The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM. Councilor Jonathan Lambert Melton was absent and excused. The Pledge of Allegiance was led, and the consent agenda was passed unanimously, including a donation from the Raleigh Police Foundation. The meeting covered reports from the Planning Commission, City Manager, and special presentations on the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP), the Comprehensive Plan update (Reflecting Raleigh Civic Assembly), and the former DMV site redevelopment.
All right, everybody, we will call the meeting to order. Councilor Jonathan Lambert Melton will uh is absent and excused uh today, and we will start with the Pledge of Allegiance, and I can lead us. We uh did not have anything pulled from the consent agenda, and that also included the donation from the Raleigh Police Foundation who is sitting here in the in the front row, so we appreciate that donation. Um is there a motion to move the consent? Second. All in favor of that motion aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. And that passes. Thank you very much. Uh report and recommendation of the Planning Commission. Good afternoon, Mayor and Council. Matthew Clem, Planning and Development here with Dwight Otwell, the Chair of the Raleigh Planning Commission. So a look at our upcoming holidays uh for May and June. We have Mother's Day this weekend. So don't forget Mama. Uh and then uh Juneteenth uh at the end of June, June 19th. Um your scheduled public hearings uh for May uh nineteenth. There are currently none scheduled for June 2nd. Um we have the suggested public hearings here for the items I'll go over now. Um first report of the planning commission is the uh text change. This is a privately uh petition text change to the school lot area um minimum. And uh planning commission has requested a sixty-day time extension to complete their review. We have rezoning Z forty three twenty-five. Uh this is a request to rezone three point seven nine acres from residential four to residential ten. Uh Planning Commission recommends denial eight to one. Uh we have suggested a public hearing date of June 2nd. Uh Z forty four twenty-five, Jones Ridge Trail. This is uh in the northeast of Raleigh on our boundary with uh town of Rollsville. Uh your planning commission recommends approval eight to zero. Uh we're suggesting a June 16th public hearing. And then we have uh text change to zoning conditions uh for a property uh just across from Crabtree Valley Mall. Uh 4.7 acres currently developed with uh uh commercial uses, retail uses on the site, Plan Commission recommends approval eight to zero uh with the suggested public hearing date of June two. Um that's the report of the planning commission. Uh myself and Chair Alwell are here to answer questions. Questions for Mr. Clem or Mr. Otwell. Okay, seeing none, is there a motion? All in favor of the motion, aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. All right, so that passes. Any uh you want to come up for your next item? Yep. This is uh special item for rezoning Z thirty-seven twenty-five. So this was before you in April. The applicants have requested uh another public hearing. They made a revision to the rezoning petition that made it less restrictive. Um when that occurs at the council table, a second public hearing is required to decide the case.