# City Council Action Preview & Business Meeting - October 12, 2026

The City of Charlotte’s October 12, 2026 action preview and business meeting focused on airport leasing and capital investment, data-center development, street-vending regulation, and several funding actions. Airport staff presented a proposed 10.5-year airline use and lease agreement with a $2.1 billion capital development program, including concourse expansions, terminal improvements, and airfield work. The proposal also revises airline fees and revenue sharing; the city would retain 55% of specified revenues, compared with 60% under the prior arrangement, and staff estimated about $3 billion in net airline revenues over the term. Council did not approve the lease at this meeting: a motion to set a review period and decision date was vetoed, with the mayor saying council would work to establish a suitable timeline. Separately, staff reported that the fourth parallel runway is funded through airport revenue bonds, passenger facility charges, and a $380 million FAA grant. Council discussed extending the temporary data-center moratorium and the need for further research and regulatory tools, but no final vote on the extension is recorded in the transcript.

Other spending and funding matters included a proposed infrastructure reimbursement agreement with Brook Hill Investments LLC for up to $4,162,000, to be reimbursed through the 2026 general obligation bond referendum; the transcript records discussion but not a final vote. Council unanimously approved a $230,169 Governor’s Highway Safety Program grant for the Driving While Impaired Task Force, a $220,000 NCDOT reimbursement agreement and budget appropriation for a traffic signal at West Boulevard and Wallace Neil Road, and a resolution refunding outstanding arena certificates of participation with $140 million appropriated to the tourism debt service fund. Council also discussed citywide street-vending regulation and enforcement options without a recorded final action. An amended draft of the city council rules of decorum passed 8–3; a motion to defer an affordable-housing funding policy failed.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 12, 2026

### Sources
- [City Council Action Preview & Business Meeting - October 12, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pD_JA59C3A) - City of Charlotte