AGENDA #1

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MEMORANDUM

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

FROM:            Roger L. Stancil, Town Manager

SUBJECT:       Concept Plan:  St. Paul A.M.E. Church at Rogers Road and Purefoy Drive

DATE:             June 16, 2008

PURPOSE

Tonight, the Council considers a Concept Plan from St. Paul A.M.E. Church. The site is located between Rogers Road and Purefoy Drive adjacent to the Purefoy Drive Subdivision on the west. The 22-acre site is an assemblage of five contiguous lots currently occupied by an abandoned house and a Duke Energy primary transmission easement. The applicant is proposing a Master Plan that includes a church, gymnasium, activity fields, and several housing types. In accordance with the Land Use Management Ordinance, there has been no staff review of this Concept Plan.

The attached memorandum for the Concept Plan proposal includes background information on the Concept Plan process, the applicant’s materials, and additional related information. 

RECOMMENDATION

We recommend that the Council consider the Concept Plan, and adopt the attached Resolution transmitting comments to the applicant. Nothing stated by individual Council members this evening can be construed as an official position or commitment on the part of a Council member with respect to the position they may take when and if a formal application for development is subsequently submitted and comes before the Council for formal consideration.