Planning & Transportation
There is another Carolina North Public Input/Information Session tonight, February 19, 2009, at 7PM in the Town Council chamber. There is already a draft of new language for the Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) to cover development on the Carolina North property as well as a draft of a development agreement which would be the basis for the Town of Chapel Hill's oversight of this massive project. Both of these drafts as well as a great deal of other information can be obtained at http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.asp?NID=1821
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
It seems that hardly a week goes by without another Carolina North meeting, and yet I am increasingly confused about what is going on. I guess I need to actually GO to one of these meetings, especially given the front-loaded nature of the latest arrangement between the Town and the University.
Via e-mail from the Town of Chapel Hill...
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CAROLINA NORTH
Public Information Session January 29
Chapel Hill Development Proposal
7 p.m. Thursday, January 29 * Chapel Hill Town Hall * 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
A Public Input/Information Session on Carolina North will be held in the Chapel Hill Town Council Chambers at 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. At the session, a Town representative will explain the review process for the University proposal to develop an academic, mixed-use campus. Upon request, with 2 days notice, the Communications and Public Affairs Department (968-2743) will provide an interpreter for the hearing impaired or any other needed type of auxiliary aid.
Carolina North 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 January 29 session will focus on providing information and soliciting comment about the regulatory tool that has been endorsed by the Town Council and University representatives as the preferred tool for guiding development at Carolina North: establishment of a Development Agreement with a base zoning district. The session is intended to provide information about issues being addressed by policy-makers and by Town/University staffs.
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, January 29, 2009 - 2:00pm
For years now I've used the informal trails linking my neighborhood around Lloyd Street/Broad Street near downtown Carrboro, Northside, Bolin Creek, and the rest of Carrboro to navigate as a pedestrian and a biker. Every time I
cross the ditch on an old railroad tie and then straddle the railroad
tracks to get to Harris Teeter or the Pleasant Street neighborhood, I
marvel at the fact that the geographic center of Carrboro/Chapel Hill
is still so isolated from the surrounding neighborhoods. At night as I
see folks wandering through the informal dirt paths that connect
Pleasant Street to Lloyd Street, I worry about the safety of the dark
trail and wish that there was a way to put some resources into making
these vital links for those of us who can't or choose not to drive much more user friendly and safe.
The town of Hillsborough presented seven potential sites for a new rail depot last night.
For more info, check Hillsborough's Development Activity page—they said they'd have info there by Friday January 16, 2009. Meanwhile, I've put a map of the locations with some notes here.
Two of the sites (5-Hampton Pointe & 6-Collins Property) are on the current Triangle Transit route 420. A quick and efficient connection to regional bus service is critical for many traveling to/from Chapel Hill.
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