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Council approves UDO FRD amendment, SRF sewer application and accepts developer roads
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Summary
Easly City Council approved an amendment to the UDO establishing a Flexibile Review District, voted to approve an SRF application for sewer rehabilitation (project not to exceed $19,000,000), and accepted certain roads from Lenhart Development; votes were taken by hand/voice and the transcript records no opposition for the latter two items but does not include detailed roll-call tallies.
At the meeting, the Easly City Council handled multiple formal actions in relatively brief sequence.
Ordinance 20-26-14: The council voted to amend the Unified Development Ordinance by adding Section 7.10.07 to establish a Flexible Review District (FRD) and to amend Section 5.5 (zoning districts) to formally add the FRD classification. A motion to approve was made and seconded and members voted (hand/voice); the public audio indicates approval without recorded opposition.
Resolution 20-26-10 (SRF application): Council approved a resolution to permit Easly Combined Utilities (ECU) to apply for State Revolving Funds to replace aging sewer lines. Staff described a sewer rehab project to address three lines in the city that are over 60 years old and characterized the project as "not to exceed $19,000,000." Staff and Mr. Savick were available to answer questions; the council voted and the transcript records "none opposed."
Resolution 20-26-11 (roads acceptance): Council voted to accept certain roads from Lenhart Development LLC into the Easly City roads network; the call for hands recorded no opposition in the public audio.
Why it matters: The FRD creates a new zoning tool to manage future development with a flexible-review process. The SRF application, if approved by the state, would enable major sewer rehabilitation of aging infrastructure and could lead to future budget or bond actions; acceptance of roads transfers maintenance responsibility to the city from the developer.
Next steps: The SRF application requires follow-up steps with state agencies; if the SRF loan/award is received the council will return to consider the associated ordinances and financing authorizations. The FRD ordinance will be incorporated into the UDO and appear in published code updates.
Representative quotes: "We are asking to fill out an application... Project not to exceed 19,000,000," said a staff representative summarizing the sewer proposal.
(Transcript: motions and hand/voice votes recorded; the public audio does not include detailed roll-call tallies for the items.)
