On June 17, 2024, the Charlotte City Council convened a special public comment session on the proposed $650 million renovation of Bank of America Stadium, followed by the regular zoning meeting. The stadium discussion drew extensive testimony, with the majority of speakers in support and a smaller number raising concerns about public subsidies and transparency. The zoning meeting addressed a consent agenda, multiple rezoning decisions, and public hearings on several petitions.
In the air, about forty-five degrees. And then scare the water. We do inspections, respond to emergencies, uh, work with outside, uh, police fire medic. Anyone that we need to coordinate our response to the emergency. We pick up FOD, which is for an object debris. So we're driving around today, anything that's on the ground that's trash, uh, can get pulled into an engine of an aircraft. We have a bunch of different lights around the airfield, they have different meanings, so making sure it's not moving, everything's attached firmly, nothing's broken, nothing's covering the light. Uh, throughout my fourth normal day is provide the training. And then we come on the airfield, do some practice, and they have two tests that we give them. So it's like a driving test. Yep, demonstrate that you can drive, you can talk, you're proficient, you're safe to be on the airfield. The best thing about my job is that we get to work outside and know they're the same. Um, all of our work is within a team. We're pretty close. Um, everyone knows each other, and uh, pretty relaxed. So there's always someone that you can turn to if you have a question or you need to work on the project. The airport is one of the biggest properties in the city, and it's uh big economic driver for the city of Charlotte. If we are doing our job, it should be open all year, it should be safe for the passengers to come, which then will contribute to the city as well. On a project that we are working through and around in all kinds of ways for it. So I want to say thank you for taking out your time today to share your thoughts and perspectives with us. We want to ensure that we have community input at the forefront of our decision. For the process this afternoon, I'd like to ask you to come down to the microphone when your name is called. Each person will have two minutes to speak. And when your time is up, you may leave additional remarks or anything else that you have written with our city clerk. Upon conclusion of our public comment session, council will have a break prior to beginning our rezoning meetings. So those of you who are fortunate enough to sit with two meetings of us this afternoon. We're really grateful that you show up at all. So thank you. On behalf of the City Council, I ask that all speakers and audience members be civil and courteous in their use of language. Speakers are encouraged to address council and should refrain from responding to each other in the audience. Likewise, our audience members, I hope each of you will be courteous to the speaker and not yell out or interrupt them. We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to be heard. So we're now going to introduce the council members who are joining us for the special meeting. And that will follow with the beginning of our public comment period regarding the Bank of America Stadium Improvements Project. So we'll start with our city clerk. I'm Dimfly, Charlotte City Councilwoman at large. Good afternoon, everyone's here on a brown Charlotte City Council District 3. Good afternoon, never one Jane Smith of City Council at large. Sean Heath, Assistant City Manager. I'm in Bayal House, and I serve as Mayor. Good afternoon, Dante Anderson, Mayor Pro Tim, District 1. Now from Graham District 2. Councilmember Ajmara, thank you for your Father's Day greeting. I am Ed Driggs from District 7. Good afternoon, Lewanama, City Council at Large. Happy Pride Month. Patrick Baker, City Attorney. All right. I'm going to invite we have two podiums downstairs, so I'm going to invite two people to come down and speak at a time. You will again have two minutes to make your remarks.