AGENDA #5a

TO:                  Chapel Hill Town Council

                        Trustees/Chancellor

FROM:            David Owens

RE:                  Sequencing Future Issues for Discussion

DATE:            December 3, 2008

In November you reviewed and categorized a list of issues to be addressed in the review of the Carolina North proposal. The Town/University Joint Staff Work Group (JSWG) has reviewed that list and suggests the following sequence for Council-Trustee work session discussion of those issues.

Group I – Issues for Additional Council-Trustee Policy Discussion

Discuss in December

1. Scale of project covered by initial development agreement; Length of development agreement;Phasing
• How much development should be included in the initial development agreement?
• How long should the development agreement last?
2. Area to be rezoned
• How much of the Horace Williams tract should be rezoned?
3. Range and mix of uses permitted in the zone
• What are the uses to be included in a first phase of the development?

Discuss in January

4. Housing
• Who will live at Carolina North? What is the right mix of graduate student, employee, and market housing?
• What is the timing/trigger mechanism for provision of housing? 
5. Land preservation (undeveloped areas of the site)
• How will the areas not subject to the initial development agreement be zoned?
• How will uses on those areas (e.g. trails) be managed?
• What tools will be used to assure long-term protection of designated natural areas?
6. Stormwater utility issues
• What will be the development’s relationship to the town’s stormwater utility?

Discuss in February

7. Fiscal impact: fees, payments, taxes, indirect benefits
• How should fiscal neutrality for the Town be calculated and measured?
8. Parking/Transit/Traffic/Road Issues
• How much parking and transit should be included in a first phase? 
• What is the timing/trigger mechanism for improvements and investments? 
• To what standard should internal roads be designed and built and what should their location be?
• Who will own the internal roads? 

Discuss in March

9. Energy generation on site, cogeneration
• What kind of energy will power Carolina North?
• Where will the source be located?
10. Air quality
• How will air quality impacts be measured and mitigated?
11. Cumulative impacts
• To what extent should management of the cumulative impacts be an overarching goal of the new zone?
12. Sustainability Principles
• How will sustainability be defined at Carolina North?
• What kind of sustainable water management and wastewater treatment and re-use will be at Carolina North?

Group II – Issues for Which the JSWG Will Draft Development Agreement Provisions for Review and Discussion by the Council and Trustees:

{Schedule of Presentation of Staff Materials on these topics to be distributed in January}

1. Design standards
• The University will develop design standards for Carolina North that supports the mission of a mixed-use campus.
2. Stream buffers
• Streams will be appropriately buffered at Carolina North.
• RCD regulations will apply to Carolina North.
3. Stormwater management on site
• Carolina North will employ a variety of best management practices for stormwater management control in order to achieve appropriate reduction and quality goals
4. Sedimentation
•  Construction at Carolina North will be subject to appropriate soil and erosion control measures and State oversight.
5. Water use and reclamation
• Carolina North development will include water conservation and reclamation measures.
6. Energy conservation, carbon credits
• Buildings at Carolina North will include overall energy conservation or carbon reduction goals.
7. Solid waste management
• Solid waste will be managed by the University with appropriate reduction and recycling goals for construction and occupancy.
8. Remediation of landfill
• Development of certain areas of Carolina North may require landfill remediation consistent with the planned use.
9. Police/fire/EMS facilities and services
• The plan for Carolina North will address the needs of appropriate service providers.
10. School site
• A school site will be provided as part of the Carolina North development.
11. Recreation facilities
• Carolina North will include recreation facilities appropriate to the mixed-use campus including fields, trails, and greenways.
• Specify the various kinds of facilities that will be provided at Carolina North and who will use them.
12. Trees, landscaping
• Carolina North will include significant street, landscape and natural plantings and landscaped areas and tree protection measures.
13. Greenways, connections
• Pedestrian and bike connectivity with neighborhoods and the community will be a key component of Carolina North. 
14. Neighboring lands: compatibility, buffers
• Development at Carolina North will be compatible with adjacent development and appropriately buffered.
15. Noise
• The Chapel Hill noise ordinance will be in effect at Carolina North
16. Lighting
• The Chapel Hill lighting standards will be in effect at Carolina North.
17. Public art
• Sites will be identified and/or reserved for public art.
18. Historic, cultural features
• Important historic and cultural features on the site will be appropriately identified and protected.
19. SUP submissions
• Provisions regarding potential submissions of SUP requests after June 2009.