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Mooresville Planning Commission, January 8, 2021 Members Present: Mike Young, Kimberly Schofield, Perry King, Jeff Deiterlen, Mark Taylor, John (J.D.) Robinson and Ms. Copeland in attendance for Town Attorney Chou-il Lee Public Sign -in Sheet: Gary Finchum 10663 North Bethel Road; Dan Russell 2317 East Crosby Road Mike Young opened the meeting stating that the tenure of the Planning Commission Secretary and Chair had expired and called for nominations for those positions. Perry King nominated Mike Young as Chair and Mark Taylor as Secretary. The motion was seconded by Mark Taylor and carried unanimously. Mike Young then called for approval of the minutes from the October meeting. Jeff Deiterlen so motioned and Perry King seconded. Unanimous approval. Next on the agenda the Planning Commission was asked to approve as rezoning of 140 Bridge Street from RI to I1. Jan Matthis stated that the property had been built by Ruth Allen in 1872, and it has always been zoned residential although it has been used as a body shop. The owner of the property wishes to sell; thus, Tim Bennet recommended a rezoning to I2. The property will be used as a warehouse. There will be no traffic, only FedEx and UPS trucks twice a day for deliveries. All appropriate notices were sent. Jeff Deiterlen asked if the adjacent properties were similarly zoned. Jan Matthis stated that surrounding properties are residential. Perry King stated that there are businesses across the street, and Jan Matthis replied that down the street Mooresville Block and Talk Turkey are located. Perry King stated that "it sounds like they're trying to rezone to the appropriate zoning. There used to be a church on the corner." Mike Young called for a motion for a recommendation to the Town Council, Mark Taylor motioned that this rezoning be forwarded to the Town Council with a favorable recommendation. Perry King seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Next on the agenda was review and approval of a Concept Plan for 11180 North State Road 67. Jeremy ? of Holloway Engineering presented the plan stating that Ken Halcom wishes to expand Self Storage off Cherry Blossom Way, adjacent to the subdivisions off Crosby and Bethel. Existing self -storage is currently zoned Il, and the property to the north is zoned I2. There are 6 proposed buildings on the property, the required tree buffering and 6 -foot -tall chain link fence. There is a dry pond in the front of the property by the parking lot. All metal buildings will be located in the north of the property. There will be a proposed office building main door to the south. The client is requesting approval of the Concept Plan. Jeff Deiterlen asked if similar storage units were located to the east. Jeremy ? of Ross Holloway Engineering responded that yes, there are two lots to the east. Karen McDaniels did not combine that plats, although they have the same owner. Mike Young called for questions or comments from the public. No public comment. Mark Taylor asked if the buildings of this Concept Plan were consistent with buildings in the area, and the response was yes. Kimberly Schofield asked if the site could be seen from State Road 67. Jeremy ? responded that yes, a bit of the site could be seen from the road, that it is located behind Black Dog Brewing Company which used to be H&R Contracting. Mike Young called for a motion. Perry King clarified that the approval of the Concept Plan by the Planning Commission would not be sent to the Town Council, the motioned for an approval of the Concept Plan. Jeff Deiterlen seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. Next on the agenda was approval of RDC Resolution 1-2021 requested by the Mooresville Planning Commission. Mike Dellinger, Executive Director of the Mooresville Economic Development Corporation, addressed the Planning Commission described the former Nice -Pak expansion project as an $80 million expansion with an associated 105 new jobs and building expansions. He stated that Nice -Pak has been positively affected by the pandemic and will additionally commit to a $160 million project with two new buildings and over 200 new jobs