ATTACHMENT 2

Excerpt from Draft Minutes of the Chapel Hill Town Council Meeting of January 12, 2004

Item 9 - Response to Petition regarding Student

Positions on Town Boards and Commissions

Mr. Horton said that the key point in a report from the Town Clerk was a recommendation to refer the matter to a Council committee to develop recommendations if the Council wishes to consider changes in committee composition and appointment policies.

UNC Student Government representative Michael McSwain stated that UNC provides education and opportunity for self-discovery but that the opportunity to understand citizenship comes from the Town.  He encouraged Council members to make use of any opportunity to engage students.  Mr. McSwain asked that the Council become role models for students and that they increase the Town-student relationship.

UNC Student Body Secretary Frances Ferris, who submitted the petition, explained that her proposal had not been meant as a definitive plan for increasing student involvement.  It was just a series of ideas for encouraging students to become more involved in politics, she said.

Mayor Foy spoke in favor of the staff recommendation to form a Council committee to address this issue.

Mayor pro tem Wiggins agreed, and suggested that two or three Council members develop a committee charge and composition for consideration by the full Council.  Council Members Wiggins, Kleinschmidt and Ward agreed to work together on that proposal.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AGREED BY CONSENSUS TO THE FORMING OF A COUNCIL COMMITTEE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS WIGGINS, KLEINSCHMIDT, AND WARD, TO BRING BACK A PROPOSED CHARGE AND COMPOSITION FOR THE COUNCIL’S CONSIDERATION.