MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:            Greenways Commission

                        Glenn Parks, Chair

 

SUBJECT:       Development Application: Chapel Hill Library and Pritchard Park

 

DATE:             October 24, 2007

 

The Commission voted unanimously (5-0) to recommend adoption of Resolution A with the following additional recommendations:

 

 

In addition, three Commission members have individual recommendations:

 

Commission member Christine Berndt recommends that the parking along Library Drive be removed because of its impact on the visual qualities of the site and safety considerations related to pedestrian crossings of Library Drive.

 

Commission member Gary Galloway recommends that the parking along Library Drive remain as proposed because of the parking needs of the Library. He noted that moving the parking to other portions of the site would require additional clearing of trees.

 

Commission member Glenn Parks recommends only parallel parking along Library Drive, and no angled parking along the drive.

 

Commission members voting yes were:  Glenn Parks (Chair), Jim Earnhardt (Vice Chair), Christine S. Berndt, Mary Ann Freedman, and Gary Galloway   Absent: Mary Blake and Reed Huegerich  A quorum was present.