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Chapel Hill Town Council Agenda

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

*Revised March 24, 2004

 

7:00 p.m.    Town Council Public Forum on Budget and Related Items

 

 

                                                      Agenda Item

 

 

1.

Legislative and Policy Issues:

 

 

 

a.  Public Forum and Discussion of Legislative Requests:

 

 

 

(1)

A bill to authorize a local public campaign financing program.

 

(2)

A bill to authorize the expenditure of open space bond funds outside of the Town’s extra-territorial jurisdiction.

 

(3)

A bill to authorize transfer of development rights into the Town’s urban area in association with conservation easements purchased in rural areas of Orange County

 

(4)

A bill to allow the Town to enact zoning regulations pertaining to the ratio of bedrooms to bathrooms in residential development

 

(5)

A bill to extend the time period, established by local act last year, that a special use permit development can be delayed if the property has been identified as a potential school site

 

(6)

Enhanced financial support for the provision of Town fire protection services on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

(7)

Bills pertaining to local and regional transportation organizational and funding issues.

 

(8)

A bill to request that the North Carolina General Assembly Repeal the So-Called “Defense of Marriage Act.”

 

(9)

Funding Mechanism to Convert Overhead Power Distribution Lines to Underground.

 

(10)

A bill to expand the Homestead Exemption.

 

 

 

b.  Council Committee on Lobbying Follow-up Report.

 

 

 

2.

Budget and Service Issues:

 

 

 

 

a.

Public Forum on Status of 2004-05 Budget Preparations, Preliminary Capital Improvements Program, Preliminary Grant Proposals, and Other Budget-Related Items.

 

 

 

 

 

·        Introduction by the Manager.

·        Comments by Citizens.

·        Questions and comments by the Mayor and Council Members.

·        Referral to the Manager and Attorney.

 

 

 

 

(1)

Status Report on Development of the 2004-05 Budget.

 

 

 

 

(2)

Preliminary Report on the 2004-2019 Capital Improvements Program (R-1).

 

 

 

 

(3)

Preliminary 2004-05 Community Development Plan.

 

 

 

 

(4)

Preliminary 2004-05 HOME Program Plan.

 

 

 

 

(5)

Preliminary Proposal for the 2004-05 Capital Fund Program for Public Housing Renovations and Resident Services.

 

 

 

 

(6)

Proposed Use of Transportation Grants in 2004-05 (no attachment).

 

 

 

 

(7)

Use of Downtown Service District Funds.

 

 

 

b.  Discussion of Stormwater Utility.

 

 

3.

Information Provided by Others:

 

 

 

 

Robert Dowling, Orange Community Housing and Land Trust

John Wilner, The ArtsCenter

North Carolina High School Athletic Association