Growth & Development
A Public Input/Information Session on Carolina North will be held at 7
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in the Chapel Hill Town Council Chambers of
Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Carolina North is a proposed satellite campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. It is
expected to be contained within about 250 acres of the Horace Williams
Tract's 1,000 acres and be built in phases over the next 50 years, as
proposed. The property lies just to the north of Estes Drive adjacent
to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
The Thursday session will provide an update on the status of UNC-Chapel
Hill's Carolina North plans and a description of issues being addressed
by policy-makers and Town/University staffs. These issues include the
following: design standards and public art; police/fire/EMS facilities
and services; school site; recreation facilities; greenways,
connections; historic, cultural features; stormwater management on
site; water use and reclamation; energy conservation, carbon credits;
Solid waste management; remediation of landfill; stream buffers; trees,
landscaping; sedimentation; neighboring lands, compatibility, buffers;
noise, lighting. A public comment period is scheduled. See the meeting
agenda:
http://townhall.townofchapelhill.org/agendas/2009/02/19/
This meeting will be aired live on Chapel Hill Government TV 18.
Additional informational sessions on Carolina North have been scheduled
for 1 to 5 p.m. March 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. April 1.
For more information, contact the Town of Chapel Hill Planning Department at (919) 968-2728 or
carolinanorth@townofchapelhill.org. Additional material is posted online at
www.townofchapelhill.org/carolinanorth.
Date:
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Via the OrangeChat blog:
Orange County Voice, a citizens group organized against siting an
airport or a trash depot in southwest Orange County, will hold a
fundraiser Saturday at Harry's Market to help pay legal fees to fight
the county's plan to site a garbage transfer station on Highway 54 west
of White Cross.
The sale and raffle will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Saturday, Dec. 20 at Harry's Market, 3300 N.C. Highway 54. Art and
baked goods will be on sale, and musicians will be playing. $10 raffle
tickets will give a chance to win art, pottery, wood-working or gift
certificates from local businesses such as Harry's and Fiesta Grill.
The raffle drawing will happen at 2 p.m.
For more information, call Harry's at (919) 932-7025 or visit www.harrysmarketatwhitecross.com/.
Date:
Saturday, December 20, 2008 - 3:00am to 11:00am
Location:
Harry's Market, 3300 N.C. Highway 54
With the rollout of Raleigh's plan for future development and identification of areas for transit and denser development, this topic is as timely as ever for our communities. NRG is seeking to initiate a public discussion about a comprehensive vision for the future of Chapel Hill. We are hoping to engage citizens to learn more about this issue and to equip them to weigh in with their elected officials on how they want to see their community grow.
I hope OP readers will join us and lend their opinions, questions, and experience. While the forum addresses primarily Chapel Hill, this issue is not confined to one town - we hope to attract attendees from our wider community to bring their expertise and perspectives. For details on when and where, please see the invitation below.
Chapel
Hill 2020: A Forum on the Future of Density
and Growth in Chapel Hill
Wednesday,
December 10, 7 – 9 pm
This notice just issued from the Chapel Hill Planning Department:
Information about major development applications and concept plan submittals is now available online at the Town of Chapel Hill website at www.townofchapelhill.org/planning.
The Planning Department has posted informational notices for major development applications and concept plan submittals. The notices announce opportunities for public review and comment, and provide maps showing proposed development locations. A citizen petition recently requested an update on the status of this work. The information will be updated regularly. Development application forms and materials continue to be available online at this same location. Please contact the Planning Department if you have questions at 919-968-2728.
I went to the OCBoCC meeting on Monday about the transfer station. I came away more convinced than ever that locating a transfer station in a rural farming or residential area is a bad idea. I think a lot of good reasons for it being a bad idea were put forth, and as I took notes I realized that the OCBoCC all know most of these arguments and reasons not to do this, so rehashing it is not of any particular benefit. What I think has not been done yet is to put together an outline/timeline of an alternative that involves all of the potential players and describes the benefits with an end goal in mind.
So, rather than rehash, I thought I could take a stab at a plan for a plan. Obviously the outline below is a strawman (the 21st century equivalent of the back of a napkin) and needs refinement. A lot would need to happen and a lot could happen in parallel. I think you'll get the gist though.
First:
Convince yourselves and the community at large.
WTE makes sense looking down the road five to seven years when tipping fees increase and as the county grows.
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