ACTION AGENDA

Cary Town Council
Thursday, February 13, 2003

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

Council meetings are broadcast live the night of the meeting at 6:30 p.m. and are rebroadcast the Friday following the meeting at 7:30 a.m., the Saturday following the meeting at 7:30 p.m., and the Sunday following the meeting at 3 p.m.

 

Agenda Topics

Action

A. COMMENCEMENT

 

1. Invocation

Provided

2. Approval of the minutes of the regular Town Council meeting held January 23, 2003, and the minutes of the work session on the Land Development Ordinance held January 21, 2003.

Approved

B. CONSENT AGENDA

 

1. Regular Consent Agenda (any regular consent agenda item pulled for discussion will be discussed at the beginning of the old/new business portion of the agenda)

 

a. Consideration of adoption of the tax report approved by the Wake County Commissioners on February 3, 2003.

Approved

2. Planning and Zoning Board Consent Agenda (any planning and zoning board consent agenda item pulled for discussion will be discussed at the beginning of the planning and zoning board’s discussion portion of the agenda)

(02-REZ-18, Highland Village PUD Amendment pulled from consent for discussion)

a. 02-REZ-21 (Wicks Property): Application by Jerry Turner and Associates for the property owners, Eulan and Jean Wicks, to rezone property from Residential-40 (Wake County) to Residential-8 Conditional Use. The property contains approximately 26 acres and is located on the west side of Davis Drive, south of the entrance to the Sherwood Greens Subdivision.

Approved

3. Operations Committee Consent Agenda, February 4, 2003 (any committee consent agenda item pulled for discussion will be discussed at the beginning of the committee discussion portion of the agenda)

(legislative agenda pulled from consent for discussion)
a. NC55 Widening Project – NCDOT R-2906A Utility Agreement (EN03-086)
Committee unanimously recommended approval of an NCDOT utility agreement to construct and relocate utilities along NC55 in conjunction with the widening project.
Approved
b. Bid Award – 2002 Grinder and Generator Additions Project (EN03-091)
Committee unanimously recommended award of the construction contract to Water and Waste Systems Construction, Inc. for $299,000.
Approved
c. Financial Fund Designations and Budget Transfers (FN03-06)
Committee unanimously recommended:

1)   
Creation of a Mass Transit Special Revenue fund.

2)    Creation of an Affordable Housing sub-fund (of the General Fund).  This includes a budget transfer of $1,873,126 from the General Governmental Capital Project Fund and $83,445 from the General Fund Affordable Housing Division.  In addition, the capital funds of $201,110 for Wickham Place II should be transferred to a separate capital project.

3)    Creation of a Self Insurance (Health & Dental) Internal Service Fund:  This includes a budget transfer of $2,863,544 from the allocation account in the General Fund to individual divisions (according to the number of participating employees), recognition of premium revenue and the appropriation of funds to cover claims and administrative expense in the amount of $4,052,922 in the Internal Service Fund.  Amendment also includes transfers related to dental premiums to move funds from Transfers In account in the ISF Fund to individual premium revenue account and move funds from the Transfers Out account within the individual funds to departmental expense accounts related to dental premiums:  $231,554 related to General Fund, $23,387 related to Utility Operating Fund and $2,056 related to the Fleet ISF fund.

4)    Creation of Water Conservation and Pretreatment divisions in the Utility Fund.  This includes transferring $645,368 from the Utility Fund Administrative expense to the new cost centers - $438,032 for Water Conservation and $207,336 for Pretreatment.  The same budget must also be reduced in the General Fund Public Works department and the reimbursement from the Utility Fund should be reduced for the same amounts listed above.

Approved
d. Bond Referendum Expense (FN03-09)
Committee unanimously recommended a transfer of $38,250 from the Town Council budget to the Bond Referendum expenditure account to cover Board of Elections expenditures and an appropriation of $50,975 from General Fund fund balance to the Bond Referendum expenditure account to cover communications expenditures.
Approved
e.  Wake County Grant Money for the PLANT Pilot Program (PWUT03-16)
Committee unanimously recommended that Council recognize a Wake County Solid Waste grant of $2,850 for appropriation for a PLANT pilot program.
Approved
f.  Upper Cape Fear River Basin Association (PWUT03-17)
Committee recommended adoption of the Resolution of Support for Cape Fear River Basin Watershed Initiative Proposal.
Approved
g. Engineer Selection – Morrisville Parkway Extension – Bridge Design Project (EN03-089)
Committee unanimously recommended that URS be awarded the design services contract for the lump sum fee of $242,357.
Approved
For Information Only (no action required) 
SAB Annual Report (AD03-006)
Committee requested a presentation to council from the Information Services Advisory Board regarding its Year End Report on Activities.
For information only; report given at beginning of meeting
Panther Creek Parkway Construction (EN03-085)
Information regarding the construction of Panther Creek Parkway
For information only

C. RECOGNITIONS, REPORTS, AND PRESENTATIONS

 

Presentation of the Information Services Advisory Board annual report.

Presented
D. PUBLIC HEARINGS  

1. Public hearing on the proposed bond referendum.

Conducted; approved staff's recommendations

2. Public hearing on the draft Land Development Ordinance, draft zoning map, and amendments related to the Comprehensive Plan and Town Code. (See the special instructions for this public hearing.)

Public hearing continued to the 2/27/03 council meeting

E. PUBLIC SPEAKS OUT (one hour time limit)

See official minutes

F. PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD REPORT (discussion items)

1. 02-REZ-18 (Highland Village PUD Amendment): Application by the property owner, DHIC, Inc., requesting an amendment to the Planned Unit Development, which will amend the mix of housing types within the project. The property contains approximately 18 acres and is located on High House Road, just east of the CSX Railroad right-of-way, across from Cary Plaza (near the intersection of High House Road and Old Apex Road). Approved

2. 02-REZ-20 (Lochmere Pavilion PUD Amendment): Application by Lochmere Pavilion, LLC, for the property owner, Azad Atashi, requesting an amendment to the Planned Unit Development. The property contains approximately five acres and is located at 2425 Kildaire Farm Road.

Approved all of staff's recommendations with the exception of the dumpster location, which must be in the original approved location; stepping stones to be installed instead of the sidewalk

3. 02-REZ-11 (Weston PUD Amendment): Request by Jerry Turner and Associates, Inc., on behalf of the property owners, Raleigh Properties Group II, LLC, to amend the conditions of the Planned Unit Development document. The property is zoned Planned Employment Center, contains 20.93 acres and is located east of Chapel Hill Road and north of Weston Parkway.

 Approved

G. COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

Operations Committee discussion items (February 4, 2003)

NC Legislative Agenda (AD03-007)
Committee recommended adoption of the proposed 2003 NC Legislative Agenda with the exception of seeking authority to enact inclusionary zoning.
Approved, but excluded inclusionary zoning; agreed to support regional efforts to pursue inclusionary zoning; agreed to support legislative agenda of member organizations; amended the issue of school board taxing authority and school impact fees to read, "The Town of Cary will support the legislative agenda of the NC Association of School Boards with regard to the grant of taxing authority to school boards and the grant of authority to charge school impact fees"; Retained Parker, Poe, Adams and Bernstein to represent the Town in the 2003 General Assembly

H. OLD/NEW BUSINESS

 

Consideration of approval of annexation 02-A-025, Eulan and Jean Wicks, 29.55 acres

Approved

I. LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

 

Closed session will be called if necessary.

Not called

J. ADJOURNMENT

 11:40 p.m.