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Town Hall TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Town Council Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Meeting Minutes - Final Mayor Pam Hemminger Council Member Nancy Oates Mayor pro tem Jessica Anderson Council Member Michael Parker Council Member Donna Bell Council Member Karen Stegman Council Member Allen Buansi Council Member Rachel Schaevitz Council Member Hongbin Gu Wednesday, January 9, 2019 6:30 PM Library Room B Roll Call Present: 8 - Mayor Pam Hemminger, Mayor pro tem Jessica Anderson, Council Member Allen Buansi, Council Member Hongbin Gu, Council Member Nancy Oates, Council Member Michael Parker, Council Member Karen Stegman, and Council Member Rachel Schaevitz Absent: 1 - Council Member Donna Bell Other Attendees Town Manager Maurice Jones, Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos, Deputy Town Manager Florentine Miller, Director of Organizational and Strategic Initiatives Rae Buckley, Planning Director Ben Hitchings, Land Use Management Ordinance Project Manager Alisa Duffey Rogers, Communications and Public Affairs Director and Town Clerk Sabrina Oliver. OPENING Mayor Hemminger called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. She explained that Mayor pro-tem Anderson would run the meeting due to the mayor having a cold. ANNOUNCEMENTS Mayor Hemminger welcomed everyone to stop by the Parks and Recreation Center at Hargraves on Saturday to discuss the new programs taking place. Mayor Hemminger mentioned a retreat on Friday, January 24th at 4 p.m. at LAUNCH, and on January 25th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the School for Leadership Development. She said Saturday would entail a major focus on budget planning. AGENDA ITEM(S) 1. Charting Our Future - Refining the Future Land Use Map. [19-0017] Land Use Management Ordinance Project Manager, Ms. Duffey Rogers Page 1 of 2 Town Council Meeting Minutes - Final January 9, 2019 began her presentation by reading out the agenda. She briefly discussed the items which had shaped Chapel Hill over the last 30 years, namely; the master landscape plan along with the entranceway corridors, the comprehensive plan, joint planning efforts with Orange County and Carrboro, and the Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO). Ms. Duffy Rogers highlighted the six main focus areas identified in Chapel Hill 2020, North Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.; South Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.; North US 15-501; Downtown; NC 54; and South US 15-501, and provided an explanation of their strengths, weaknesses, and the future opportunities they could provide for Chapel Hill. Mayor pro-tem Anderson brought up the topic of storm water issues and asked if overlay maps could assist in finding a resolution. She was interested in discussing any constraints that had arisen and was interested in conducting an economic analysis. Ms. Duffey Rogers said the staff would come up with some strategic goals and that this would be a focus during the next retreat. Ms. Duffey Rogers’ then presented the results of a MetroQuest Survey that was conducted from August 2018 to October 29, 2018. The survey had 704 participants, 16,780 individual data points, and 1,673 written comments. Each of the focus areas had an “At a Glance” section with land use principles. Each area was summarized, with key takeaways outlined, and a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats). Various land uses were also defined. Maps of each focus area had been set up on easels in the meeting room, and following Ms. Duffey Rogers’ presentation Council members participated in an exercise to assist in determining potential future focus areas in Chapel Hill along with their land use type. Ms. Duffey Rogers said she would take pictures of all the maps and would share the results with Council at their next meeting on the 16th. She let the Council know that the consultants would be making a draft for council consideration. Council members viewed the maps, made notes, and had a short discussion following the exercise. Mayor Hemminger reminded the Council of their next meeting on Wednesday, January 16, 2019. ADJOURNMENT The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 8:40 p.m. Page 2 of 2