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Last night the Charlotte City Council voted to approve this resolution to add its final three members to the Metropolitan Public Transit Authority (MPTA). Charlotte’s final list is as follows:
The Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners MPTA Ad-Hoc Committee will meet today to review the applications submitted by those seeking consideration for a position on the Authority. The full Board will meet next Tuesday to approve the final slate. Once all 27 appointees have been named, they will likely meet in December for organizational purposes and then again in January.
My Take: Now that the City of Charlotte has made its picks for the MPTA, we turn our attention to Mecklenburg County. The amount of jockeying that occurs behind the scenes with things like this is truly incredible to behold. While it can get sticky at times, I am confident in the leadership of Mecklenburg County Commission Chair, Mark Jerrell, and his ability to pull folks together and get them on the same page. He knows we need appointees that think and plan at a high level and have an understanding of how all of the moving parts work and fit together.
For nearly 3 years the Charlotte City Council has been focusing on efforts to gather and codify information to be used to inform the important Charlotte 2040 Plan. REBIC has solicited feedback from our members on several occasions in the hopes that this document will reflect the information needed for the best possible outcome.
To understand the history of the initiative, we begin in winter 2023, when the first phase of the Community Area Planning process started with an analysis of each plan area’s profile, greatest needs, and the prioritization of goals from the Comprehensive Plan. The findings of this phase were published in 14 Community Reports, available on the project website.
On November 10, 2025, staff presented an update to Council on the draft Community Area Plans and the Revised Policy Map, focusing on how public feedback has shaped the proposed plans. Department staff also held several one-on-one engagement meetings with a number of local neighborhoods.
Last night council voted to adopt half of the plans and the new Policy Map, and to continue action on the other half. Specifically, the plans adopted were:
East Inner
Northeast Inner
South Inner
South Middle
South Outer
Southwest Middle
Southwest Outer
The plans not adopted were:
East Middle and Outer
North Inner
North Middle and Outer
Northeast Middle and Outer
West Inner
West Middle
West Outer
Additional information can be found on the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan website: https://www.cltfuture2040.com.
My Take: Unfortunately, last night’s Charlotte City Council meeting repeated what we have seen in recent times which includes a combination of insults lobbed in between councilmembers and then paired with an undertone of passive aggressive body movements and gestures. (Heavy sigh…) All that to say, you will now be receiving additional communications from me for the next four months seeking feedback on the remaining seven Community Area Plans that were not approved. A special thanks goes to Transportation, Planning, and Development Chair, Ed Driggs, for working on this project for quite some time … and for keeping his cool.
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