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Chapel Hill Town Council Agenda

Monday, April 10, 2006

*Revised April 7, 2006

7:00 pm

Town Council Regular Business Meeting

Estimated Time

Agenda Item


  1. Ceremonies: None

30

  1. Public Hearings:

    1. Potential Legislative Initiatives for the 2006 Session of the North Carolina General Assembly.

    2. Naming Old Post Office Plaza and Honoring Joe and Lucy Straley and Charlotte Adams.

5

  1. Petitions by citizens and announcements by Council members.

    1. Petitions by citizens on items not on the agenda.

      1. Susan J. Anderson, President of the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service to Requesting Appointment of a Council Member and Staff Member to Two Work Groups.

    2. Petitions by citizens on items on the agenda.

    3. Announcements by Council members.

5

  1. Consent agenda: action items (R-1). (Any item may be removed for separate discussion at the end of the Council meeting.)

    1. Nominations to various boards and committees (R-2).

    2. Budget Amendment for Additional State Transportation Revenues (O-1).

    3. Extension of Siena Hotel’s Lease of Town-Owned Parking Spaces (R-3).

    4. Agreement Between the Town and the NC Department of Transportation for Reimbursement of Costs Incurred by the Town for Maintenance of Field Traffic Signal Equipment (R-4).

    5. State Energy Office Grant Award (R-5, O-2).

    6. Recommend Classification and Pay Changes (O-3).

5

  1. Information items. (Any item may be removed for separate discussion at the end of the Council meeting.)

    1. 2005 Transportation Report from the University.

    2. Mason Farm Road Feasibility Study.

10

  1. Update on Orange County Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness.

20

  1. Process to Develop Measures for Improving Pedestrian Safety on Fordham Boulevard between Manning Drive and Old Mason Farm Road (R-6).

20

  1. Options for Operation of the Homestead Park Skate Park and Batting Cage Facilities (R-7a, b, c, O-4a, b).

10

  1. Recommended 2006-07 Capital Fund Program for Public Housing Renovations and Resident Services (R-8).

20

  1. 2006 Apple Chill Police Operations Plan.

10

  1. Land Use Management Ordinance Text Amendment, Modifications to Payment-in-Lieu of Recreation Area (O-5).

10

  1. Proposal for Public Information Signage Program.

10

12.1  *Arts Commission Review.

5

  1. Petitions:

    1. By the Mayor and Council Members.

      1. Amendment to Council Calendar (R-9) (Mayor Foy).

      2. Status of Technology and Horace Williams Citizens Committees (R-10, R-11) (Mayor Foy).

      3. Petition to Form Downtown Parking Citizens’ Committee (Council Member Hill).

      4. Resolution to Encourage the General Assembly to Authorize a Conservation (R-12) (Mayor Foy).

      5. *Petition Requesting Council Guidance on Naming Rights Policy (Council Member Greene).

      6. *Resolution Supporting the N.C. Land for Tomorrow Initiative for Open Space and Land Conservation (R-13) (Council Member Harrison).

    2. By the Manager and Attorney.


  1. Reserved for discussion of consent agenda items if necessary.


  1. Request for closed session to discuss property acquisition, personnel, and litigation matters.