting. The City of Hickory was conveyed a 10.7143% interest in the lots. Tax values for the properties are as follows: 11 3rd Street SE, $8,500; 17 3rd Street NE, $9,700; 21 3rd Street SE, $11,900; and 27 3rd Street SE, $12,600. In January 2013, staff received an offer to purchase the property for $44,386 from Prism Commercial Real Estate on behalf of the buyer, Tony Jarrett. All eight owners of the property must consent to the offer to purchase. The City’s share will be $4,755.65.
Notice of Upset Bid was advertised on February 7, 2014 in a newspaper having general circulation in the Hickory area. No upset bids were received for the properties.
F. Approval of the Contract for J.W. Grading to Demolish Structures Deemed to be Unsafe or Uninhabitable by the Police Department Code Enforcement Unit. - Since the creation of the Police Department Code Enforcement Unit in July of 2008 the unit has been responsible for approximately 190 demolitions with only three of these going before the City Council. Although demolitions by the city are not carried out on a regular basis J.W. Grading would provide the most cost effective solution for any potential demolitions. The lowest bidder for the city contract is J.W. Grading with a bid of $2.23 per square foot. Staff requests approval of the demolition contract to J.W. Grading.
G. Call for Public Hearing – to Amend 2012 and 2013 Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plans. (Authorize Public Hearing for March 18, 2014)
H. Certificate of Sufficiency and Preliminary Resolution Relative to Street Improvements along a Portion of 627 8th Street Drive NW – Petition No. 01-14 (Authorize Public Hearing for April 1, 2014)
I. Call for Public Hearing – to Consider Economic Development Agreement with MAB American for the Development of City Owned Property at Cloninger Mill Road and NC 127. (Authorize Public Hearing for March 18, 2014)
J. Call for Public Hearing – To Consider Economic Development Agreement with Cornerstone United Inc., and Piedmont Wagon Properties, LLC for the Property Located at 1020 Main Ave. NW, Hickory. (Authorize Public Hearing for March 18, 2014)
K. Acceptance of an Offer of Dedication of Public Street Right-of-Way (14th Avenue NE, formerly Austin’s View). - The City has been presented with an offer of dedication for a portion of 14th Avenue NE. The section of roadway was previously constructed and inspected. However, the City was not able to assume maintenance of the street because the right-of-way for the street was never dedicated. The street and the larger residential development are now under new ownership and have formally dedicated the street right-of-way, and provided an offer for public dedication. These actions were done so by the recordation of a dedication and closure plat, which is recorded in Plat Book 73, at Page 90 of the Catawba County Registry.
The North Carolina General Statutes, as well as the City’s Land Development Code, require that street rights-of-way offered for dedication be officially accepted for public use by resolution of the elected governing body. Staff recommends City Council approve the resolution accepting the offer of dedication for the segment of 14th Avenue NE, as shown on Plat Book 73, at Page 90 of the Catawba County Registry.
L. Approval of the 2014 Loan Agreement with the National Museum of the United States Air Force. - The City has taken part in the US Air Force’s Static Display Program for many years whereby certain aircraft are on loan to the City for display by the Hickory Aviation Museum. There are no City budgetary requirements under this agreement. The Hickory Regional Airport currently has on loan two aircraft that fall under this agreement. Staff requests approval of the 2014 Loan Agreement with the National Museum of the United States Air Force under their Static Display Program.
M. Budget Ordinance Amendment Number 16.
1. To budget a $5,596 insurance claim payment in the Traffic Division M&R Traffic Signals line item. This insurance claim payment is for damage to a signal box at 4th St. NW and 2nd Ave. NW on January 13, 2014.
2. To appropriate $20,000 of General Fund Contingency and transfer to the Airports Other Professional Services line item. These funds are needed to cover the ongoing legal fees related to the former FBO’s (Fixed Based Operator’s) bankruptcy.
N. Budget Ordinance Amendment Number 17.
1. To transfer $193,000 of General Fund-Appropriated Fund Balance to the Stormwater Fund’s Contracted Services line item. This transfer is needed to pay for storm drain cleaning and repair under 7th St. SE. The 96 inch storm drain pipe under 7th St. SE became filled with debris material and approximately 25 feet of the pipe has been damaged as a result of poor maintenance of the upstream property's drainage system. The repair to the damaged section of the pipe will include installing a concrete gunite lining. The NCDOT (North Carolina Department of Transportation) has informed the upstream property owner that drainage system failure must be addressed at once.
New Business - Public Hearings
1. Resolution and Order for Petition of Moretz Mills, LLC to Close a Portion of E Avenue SE. - On December 6, 2013, Patrick, Harper & Dixon, Attorneys at Law, presented a petition on behalf of Moretz Mills LLC, one of the property owners of property abutting a portion of E Avenue SE, requested the City to abandon a portion of this right-of-way.
This public hearing was advertised in a newspaper having general circulation in the Hickory area on January 10, January 17, January 24, and January 31, 2014. An additional advertisement for the continuation of the public hearing was published February 21, 2014.
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