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Council approves lease to Burlington Baseball Club, rezoning for hotel site, and backs NCDOT work for Project Titan
Summary
At its November meeting, Burlington City Council approved a lease to Burlington Baseball Club Inc., adopted a conditional‑business rezoning to allow a hotel on Garden Road, endorsed NCDOT infrastructure improvements tied to 'Project Titan,' and set Dec. 2 meeting logistics; a resident also urged urgent storm‑drain repairs.
BURLINGTON — The Burlington City Council on its November meeting approved several routine and major items by voice vote, including a lease authorizing Burlington Baseball Club Inc. to continue operating at Burlington Athletic Stadium, a conditional business rezoning that clears the way for a hotel on Garden Road, and a resolution supporting NCDOT infrastructure work tied to a major private investment known as Project Titan.
The council opened a public hearing and, after no public speakers, adopted a resolution under North Carolina General Statute 168‑272 to lease surplus real property to Burlington Baseball Club Inc., the organization that manages the local Sock Puppets program. Assistant City Manager Rachel Kelly presented the request and noted the lease had been advertised and reviewed in advance; the motion to adopt the resolution passed by voice vote.
Council also granted a request to amend conditional business zoning CB‑902 to include parcels 112514 and 112515 (addresses 3330 Garden Road and 815 Boone Station Road, totaling about 3.231 acres). Jamie Lawson, executive director of planning and development services, said the change would add an office/institutionally zoned parcel into the existing conditional business zoning for the Alamance Crossing area and that the request is consistent with the comprehensive plan and the regional commercial future‑land‑use designation. The planning and zoning commission recommended approval unanimously; the council’s motion to approve the rezoning passed by voice vote. Lawson Brown, representing Parks Hospitality and the applicant, described the proposal as a “logical extension of existing zoning” limited to hotel use and said future development would require TRC review and site‑plan approvals.
Economic Development Director Adam Scholl presented a nonbinding resolution of support for NCDOT to consider infrastructure improvements at Highway 61 tied to Project Titan, a proposed distribution and logistics campus in the Guilford County portion of Burlington. Scholl said the project would represent an $860,000,000 investment and support roughly 505 jobs, and that the city’s resolution would voice support for up to $1,077,500 in road work — including turn lanes and signal modifications. The council adopted the resolution by voice vote.
Separately, the council amended its Dec. 2 schedule so the regular meeting will start at 6 p.m. at City Hall and the subsequent organizational meeting for the newly sworn council will take place at Cummings High School at 7:30 p.m.; that motion passed by voice vote.
The meeting also included one public comment. Resident Felicia McArthur described a storm‑drain pipe that uprooted from her backyard during Tropical Storm Chantal and asked the city to expedite repairs; staff said the city currently operates an 80/20 cost‑share storm‑drain program and that scoring criteria have been developed that might allow full funding in qualifying hardship cases, but any policy change would require council approval. Staff committed to follow up with the resident.
No roll‑call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript; items were adopted by voice vote on the floor of the council.
