SUMMERFIELD town council
Jan. 11 / MEETING HIGHLIGHTS offering the invocation. DeVaney led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Pro Tem Lynne Williams DeVaney and council members John O’Day, Janelle Robinson, John Doggett and Reece Walker voted on the following items during the Jan. 11 council meeting. Mayor Tim Sessoms was present, but in Summerfield the mayor votes only to break a tie.
CONSENT AGENDA 5 0 to approve the consent
5 0: Approve a text amendment to the unified development ordinance (UDO) while remanding to the Planning Board a section proposing to reduce the number of bedrooms allowed in quadplexes
as reported by CHRIS BURRITT Mayor Tim Sessoms called the monthly meeting in Summerfield Community Center to order, with Mayor Pro Tem Lynne Williams DeVaney and council members John O’Day, Janelle Robinson, John Doggett and Reece Walker present. Rev. Larry Kirby, associate pastor of music and senior adults at Summerfield First Baptist Church, discussed the church’s history and mission before
WHAT they voted on, and HOW they voted:
agenda, which included three items: the meeting agenda, open session minutes of the council’s Dec. 14 meeting and adoption of the state-recommended schedule for retaining and disposing of records that have no further
5 0: Authorize the town to take over the lighting bill for the U.S. 220 pedestrian tunnel from the N.C. Department of Transportation 5 0: Approve the calendar for planning and approving the town’s bud-
get for the fiscal year starting July 1
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PUBLIC SAFETY Summerfield Fire District. The district reported it ran 113 calls in December, which included 46 fire-related calls, 65 EMS-related calls and 22 other calls. As safety-related tips, the district recommended residents turn off portable heaters when leaving a room and before going to bed, and using generators only outdoors and not in garages, even if the door is open.
Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s District 1 office responded to 114 calls in Summerfield last month; they included two auto thefts, three larcenies and nine reports of suspicious activity.
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Beth Kaplan urged the council not to go along with a Planning Board recommendation regarding requirements in property zoned for open space residential (OSR) and open space mixed use (OSM). If adopted as part of the town’s unified development ordinance (UDO), the recommendation would require that at least 15 percent of open space be comprised of land that is buildable by Summerfield and Guilford County standards.
Designating buildable land as open space would increase the prices of lots The Northwest Observer •for Totally local since new homes, making1996 one of the
goals of Summerfield’s strategic plan – construction of affordable housing – harder to achieve, Doggett said. Kristen Law, vice president of communications for Northwest Guilford High School’s Parent, Teacher, Student Organization (PTSO), updated the council on efforts to secure contributions of money, materials and labor from businesses and individuals to refurbish 24 mobile classrooms on the school’s campus. Since kicking off the Mobile Makeover project last month, Law said a large company, a local newspaper publisher, a church and a former student are among those who have agreed to adopt mobile units for renovation. Sessoms told Law he’d like to understand more about the initiative. “We have the Summerfield Merchants Association, and those guys are always looking for projects,” he said. The PTSO has scheduled a Mobile Makeover informational meeting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29, at the high school. BJ Barnes, who ended his term as mayor last month, applauded Summerfield’s fire department, town staff and council members for their contributions to Summerfield and added that “he’s tickled to death” about plans for the new town hall.
