Plenty of good seats (but maybe not much parking)...
Available for tonight's High Point City Council meeting.
The agenda includes a possible end to the debate over proposed changes to Piedmont Crossing, a 277-acre development in north High Point. Neighbors (and a few City Council members) have objected to one change: allowing offices with second-floor housing along the west side of Barrow Road near Willard Dairy Road.
Neighbors are concerned about increased traffic and the size of the buildings. They also don't believe offices should be located in a spot where they'd be surrounded on three sides by homes.
Developer Faith Properties has volunteered a host of restrictions on the offices, including a limit on the size of buildings. Faith Properties anticipates having an entrance to the development at the intersection of Barrow and Willard Dairy roads and believes the offices would serve as a transition into the residential section of the development.
No one seems to have a problem with any of the other proposed changes, and at least three City Council members - Latimer Alexander, Owen Strickland and John Faircloth - want to vote on the offices separately so they can vote against them while voting in favor of the rest of the development changes.
Outside agencies will also make their pitches for city funding in the 2005-2006 budget during a public hearing.
The meeting starts at 4:45 p.m., with public hearings kicking off at 5:30 p.m. If you want a good seat for the floor show, you may want to come early - with furniture market in town, parking anywhere other than the City Hall parking lots will be tough.
Tuesday update: The offices proposed by Faith Properties have been removed in favor of condos and townhomes. My full story is here.