2026-10-26 - City Council Business Meeting
Summary
- Held Oct 26: a 4:00 PM action preview and consent review in Room 267, then the 5:30 PM business meeting in the Council Chamber. Individual votes were not located.
- Public hearing and decision on designating the Hajoca Building (Fowler Building, 1447 S. Tryon St) a historic landmark. See Hajoca Building Historic Landmark Designation.
- Extension of the temporary moratorium on new telecommunications and data storage facilities. See Telecommunications and Data Storage Facilities Moratorium.
- Charlotte Business INClusion policy amendments: a later committee agenda states Council adopted the race- and gender-neutral small business enterprise framework on Oct 26. See CBI Policy Revisions for State Law Conformance.
- Action previews of revisions to the passenger vehicles for hire and electric bikes ordinances (both from the Safety Committee); public hearing and decision on the River Point East of Dixie River Rd voluntary annexation; a Charlotte Water grant closeout (Lead and Copper Rule Revision, $400,000); a proclamation, Imagine a Day Without Water; closed session.
- Consent items 15-31 included an annual $625,000 for police undercover vehicles, a $2,954,407 HOPWA services contract with RAO Community Health, $15,198,357.30 to Fuller and Co. Construction for water and sewer infrastructure, and $797,975 for a CATS Blue Line axle counter system.
Built from the posted agenda; the recording is listed but no transcript or minutes have been processed.
Agenda
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center, 600 E. 4th St. 4:00 PM action preview and consent review (Room 267); 5:30 PM business meeting (Council Chamber).
- Action previews: Passenger Vehicles for Hire ordinance revisions; Electric Bikes ordinance revisions; closed session.
- Proclamation: Imagine a Day Without Water.
- Public hearing and decision: Hajoca Building (Fowler Building, 1447 S. Tryon St) historic landmark designation (deferrable taxes about $10,559.43 city and $17,756.42 county). Hajoca Building Historic Landmark Designation
- Public hearing and decision: River Point East of Dixie River Rd voluntary annexation.
- Charlotte Business INClusion policy amendments. CBI Policy Revisions for State Law Conformance
- Extension of the temporary moratorium on new telecommunications and data storage facilities. Telecommunications and Data Storage Facilities Moratorium
- Charlotte Water grant closeout, Lead and Copper Rule Revision, $400,000.
- Consent items 15-31, including: police undercover vehicles (annual $625,000); HOPWA program services contract, $2,954,407, RAO Community Health; water and sewer infrastructure construction, $15,198,357.30, Fuller and Co. Construction; CATS Blue Line axle counter system, $797,975; Red Line Preliminary Engineering Agreement with Norfolk Southern, up to $1,241,406; Southpark Loop (Cameron Valley Pkwy) property transactions of $68,350, $3,200, $84,225 and $150,300; refund of property taxes, $51,346.95; set a public hearing on the Harrison United Methodist Church voluntary annexation.