Cary Town Council Meeting Minutes

June 10, 2004

6:30 p.m.

Temporary Council Chambers

Herb Young Community Center

101 Wilkinson Avenue, Cary, N.C.

Web Site:  www.townofcary.org  

 

minutes (Action taken by council is noted in bold red text next to each item. Due to the length of the minutes, they've been separated into sections to match the agenda. Click on the portion of the minutes you'd like to see.)

A.  COMMENCEMENT

 

1.    Call to Order (Provided)

 

2.    Ceremonial Opening (Provided)

 

B.  CONSENT AGENDA

 

CONSENT AGENDA items are items unanimously recommended for approval by all involved parties. The agenda has four distinct consent agenda: (1) the regular consent agenda contains standard items that go directly to council in which staff unanimously recommends approval; (2) the planning and zoning board consent agenda contains items that have been unanimously approved by the planning and zoning board and staff and only require a simple majority vote; (3) the town center review commission consent agenda contains items that have been unanimously approved by the town center review commission and staff and only require a simple majority vote; (4) the committee consent agenda contains items that have been unanimously approved by the appropriate council committee and staff. A single vote may be taken for the approval of ALL consent agenda items.

 

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 approval of the minutes of the operating budget work session held on May 25, 2004 and the regular town council meeting held on May 27, 2004 . (Approved)

 

b.   Consideration of adoption of a certificate of sufficiency and a resolution calling for a public hearing for annexation 04-A-10, 21.29 acres. (Approved a public hearing to be held on 7/8/04)

 

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)

a.   03-SP-230 Thomas Brooks Park, Phase Two (Approved)

b.   Consideration of adoption of new Chapter 1, Vision Element, of the Comprehensive Plan (Approved)

3.   Town Center Review Commission Consent Agenda (any town center review commission consent agenda item pulled for discussion will be discussed at the beginning of the town center review commission’s discussion portion of the agenda)

 

N/A

 

4.   Operations Committee consent agenda, June 9, 2004 (any committee consent agenda item pulled for discussion will be discussed at the beginning of the committee discussion portion of the agenda)

a.         Consent Agenda

(1)        Water Purchase Related Funding for Water Plant (AD04‑013)
Consideration of appropriating $675,000 for water supply contract settlement 
(Approved)  

(2)        Lodge at Crossroads Greenway Dedication (EN04-83)
Consideration of accepting a greenway dedication at the Lodge at Crossroads 
(Approved)  

(3)        Tryon Road Widening Project – Condemnations (EN04-92)
Consideration of adopting condemnation resolutions for the
Tryon Road   widening project
(Approved)  

(4)        Restructuring of the Engineering Department (EN04-093)
Consideration of a plan to modify the reporting structure for field services within the Engineering Department
(Approved)  

(5)        Recognition of Funds (FD04-04)
Consideration of recognition of USAR reimbursement funds from the City of
Raleigh
(Approved)  

(6)        Emergency Response Plan (FD04-05)
Consideration of adopting the revised 2004 Town of
Cary Emergency Response Plan
(Approved)  

(7)        Debt Set-Off Program (FN04-17)
Consideration of adopting the Resolution for the NC Local Government Debt Setoff Program
(Approved)  

(8)        Request for authorization to purchase a forensic bullet trap for firearm testing (PD04-014)
Consideration of recognition of donated funds from Food Lion Corporation as well as funds awarded by the Wake County Courts and NC Controlled Substance tax for use by the Cary Police Department to purchase a Forensic Buddy Deluxe Bullet Trap
(Approved)

(9)        Budget Adjustment:  Wake County Open Space Preservation Program (PR04–35)
Consideration of a budget adjustment to recognize revenues from the Wake County Open Space Preservation Program grant for the Batchelor Branch Conservation Project
(Approved)  

(10)       Budget Adjustment Request:  North Carolina Recreational Trails Program (PR04-37)
Consideration of a budget adjustment to recognize revenues for the Recreational Trails Program grant for White Oak Creek Greenway
(Approved)  

(11)       Budget Adjustment Request for PRCR’s Scholarship Fund (PR04-38)
Consideration of a budget adjustment to recognize and appropriate revenues to the Scholarships Award
ed account
(Approved)  

(12)       Call for Public Hearings on Cable Television Issues (AD04‑016)
Consideration of calling for a public hearing on revisions to the Town’s Telecommunications Ordinance and a new cable television franchise agreement with Time Warner Cable
(Approved a public hearing to be held on 7/8/04)  

(13)       Recognition of FEMA and NC Reimbursement Revenue (AD04-017)
Consideration of recognizing reimbursement revenue from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State of
North Carolina related to the December 2002 Ice Storm and Hurricane Isabel recovery efforts (Approved)  

(14)       Fats, Oil, and Grease Control Program Fee (PWUT04-15)
Consideration of a $120 fee to
Cary food service establishments to recover costs of implementing the Fats, Oil, and Grease Control (FOG) program (Approved)  

b.  For Information Only (no council action required)

 

1.        Alternate Day Watering Exceptions (PWUT04-16)
Consideration of allowing exceptions to the Alternate Day Watering Ordinance for turf establishment
(For information only; no action required )

C.  RECOGNITIONS, REPORTS, AND PRESENTATIONS

 

Recognition of Town staff for receipt of the North Carolina Public Transportation Association Safety Award acknowledging C-Tran and contractor, First Transit Corporation. (Recognized)

 

D.  PUBLIC HEARINGS

   

1.   Public Hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2005 Capital and Operating Budgets (Conducted; Council will take final action on the budget at the 6/24/03 meeting)

 

2.   04-LPA-06 (Southeast Area Plan): Request to amend Cary’s Comprehensive Plan for an area of approximately 2,024 acres, including the area roughly south of US Highway 1/64 and north and east of Southeast Cary Parkway, plus the Buck Jones Road corridor, Walnut Street south of Donaldson Drive, and the area west of Campbell Road and roughly east of and along Holly Springs Road north of Windstream Way. The plan includes recommendations for future land uses, roadways, parks, greenways, and sidewalks. (Referred to the 7/19/04 Planning and Zoning Board Meeting)

 

E.  PUBLIC SPEAKS OUT (one hour time limit) (See official minutes)

   

F.   PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD REPORT (discussion items)

 

N/A

G. TOWN CENTER REVIEW COMMISSION (discussion items)

   

N/A

H.  COMMITTEE REPORTS (discussion items)

 

1.    Operations Committee, June 9, 2004

All items were approved on the consent agenda.

I.   OLD/NEW BUSINESS

 

1.   04-A-07; John A. Powell; 3825 Ten Ten Road; located 300 feet southeast of intersection of Ten Ten Road and Den Heider Way, 54.00 acres. (This item was tabled at the 5/27/04 Council meeting.) (Approved affective 6/10/04)

 

2.   04-REZ-02 (Powell/Ten-Ten): Application by Elam Todd d’Ambrosi on behalf of Windjam Development to rezone approximately 54 acres located at 3525 Ten Ten Road and a tract north and east of 3825 Ten Ten Road. The land is currently zoned Residential-40 ( Wake County ) and is proposed for rezoning to Residential-12 Conditional Use. (This item was tabled at the 5/27/04 Council meeting.) (Approved)

 

J.  LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

 

Closed session will be called if necessary. (Called)

 

K.  ADJOURNMENT (9:49 p.m.)

 Please contact the Cary Town Clerk with any questions about this agenda. The e-mail address is sue.rowland@townofcary.org, and the phone number is (919) 460-4941. Visit our Web site at www.townofcary.org for more detailed information about each agenda item.

 

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