Chapel Hill 2020

Chapel Hill 2020 steamrolls ahead

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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."

Chapel Hill 2020 Public Information Session

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

DTH calls on Chapel Hill to "join the 21st century," take CH 2020 outreach to Internet

Public Information Meeting - Chapel Hill 2020 Comprehensive Plan

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

Final Presentation of CH2020: Joint Meeting of the Planning Board & Sustainability Committee

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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