6. Plan Ahead for Carolina North

Establish a collaborative and trusted environment to enable the University to develop and plan for a Carolina North strategy that will correctly balance the needs of the University with the needs of the citizens of Chapel Hill.

Assumptions

• To be determined

Strategies & Strategy Areas

• [In preparation for Council Consideration,] the Town Manager and Town Attorney will continue conversations with University Staff to undertake the development of basic information and options for [guiding development of] Carolina North, as [primarily] informed by the Chapel Hill Horace Williams Citizens’ Committee foundational studies (below) and [with consideration toward] the University’s Leadership Advisory Committee report
• Long Range Transit Master Plan
• Fiscal Equity Study
• Environmental Impact Study
• Horace Williams Citizens Committee Principles
• The Town Manager and Town Attorney will devise a process for reporting to and consulting with the Council during the development of basic information and options
• The Town Manager and Town Attorney will attempt to present the basic information and options, including a basic development agreement, for the Council’s consideration prior to summer recess (June 15, 2008)
• The Town Manager will engage focused consulting and legal assistance to supplement staff work as needed, not to exceed a total of $30,000 from funds budgeted for consulting assistance
  
  

Priority Project/Initiative

• To be determined

Key Indicators

• To be determined