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Council approves two mediated settlement agreements: Daniel Island tree variance and 411 Meeting Street residential requirement
Summary
Council accepted two settlement agreements: developer at 100 Coastal Drive will preserve three trees, plant 105 caliper inches of native canopy, and contribute $20,000 to the Daniel Island Neighborhood Association; a separate agreement requires 100 residential units for the 411 Meeting Street project, with some units permitted to be built at 82 Mary Street under restrictive covenants.
City staff presented two mediated settlement agreements during the Nov. 18 meeting and council voted to approve both as presented.
For the Daniel Island appeal of the Board of Zoning Appeals site-design decision, Miss Creech said the developer had obtained a variance to remove 21 protected trees for construction of 24 townhomes and the neighborhood association appealed. Under the mediated settlement the developer will preserve three of those trees, install 105 caliper inches of native canopy trees on site, build a segment of the Beresford Creek multiuse path to Coastal Drive, and make a $20,000 contribution to the Daniel Island Neighborhood Association. Creech stated “There is no contribution from the city.”
Councilmember (identified in the transcript as Speaker 5) expressed strong reservations, calling the settlement a poor precedent and criticizing the neighborhood association’s public comments, but said they would “hold my nose and vote on this one” to resolve the dispute.
On the 411 Meeting Street appeal, Creech explained the project had prior approvals requiring a minimum of 159 residential units in 2016 and a modified 100-unit requirement in 2022; the mediated settlement will require 100 residential units to be built, with the option to satisfy portions of the requirement at 82 Mary Street under restrictive covenants. Units above the 100-unit requirement built at 82 Mary would be MU-2 workforce housing under the settlement terms.
Both settlements were presented by staff, motions were made and seconded, and council approved them by voice vote.
