The Greensboro City Council will consider a request from the Koury Corp. to close a street, a resolution in support of addressing global climate change and a request from Guilford County Schools to annex an alternative school when it meets tomorrow.
The council is being asked to close a portion of Seasons Way from the back property line of the lot occupied by Burger King on High Point Road to the terminus of the dead-end portion of the road.
The Technical Review Committee, a board composed of city staff members, recommended the closing to the planning board and the city council based on two required findings: “that the closing is not contrary to the public interest and that no property owner in the vicinity is deprived of reasonable means of ingress and egress." That's according to agenda attachments."
The city council approved a rezoning request for a tract of land at the end of Seasons Way on July 21 allowing Koury Corp. to build eight apartment buildings. Staff had recommended denial of the rezoning request, with the proviso, “Staff would provide enthusiastic support for this request, if it were to provide a direct connection with High Point Road.” Koury Corp. President Stephen D. Showfety told council members that access to the apartments will come from a drive off of Vanstory Street. Council approved the request unanimously despite comments from neighboring residents that Vanstory Street is already overloaded with traffic and has been the scene of several terrible traffic accidents.
A resolution in support of the US Congress to address the issue of global climate change is loaded down with lots of qualifying language, calling on Congress to take action “through the adoption of a fair and effective approach that safeguards American jobs, ensures affordable energy for citizens and maintains America’s global competitiveness.” Passage of the resolution would be purely symbolic instead of sustantive.
Still another resolution calls for a public hearing to be set for Sept. 1 to consider the annexation of Guilford County Schools' SCALE, or School Community Alternative Learning Environment, and Twilight School, an institution for seniors who are within nine credits of graduating, on Pisgah Church Road.
UPDATE: Aug. 18, 3:21 p.m.: Reader George Hartzman brings to my attention Item 16, a budget ordinance establishing a Water Resources Revenue Bond Capital Project Fund for the purpose of paying for a $21 million Fluidized Bed Incinerator at TZ Osborne Wastewater Treatment Plant.
At the urging of District 5 Councilwoman Trudy Wade, the council approved a budget with no water rate increase this year. Under budget impact, the agenda item states that "repayment of the debt on the proposed Series 2010 revenue bonds is projected to require an increase in water and sewer rates in FY 11-12."
For the uninitiated, Hartzman is challenging incumbent Zack Matheny for the District 3 seat.
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