The Charlotte City Council held a business meeting on October 28, 2024, starting at 5:00 PM for the Action Review and Consent Agenda, and reconvening at 6:30 PM for the regular meeting. The meeting included consent agenda approvals, public hearings, a proclamation, public forum, and discussion of major items including the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) update, the Faith in Housing initiative, and the Hornets practice facility property transactions. The meeting adjourned after approving a consent item and discussing a pedestrian safety project.
Good evening and welcome to Charlotte City Council Business Meeting October 28th. We will call this meeting to order and we'll start with introductions. I'll start to my right with the clerk. Ariel Smith, lead city clerk. Marjorie Molina, Councilmember, District Five. Dante Anderson, Mayor Pro Tem, District One. Marcus Jones, City Manager. Mayor from Graham District Two. Ed Driggs, District Seven. Jar Big Gardy Six. Victoria Waddlington at large. Excellent. So we will jump right into our cassette agenda. And now as we get started with the consent agenda, please note that items 21, 35, 48, and 49 have been deferred by staff to the November 25th business meeting. And it's my understanding from the clerk's office that we have a speaker signed up to uh address the property transactions for 53 and 54. Zero Vision Pedestrian Safety Beacon Hybrid Beacon on Park Road at sunset, parcel two and three. And we will um pull out fifty-three and fifty-four for a separate vote as we have a speaker this evening. But before we hear from the speakers, are there any other consent items that the council would like to have a separate vote or comment on? Miss Mayfield. Yes, I'm just looking at the ones that were pulled because those were some of my questions. Okay. Anything else? Okay, hearing hearing none. So moved. Second. Okay. We have a motion and is and a second. All in favor, raise hands. Any opposed? All right, that's unanimous. And so we will start then with item number 40. Get there. Item number 40. Is there a motion to approve a contract in the amount of 2,650, 415 dollars and ninety cent to the lowest responsive bidder Blythe construction for the Josh Bingham Bingingham parkway silly and bypass project. All right, have a motion and a second. Are there any comments? Miss Miss Mayfield. Thank you. Marie, how many current projects are Blythe working on at the airport? I'm also trying to figure out we have a very low CBI goal on this project, and CBI recently have expanded to 100 counties. So I'm trying to figure out where our trying to understand why the goal is so low. And the last question is around the bidders information when we put out the RFP. We would normally also have just like that second or third sheet that'll list everyone that bid it and what their amount was versus just having it noted in here that blight construction was selected as the lowest responsive bidder. Yes, thank you, madam. And for this one, again, it's item number 40 on your consent. This one is there's only one current contract with this Blythe vendor. The Blythe Development and Blythe Brothers Asphalt Company also have a contract for own call services for snow removal with the airport, and these are listed as separate companies, however. And also you mentioned, and and I apologize that I need to follow up on why you can see the bid tab is attachment, it is in there, but we'll follow up on that to make sure it's visible. But efficient development LLC was the only other bidder, and their bid was 2 million seven hundred and forty-six two hundred twenty-nine and ninety-seven cent, and their commitment, they did also meet the goal, but their commitment was lower at three and nine and nine percent, just meeting the goals. But to your point, there was only two bidders on this one, and this one um the one awarded, of course, bit beat in price, but also beat with CBI goals.