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Town council approves consent items, zoning changes and recovery funding applications
Summary
At its Oct. 13 meeting the Black Mountain Town Council approved the consent agenda including multiple grant applications and budget amendments, adopted a revised master plan for the Village of Cheshire, approved a text amendment for mobile retail vendors, and authorized transfer of temporary office trailers from the Army Corps of Engineers under a
Black Mountain Town Council on Oct. 13 approved a package of routine and recovery-related actions including grant applications, budget amendments and land-use measures.
The council accepted the consent agenda, which included applications for Community Development Block Grant Neighborhood Revitalization and Golden Leaf Foundation funding; cooperative agreements for disaster recovery and debris removal; designation of certain town facilities as critical for hazard mitigation; and multiple budget amendments for the coming fiscal year. Council members also approved a resolution authorizing application to the State Revolving Fund for water-system improvements and accepted staff recommendations on a vendor selection for asset inventory and capital improvement planning services.
Council held two public hearings on changes to land-use regulations and the Village of Cheshire master plan. After a public hearing and recommendation from the planning board, council unanimously approved an amended master plan for the Village of Cheshire (traditional neighborhood development). Council likewise unanimously approved a text amendment to Chapter 5, Section 5.17 to remove local setback requirements for mobile retail vendors while leaving North Carolina fire-code requirements in place.
Separately, the council approved a transfer of two mobile office units from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the town’s lease (the units will continue to be funded through FEMA's public assistance program while USACE demobilizes). The council also approved a memorandum of understanding to host an Asheville Butterfly Trail station at Veterans Park and accepted a volunteer Eagle Scout proposal to build an accessible fishing pier at Lake Tomahawk.
Votes were taken by voice; the record in the meeting transcript indicates unanimous approval on the major actions above. The council instructed staff to continue pursuing state and federal funding for water-system resilience and to return with contracts or additional details where needed.
Ending: Several agenda items were pulled for later consideration and the council scheduled a retreat for Nov. 1 to prioritize recovery projects.
