ACTION AGENDA

Cary Town Council
Thursday, January 23, 2003
6:30 PM
Town Hall, Building A, Auditorium
316 N. Academy St., Cary, N.C.
Web Site: http://www.townofcary.org

Agenda Topics

Action

A. COMMENCEMENT

1. Invocation

Provided

2. Approval of the minutes of the regular Town Council meeting held January 9, 2003, and the minutes of the work session on the Land Development Ordinance held   January 6, 2003.

Approved

B. CONSENT AGENDA

1. Regular Consent Agenda 

a. Consideration of adoption of the tax report approved by the Wake County Commissioners on January 6, 2003.

Approved

2. Planning and Zoning Board Consent Agenda 

a. Consideration of an amendment to the Comprehensive Transportation Plan to reflect the transportation recommendations included in the recently adopted Northwest Area Plan.

3. Planning and Development Committee Consent Agenda 

a. The Park at Langston, Phase 2: Request waiver of Curb and Sidewalk
(EN03-084)
Committee unanimously recommended approval of the developer's request.

b. Town Recognized Events List (PL03-023)
Committee unanimously recommended approval of adopting a Town Recognized Events List at the January 23, 2003 Council meeting.

c. Memorandum of Understanding with Triangle Transit Authority (PL03-040)
Committee unanimously recommended approval and execution of a letter of agreement with Triangle Transit Authority for the regional rail system.

C. RECOGNITIONS, REPORTS, AND PRESENTATIONS

Update on the Growth Management Task Force.

Provided

1. 02-REZ-19 / 02-LPA-11 (Lowe’s Home Center): Application by Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc., for the property owners, Harry Stephenson and George H. Jordan III, requesting an amendment to the Planned Unit Development (PUD) and the land use plan. The property is 24.897 acres and is located at the northeast corner of NW Maynard Road and Chapel Hill Road. (This public hearing was continued from December 12, 2002.)

2. 02-REZ-23 / 02-LPA-12 (Riggsbee PUD): Application by Jerry Turner & Associates for multiple property owners to rezone property from Residential 30 to Residential-30 Planned Unit Development. The request also includes a land use plan amendment. The property contains 66.34 acres and is located on the north side of High House Road, between Davis Drive and Carpenter-Upchurch Road.

3. 02-REZ-24 (Millpond Village PUD Amendment): Application by Tom Harrell, Development Engineering, on behalf of Sunset KPT Outparcels, LLC, property owner, requesting amendments to the existing Planned Unit Development. Specifically, the request proposes to replace the approved 24,628 square feet of office use with 11,000 square feet of retail use, and to amend the parking plan accordingly. The property contains 4.01 acres and is located at the northeast corner of Kildaire Farm Road and Ten-Ten Road.

4. 02-REZ-25 / 02-LPA-13 (Cary Park PUD Amendment): Application by Jerry Turner & Associates on behalf of John Larkin Smith Farm Ltd. Partners, property owner, to amend the conditions of the existing PUD and to request a land use plan amendment. Specifically, the amendment proposes an addition of 200 multi-family residential units, 200,000 square feet of commercial area, and 200,000 square feet of office use. The property contains 29.8 acres and is located on both sides of Carpenter Fire Station Road at Cary Glen Boulevard.

5. 02-REZ-27 / 02-LPA-14 (Cameron Pond PUD): Application by Jerry Turner & Associates for multiple property owners to rezone property from Residential Mixed Conditional Use and Residential-40 to Residential Mixed Planned Unit Development. The request also includes a land use plan amendment. The property contains 143.10 acres and is located on both sides of Carpenter Fire Station Road, west of N.C. Highway 55, and east of Green Level to Durham Road.

6. Public hearing to consider closing a portion of Sears Farm Road right-of-way and a portion of Highcroft Drive right-of-way.

F. PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD REPORT DISCUSSION ITEMS

G. COMMITTEE REPORTS DISCUSSION ITEMS

Planning and Development Committee discussion items  (January 16, 2003) 

1. Public Art Implementation (PR03-023)
Committee unanimously recommended approval of staff's four Public Art Master Plan recommendations. Mr. Roseland requested that staff look more closely at Item 3 of staff's recommendation before the January 23, 2003 Council meeting to explore accessing contingency funding for this project.

H. OLD/NEW BUSINESS

1. Consideration of adoption of the following annexation petitions:

a. 02-A-023, The Park at Langston, 32.42 acres

b. 02-A-024, Covington Meadows, 52.11 acres

2. Consideration of adoption of the Village at the Park developer agreement.

I. LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

1. Consideration of adoption of a revised resolution making necessary findings related to the proposed general obligation bonds and authorizing other related actions; and introduction of bond orders relating to the authorization of $30,000,000 Recreational Bonds and $130,000,000 Street Improvement Bonds, and calling for a public hearing on the validity of the bond orders or the advisability of issuing such bonds to be conducted on February 13, 2003.

Approved

2. Closed session will be called if necessary.

J. ADJOURNMENT