Davidson Board Meeting from the Twitterverse....March 2014

Davdison's Town Board met Tuesday night for it's monthly meeting.  Here's what it looked like in 144 character sound bites.

6:09 PM @TownofDavidson March monthly Board meeting underway in #Davidson. Affordable Housing and econ development hot topics

6:11pm @TownofDavidson recognition for Girl Scouts, Arbor Day and Red Cross Month #Davidson

6:13pm @TownofDavidson Mayor Woods also recognizes #Davidson College for installing lighting making village crosswalks safer

6:15pm @TownofDavidson #Davidson Gallery Crawl April 11th. Check it out http://townofdavidson.org

6:17pm @TownofDavidson #Davidson Mayor Woods makes statement about environment...invokes Dan River coal ash spill as support for strong regulation

6:20pm @TownofDavidson presentation on E2D (Eliminate the Digital Divide) to get computers to all #Davidson homes w/o one...200 delivered to date.

6:24pm @TownofDavidson E2D eliminated digital divide at #Davidson & #Cornelius elementaries JVWasham middle & Hough High

6:27pm @TownofDavidson...Lowe's and Mi-Connection received high praise for support of #Davidson based E2D...machines & connectivity

6:29pm @TownofDavidson...#Davidson E2D program leader Pat Millen makes impassioned pitch for fixing a single home at a time...it only takes $200!  --This presentation is a great reason why Davidson should video all meetings.  It was excellent and more people should be able to see it.  Commissioner Fuller held it up as an example of "the Davidson Way".

6:33pm @TownofDavidson consultant Kathleen Rose gives update on PiES #Davidson green business incubator. Town in P3 relatiknship w/ PiES.

6:37pm @TownofDavidson consultant Kathleen Rose gives update on PiES #Davidson green business incubator. Town in P3 relatiknship w/ PiES.

6:39pm @TownofDavidson PiES hosts regular "green drinks" last Thrs of month for networking.... #Davidson

6:41pm @TownofDavidson town manager Leamon Brice on board of PiES- #Davidson in 3yr relationship...town brd to vote later on extending that.

6:42pm @TownofDavidson previous meeting minutes unanimously approved...on to new business #Davidson

6:46pm @TownofDavidson Affordable Housing mgr Cindy Reid announces 2 grants 4 #Davidson Housing Coalition > $100k for downpayments & new duplex

6:49pm @TownofDavidson #Davidson Housing Coalition also requesting more CDBG funds 4 new duplex & undefined larger housing project somewhere n town

6:52pm @TownofDavidson #Davidson #Cornelius Child Dev Ctr also asking for CDBG $98k for scholarships for low income families.

6:53pm CoG to decide on CDBG requests on Mar-24. @TownofDavidson largest recipient last yr. #Davidson

6:56pm @TownofDavidson PiES renewal agrmnt up, #Davidson Comm Graham asks sexual orientation be added 2 list of groups not 2b discriminated against

6:58 @TownofDavidson unanimously renews PiES #Davidson agreement with sexual orientation anti-discrimination clause added.

7:02pm @TownofDavidson Board passes 5-0 a "stop-gap" measure to allow 2% higher resale price for 2014 only for #Davidson afford housing properties

7:05pm @TownofDavidson #Davidson Board micro-manages real estate market 2 make it feasible 4 certain AH program mbrs 2 sell #unintendedconsequences --A sign of a broken program is when the Town Board has spend time determining if someone else can sell their own property for 2% or 3%  more than the town ordinance allows and they have to do it for only 1 year.

7:09pm @TownofDavidson discusses legality of #Davidson Brd member voting while attending by electronic means, UNC-SOG says can't be deciding vote

7:13pm @TownofDavidson #Davidson Board descends into a bit of legalese around how to proceed. Town Attny recommends Brd not allow absentee voting. --Mayor Wood disagrees with absentee Commissioners being allowed to vote.  (That's the right decision.)

7:15pm @TownofDavidson Commissioner Fuller proposes possibility of asking NC Attorney General for official opinion. No action taken...#Davidson  --Davidson has also been a proponent of trying to get the Legislature to allow public notice by electronic means as well.  For town's like Davidson that would be a good thing since we have no truly local hard-copy daily paper

7:24pm @TownofDavidson hearing presentation on #Davidson planning ordinance changes to discourage "rural area" development and keep open space.

7:31pm @TownofDavidson discusses "open space" definition for #Davidson. If it is not open to public, is it open?  --Unbuilt space at large lot home sites has sometimes been counted as "open space".  Board seems to be leaning against planning ordinance continuation of allowing that practice.

7:35pm @TownofDavidson summarizes action items from #Davidson Board meeting...new item for these meetings...should improve effectiveness.

7:35pm @TownofDavidson #Davidson Board meeting adjourned...