Here’s a recap of Greenville City Council’s Feb. 27 meeting:
Approved: Land next to Unity Park goes to affordable housing
Council unanimously approved second and final reading of an ordinance transferring surplus property along Meadow Street near Unity Park to the Greenville Housing Fund to facilitate affordable housing projects in the area.
The property consists of two lots totaling about .14 acres at the intersection of Meadow and Nassau streets. The aim is to add the parcels to property already owned by the Greenville Housing Fund in order to make the area more developable for affordable housing.
Approved: Traffic master plan for downtown
Council unanimously approved initial reading of an ordinance to fund Phase II of the Downtown Transportation Master Plan identifying traffic conditions, pedestrian safety and multimodal transportation needs for the city.
The measure would authorize using $40,000 from the Greenville Pickens Area Transportation Study committee and $150,000 from the city’s capital projects fund to underwrite the second phase looking at the city’s traffic needs for the next 20 years, according to Engineering Services Director Clint Link.
The first phase of the transportation master plan, adopted in 2019, identified 65 short-term needs like improved striping and signal timing improvements, Link told the council. The new phase will refine plans developed in Phase I but focus more on developing long-term solutions to the more complex challenges represented by the city’s continued growth and increasing development density.
Link said the ultimate goal is to come back to council with high-level plans and cost estimates for projects to address the city’s traffic needs.
