ADOPTED RESOLUTION
PLANNING BOARD
AUGUST 19, 2008

A RESOLUTION TO HOLD A GLEN LENNOX AREA PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING AND TO REQUEST FUNDING FOR A FACILITATED DISCUSSION MEETING OR MEETINGS AS PART OF THE INFORMATIONAL PHASE OF CONSIDERATION OF A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT

WHEREAS, the Planning Board has received and accepts a petition that was accepted by the Council on June 23, 2008, to initiate Phase One of the Neighborhood Conservation District Process for the Glen Lennox Area Neighborhood; and

WHEREAS, the Council directed the Planning Board to structure the process in a manner that will facilitate a constructive dialogue between the property owners and the neighborhood beyond the mandated Public Information Meeting required by the Ordinance;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Board of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Planning Board requests the staff to hold a Glen Lennox Area Neighborhood Conservation District Public Information Meeting, and specifies the following components of the meeting:

 

Informational Phase Components

Staff Recommendation

1. Public Information Meeting Date

Location: Town Hall Council Chambers

Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 7pm

2. Neighborhood Conservation District Preliminary Boundary

Neighborhood Conservation District Boundary as identified by the Town Council in its April 28, 2008 Resolution to invite the residents of the Glen Lennox area to demonstrate with a petition that 51% of property owners seek to initiate Phase One of the Neighborhood Conservation District Process for the Glen Lennox Area Neighborhood (see Attachment 2).

3. Public Information Meeting Structure

Contents:

1.      Background information about the Neighborhood Conservation District designation

2.      Information about the NC 54 Corridor from the Town’s Comprehensive Plan and other relevant sources

3.      An introduction to the concept of zoning

4.      Fundamental planning terminology and definitions

5.      An explanation of the Neighborhood Conservation District development process

6.      A development history for the existing Neighborhood Conservation Districts

7.      A discussion of issues that a Neighborhood Conservation District can and cannot address

8.      An explanation of Phase Two of the Neighborhood Conservation District initiation process

 

Structure:

1.      Opening introduction,

2.      Staff presentation

3.      Question and Answer period

 

4. Public Information Meeting Notification and Informational Packet

Contents:

1.      General information and history of Neighborhood Conservation Districts

2.      A summary of existing Neighborhood Conservation Districts

3.      An explanation of the Neighborhood Conservation District process

4.      Information about the NC 54 Corridor from the Town’s Comprehensive Plan and other relevant sources

5. Date and Location for Facilitated Discussion

Date: Early October

Location: Church of the Holy Family

6. Planning Board Liaisons

Andrea Rohrbacher and Michael Collins

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Planning Board requests that the Council, as part of the informational phase, financially support the hiring of a facilitator to further the Council’s objective for a facilitated, constructive dialogue between the property owners of the neighborhood in Phase One of consideration of a Neighborhood Conservation District

This the 19th day of August, 2008.