The Chapel Hill Town Council voted 7-1 to approve the Obey Creek development agreement last night. Council member Ed Harrison was the lone no vote against the proposal.

The development will be built across from Southern Village on 15-501 South and, at full buildout, will include 800 apartments and townhomes, 475,000 square feet of retail space, 600,000 square feet of officespace. and 400 hotel rooms. The project is expected to take 20 years to be completed.

The development agreement also preserves 85 acres of land to be named the Wilson Creek Preserve.

Happy Friday! Here's some of what we've been reading this week:

• How our cars,our neighborhoods, and our schools are pulling us apart: We're living further apart and spending less time together now than in the past - and that's having seriously negative social consequences for society.
• Stop honking at me and support bike infrastructure: Great editorial from a Minneapolis cyclist on why drivers should stop honking at cyclists and support infrastructure changes.
• The 5 myths about Portland apartments: This piece nails it when it comes to the myths about growth & development - and not just in Portland, but in housing markets with rising rents around the country.

At their meeting last night, the Chapel Hill Town Council took public comment and discussed the Obey Creek development agreement, but delayed a vote on the proposal until next Monday.

The Council also discussed and enacted the 2015-16 budget and approved a revised personnel ordinance.

Public comment on Obey Creek centered around the issues that have long dominated the discussion: traffic, transit, and the size of the development. Council members seemed interested in delaying their vote a week due to new staff information, including smaller development scenario outcomes, that the Council received last Friday.

Tweets recapping last night's meeting are captured in the Storify below. Have thoughts about Obey Creek or the other items discussed? Add them in the comments.