memorandum

to:	Mayor and Town Council
from:	Roger L. Stancil, Town Manager
subject:	2035 Long Range Transportation Plan
date:	November 10, 2008

Tonight the Council will consider recommendations to the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Transportation Advisory Committee concerning the transportation networks to be included in the final 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan.

I want to make two points:

• The current recommendations result from an extended planning process.  They are based on a set of regional population and employment projections approved by the Town Council in 2006. The plan is updated every four years.  The Town will be able to modify its population and employment projections to reflect decisions resulting from current discussions about acceptable growth and how growth is managed in the Town of Chapel Hill during that update. We anticipate that review and revisions to the population and employment projections associated with the 2040 Plan will occur in 2010.
• Given our current environment and the long range nature of these recommendations, I believe the recommendations are appropriate and maintain the maximum options for the Town for the future. It is important, however, for the Town Council to recognize the effect of these incremental decisions on our future and incumbent upon the staff to demonstrate those consequences when making presentations about planning projections.