Chapel Hill 2020
The Independent Weekly has a new reporter on the Orange County beat, Billy Ball. He has some enormous shoes to fill since Chapel Hill native Joe Schwartz left the paper and the country. Ball is doing pretty well so far and asking good questions. I can't help but notice a few gaps in his knowledge of local issues, but that can be rectified with time.
In this week's article "City or Town?" Ball takes a look at Chapel Hill 2020 in advance of the draft comprehensive plan coming before the Town Council for inevitable approval on Monday. Although he doesn't ask the questions I'm most interested in now, such as how will the Town answer the many outstanding questions and gaps in the plan, I do appreciate him pointing out that "Some of its harshest criticism has come from within the committees that molded Chapel Hill 2020."
A public information meeting to discuss the Chapel Hill 2020 Draft
Comprehensive Plan will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, in the
Council Chamber of Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The
Planning Board will meet directly following the Chapel Hill 2020
meeting.
The purpose of the public information session is to share
information about how the draft plan is being revised to reflect
community comment and the Planning Board's recommended revisions (http://bit.ly/MIuTDc).
The visioning plan will be considered for possible adoption by the
Town Council on June 25. For those unable to attend Tuesday's meeting,
it will be aired on Chapel Hill TV-18
and provided later on streaming video at www.townofchapelhill.org/councilvideo.
The 2020 plan will be an overall policy document, balancing the many
voices and ideas about our community's future. Previous drafts of the
plan are available at www.2020buzz.org.
This document, the vision and framework for the Town's future, will be
followed by implementation - making the vision into reality.
Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt and the Town Council have thanked all
dedicated participants for their ideas, work and involvement in the CH
2020 Plan. View the documentary video of the process - http://vimeo.com/43250910
The Chapel Hill 2020 process began with brainstorming and visioning.
The first community
meeting was held in September 2011 at East Chapel Hill High School and
drew 475 people, people who wanted to have a stake in the future of
Chapel Hill. Eventually, the community identified six theme groups, and
the stakeholders got to work. The theme groups are Good Place and New
Spaces, Town and Gown, Getting Around, Community Prosperity and
Engagement, A Place for Everyone and Nurturing Our Community.
Chapel Hill 2020 has about 20 dedicated theme group co-chairs, who
have attended countless community meetings, provided thoughtful input,
and moderated energetic group discussions. They are Dave Godschalk,
Paige Zinn, Rick Igou, Chris Derby, Brian Russell, Roger Waldon, Anita
Badrock, Brian Curran, Maria Palmer, Jan Bolick, Marlene Rifkin, Gary
Saleeby, Fred Black, Nathan Huening, Eleanor Murray, Delores Bailey,
Kristen Hiemstra and Jonathan Howes. Read more about
them: http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=1825
Throughout the process, the Chapel Hill 2020 outreach team visited
with all segments of the community and bringing their ideas, comments,
needs and inspirations back to the ongoing process. These community
comments were folded into the process to create the plan.
For more information about Chapel Hill 2020, visit www.chapelhill2020.org or www.2020buzz.org or contact compplan@townofchapelhill.org
Date:
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
There will be a Public Information Meeting on the Chapel Hill 2020
Comprehensive Plan starting at noon, Monday, May 14th, in the Council
Chamber of Chapel Hill Town Hall.
Chapel Hill 2020: Our Town, Our Vision.
The community and the Council have asked for a new Comprehensive
Plan to reexamine the vision for Chapel Hill and to plan together for
our community's future. The new planning and visioning document will
create a framework for the community to guide the Town Council in
managing Chapel Hill's future over the next 20 years.
Chapel Hill 2020 is a plan that involves Chapel Hill, every
community, every race, every age, every culture, every corner. What is
in Chapel Hill 2020 will
directly affect you -- your values, your ambitions, your family, your
future. You have made Chapel Hill your town, and we want to hear from
you.
Help create a new Comprehensive Plan at www.townofchapelhill.org/2020.
Questions: compplan@townofchapelhill.org or 919-968-2728
Date:
Monday, May 14, 2012 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Council Chamber, Chapel Hill Town Hall
On Tuesday, June 5th at 6:00 pm there will be a joint meeting of the Planning Board and Sustainability Committee at which the final version of the Chapel Hill 2020 plan will be presented. Although only the charges of the Planning Board and Sustainability Commission require that they make a recommendation to Council regarding this plan, other boards may submit recommendations to Council if they wish. Therefore, members of all the Town’s advisory boards are encouraged to attend the presentation as it is an opportunity for them to hear the same information and have their Chapel Hill 2020 questions answered during the public hearing.
The final plan will return to Council on June 25th.
Additional Boards which may be in attendance include:
- Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Board
- Cemeteries Advisory Board
- Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission
- Community Design Commission
- Community Policing Advisory Committee
- Greenways Commission
- Historic District Commission
- Human Services Advisory Board
- Library Board of Trustees
- Parks & Recreation Commission
- Personnel Appeals Committee
- Public Housing Program Advisory Board
- Stormwater Management Utility Advisory Board
- Transportation Board
Date:
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Location:
Chapel Hill Town Council Chambers
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