Council Quickies
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Council Approves Plan at Site of Burial Ground for the Enslaved
Charlotte City Council held a zoning meeting on Tuesday night, making a decision on a property that had been the site of a controversial rezoning petition nearly a decade ago due to the presence of an apparent burial ground for enslaved people at the site. Zoning meetings are split into…
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Council Quickies: New Tenants Approved for Eastland Yards
Charlotte City Council held its first business meeting of the new year on Monday night, hearing from residents in a public forum before moving on to new leases inside of the nascent Eastland Yards development. On the Agenda: Public Forum Eastland Yards Leases MPTA Funding Public Forum Before approving a…
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Council Quickies: Housing on Catherine Simmons & Safety on the Light Rail
Charlotte City Council gathered Monday night for its first business meeting since new reps Joi Mayo (D3), JD Mazuera Arias (D5) and Kimberly Owens (D6) were sworn in last week. The agenda was a relatively small one, though council members did get a chance to address concerns about public safety…
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Council Quickies: First Look at New Brookhill Village Plan
Charlotte City Council held a zoning meeting on Monday night, approving a few large-scale developments and hearing proposals for other votes to come in the future. Zoning meetings are split into two parts: zoning decisions, in which they vote on whether to approve or deny petitions; and hearings, during which…
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Council Quickies: Kingsbridge Neighbors Oppose Triplex Development
Charlotte City Council held a zoning meeting on Monday night, approving a few large-scale developments and hearing proposals for other votes to come in the future. Zoning meetings are split into two parts: zoning decisions, in which they vote on whether to approve or deny petitions; and hearings, during which developers are…
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Council Quickies: Updates on Supportive Housing, New Transit Authority
Charlotte City Council met Monday night for an action review update on two topics the body had previously been briefed on, followed by a quick business meeting. On the Agenda: Supportive Housing Update Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority Update BofA Stadium Music Venue Supportive Housing Update Last week, we reported on…
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Council Quickies: Noble’s Involvement Raises Concerns for Dream Center Proposal
Charlotte City Council gathered Monday night to review what was discussed during a day full of committee meetings but also to hear from city staff about new affordable housing proposals that could be funded by the city’s Housing Trust Fund. Those proposals included two supportive housing and shelter facilities, one…
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Council Quickies: Policing on the Light Rail
Charlotte City Council gathered Monday night for a public forum and business meeting. Much of the discussion revolved around safety and policing on the light rail on the one-month anniversary of Iryna Zarutska’s murder, which made national headlines in the weeks that followed. With many public forum speakers addressing crime…
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Council Quickies: High-Rise Hotel Proposed in South End
Charlotte City Council held a quick zoning meeting on Monday night, coming in under the two-hour mark. Zoning meetings are split into two parts: zoning decisions, in which they vote on whether to approve or deny petitions; and hearings, during which developers are able to present their plans, residents are able…
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Election Results: Two Incumbents Fall in Council Primaries
The results are in from Tuesday’s primaries, giving a clearer picture at what the next Charlotte City Council will look like when members are sworn in on Dec. 1. While two of Tuesday’s winners will now officially join uncontested incumbents Malcolm Graham and Ed Driggs on the next council body,…
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Council Quickies: CATS Officials Address Safety on Public Transit
Charlotte City Council held committee discussions on Tuesday night, but rather than hear from board chairs, most of the meeting centered on a public safety presentation by CATS interim CEO Brent Cagle. The presentation came in the wake of the Aug. 22 murder of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee…
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Council Quickies: CATS Safety, Affordable Housing and Historic Landmarks
Charlotte City Council held a quick public forum and business meeting on Monday night, continuing a new model that began this month in which council does not hear action review presentations before the meeting but rather discusses whatever issues are on their mind with the city manager and each other…
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Council Quickies: Mission City Housing Proposal Faces Opposition
Charlotte City Council held its first monthly zoning meeting since returning from the summer recess on Monday night. Zoning meetings are split into two parts: zoning decisions, in which they vote on whether to approve or deny petitions; and hearings, during which developers are able to present their plans, residents…
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Council Quickies: City to Launch NoDa Street Market to Regulate Street Vending
Charlotte City Council held its final meeting before the summer recess on Monday night, taking action on updated street vending regulations and hearing residents in a public forum among other business items on the agenda. Charlotte City Council will now go on summer break, recessing until its next meeting on…
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Council Quickies: Forest Park Residents Face Displacement
Charlotte City Council held its monthly zoning meeting on Monday night, with a large group of residents showing up to speak out against a rezoning petition on Prosperity Church Road near Highland Creek where 60 households are scheduled to be displaced from the Forest Park mobile home park. Zoning meetings…
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Council Quickies: Street Vendor Regulations Proposed, Budget Approved
Charlotte City Council held an action review and business meeting on Monday night, adopting the Fiscal Year 2026 operating budget after hearing from city staff about potential street vendor regulations that will come in front of council for a vote on June 23. Charlotte City Council will meet again for…
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