Chapel Hill Town Council
Tonight the ten applicants for the vacant seat on the Chapel Hill Town Council will have the opportunity to make their case to the 8 voters they need to convince: the rest of the Council.
According to the meeting agenda:
The Council will seek input from the public regarding the proposed process for guiding development at
Carolina North. At the request of the Mayor this item has been moved to the beginning of the meeting
due to extensive public interest
Date:
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 3:00pm
Location:
Chapel Hill Town Hall, Council Chambers
Bill Thorpe cared about Chapel Hill enough to serve again on the Council. His point of view and good humor will be missed.
This is interesting. I may have missed the announcement of this high-level negotiating process between UNC Trustees and the Chapel Hill Town Council. It's not clear to me whether it's open to the public, or if we just get to watch the highlights later.
Report from Joint Policy Meeting Regarding Carolina North: An update was given on the process to plan a future joint meeting of the Town Council and University Trustees to develop a process for considering Carolina North. A special meeting of the Council will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 25 at the UNC-Chapel Hill Friday Center. The meeting will include Roger Perry, chair of the University Board of Trustees; Bob Winston, chair of the University's Buildings and Properties Committee; and Chancellor Holden Thorp. Information will be posted on the Town website for the public. The meeting will be videotaped to be played later on Chapel Hill Government TV 18 and by streaming video on the Town website at www.townofchapelhill.org.
- Chapel Hill eNews
I wonder if they will take the bus there, in honor of TryTransit week.
Date:
Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 3:00pm
Location:
Friday Center, Chapel Hill
In Chapel Hill we have a representative form of government that works better than any place I've lived. When I first got here I joined a citizen committee on Technology. I was amazed at how directly involved I could be. But the experience of being on that board also opened my eyes to the many flaws in this process. Yet I still yearn for more citizen input in our Town.
The recent citizen outcry against a Council vote on health care is a excellent example of what happens if you don't have enough community input BEFORE a council vote. This bit from The Chapel Hill News describes the problem well,
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