School beautifi cation project

NW GUILFORD – Northwest Guilford Middle and Northwest Guilford High School PTSOs (Parent, Teacher, Student Organization) are planning a three-day Back to School beautification project and seeking volunteers who like to paint, are handy with tools, don’t mind cleaning and enjoy landscaping (may include some weeding) to help freshen up the middle and high school campuses on Northwest School Road in northwest Greensboro before students return Aug. 23.

Volunteer opportunities are on Friday, Aug. 13, anytime from 4 to 6 p.m., on Saturday anytime from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and again on Sunday, anytime from 8 a.m. to noon. Volunteers will be painting, pressure washing, landscaping, mowing, trimming and even woodworking

around the campus. Tools are also needed, so those willing to loan some tools for volunteer use are appreciated. This event is a great service opportunity for individuals, families, clubs, businesses and community service groups.

Visit www.nwhsptso.org for a list of tasks and sign-up with time slots to volunteer and/or list tools you’re willing to loan. More info: (336) 605-3300 or info@nwhsptso.org.

Northern Guilford High School staff has scheduled a yearbook pickup day on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2 to 4 p.m. for students who ordered a yearbook last year but didn’t get it because the yearbooks arrived later than usual from the printing company. If you’d like to pick up your yearbook, come to the high school’s exterior entrance doors to the main gym on the afternoon of Aug. 10.

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his text amendment application for the time being, we don’t know what his plan is.”

Couch, CEO of Blue Ridge Cos., had proposed a text amendment to create a Master Planned Village District for which he would seek higher housing density in negotiations with town leaders. The proposal met opposition during recent public meetings, largely because Couch wasn’t disclosing the projected density and mix of single-family and multi-family houses, including townhouses and apartments. He ceded to the opposition earlier this week.

“We felt the right thing to do was withdraw this request, finish our work and finish the answers to all of those questions down to as much as humanly possible the locations for what we have planned and the numbers for what we have planned,” Couch told the Planning Board during a special called meeting this past Monday, Aug. 2.

During public meetings in recent weeks, Couch said he and his team of designers were still working on details of the project and thus didn’t know the answer when asked by residents and members of the Planning Board for the proposed density of housing.

Couch reiterated the view during a July 26 public hearing by the board, drawing skepticism from several speakers and board Chairman Dick Feulner, who said he was unwilling to make a recommendation to the Town Council for “a district with no density at all.”

Feulner joined two other members in voting 3-1 to delay the board’s decision on whether to recommend approval of Couch’s request for a text amendment to Summerfield’s unified development ordinance.

In an interview earlier this week, Feulner said he viewed Couch’s decision to drop his application as “positive.”

Town leaders learned of Couch’s decision shortly before the board meeting this past Monday. Feulner then invited Couch to speak during the meeting to explain his decision.

“We’re well aware of the divisiveness in the community,” Couch said. He said he appreciated questions from townsfolk and town leaders, but added that “we’re not prepared to answer (them) yet. We don’t have the answers.”

Last week, Feulner called the special meeting for the board to consider when to meet again to vote on whether to recommend Couch’s text amendment application to the council. Earlier, the board had scheduled the meeting for Sept. 27, but was contemplating moving the meeting forward to this Thursday, Aug. 5.

Advancing the meeting would have allowed the council to consider Couch’s request during its monthly meeting next Tuesday, Aug. 10. At this point, consideration of the text amendment remains on the meeting agenda, and the council is required by the town’s development rules to agree to Couch’s withdrawal request, according to a post on the town of Summerfield’s Facebook page.

During Monday’s meeting, Couch told the board he may propose development of his property based upon the Open Space Mixed Use (OSM) zoning classification. According to the town’s UDO, the district “encourages compact, integrated development with a variety of housing types,” including townhouses and detached houses. Apartments aren’t allowed in the district, Feulner said.

Seeking to change the OSM district with a text amendment is a possibility, said Couch, adding whatever he proposes will require “a very, very high bar of quality and a high bar of regulation.”

Feulner told Couch he believes town leaders “could look at OSM as a way to maybe facilitate things you’re trying to do in a more reasonable fashion as far as the Planning Board and the community are concerned.”

While Couch didn’t explain how he might propose amending the OSM district, his lead designer, Victor Dover, hinted at possible changes.

During a recent public meeting, Dover pointed out how requirements of the district currently limit Couch’s proposal. As an example, density requirements as currently written make preservation of large tracts of open space financially unfeasible, he said.

“You cannot say you want the lots to be huge if you want the open space,” Dover, a founding principal of Dover, Kohl and Partners of Coral Gables, Florida, said during the board’s July 26 meeting.

He reiterated Couch’s position that allowing construction of multi-family housing is needed to meet the Summerfield comprehensive plan’s recommendation for moderately priced housing.

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