AGENDA #4j

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

 

SUBJECT:       Deferring Consideration of an Amendment to the Land Use Plan for Designating a Potential School Site at Legion Road

 

DATE:             October 27, 2004

 

 

The attached resolution would defer consideration of this item until the Council’s November 22, 2004 meeting.

BACKGROUND

 

On September 7, 2004, the Council amended the 2000 Land Use Plan to add and delete  sites to the Plan as requested by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education as set out in its letter of January 8, 2004, with the exception of a potential site 1 (Legion Road). Please see Map 1. Action on the Legion Road site was deferred until October 27, 2004, in order to allow the School System additional time to have further discussions with the owners.

 

DISCUSSION

 

The Schools System advises us that discussions are not yet complete. On October 21, 2004, the School Board will consider if it wishes to continue with its request to the Town Council to amend the Land Use Plan to identify the Legion Road property as a potential school site.

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

We recommend the Council provide the School System with additional time to conclude negotiations by adopting the attached resolution deferring consideration of amending the 2000 Land Use Plan to designate the Legion Road property as a potential school site until the Council’s November 22, 2004 business meeting.

 

ATTACHMENTS

 

  1. Map 1 Amendment to 2000 Land Use Plan Map (p. 3).

 

A RESOLUTION DEFERRING CONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2000 LAND USE PLAN CONCERNING SCHOOL SITES (2004-10-27/R-7)

 

WHEREAS, on September 7, 2004, the Town Council amended the 2000 Land Use Plan to add and delete sites from the Plan requested by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education as set out in its letter of January 8, 2004, with the exception of potential site 1 (Legion Road); and

 

WHEREAS, the Town Council deferred action on the Legion Road site until October 27, 2004, in order to allow the School System additional time to have further discussions with the owners; and

 

WHEREAS, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School System requires additional time to conclude discussions with the owners;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Council hereby defers consideration of amending the Town’s 2000 Land Use Plan to designate a potential school site at Legion Road on the Plan until the Council’s November 22, 2004 business meeting.

 

This the 27th day of October, 2004.