AGENDA #5b
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Quarterly Update of Council Goals
DATE: November 8, 2004
At the Council Planning Session on January 15, 2004, the Council established its goals and priorities for the year. The attached update is provided on these goals and priorities.
We note that the proposed implementation plan is for the calendar year. For example, a target timetable date of “First Quarter, 2004” refers to the period January-March 2004.
2004 COUNCIL GOALS AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
This plan proposes a schedule for achieving the Town Council’s goals and priorities discussed at the Council’s January 15, 2004 Planning Session. Items are categorized into: Highest Priority, Second Priority, and Third Priority. We have highlighted the November 8, 2004, update headings.
ATTACHMENTS
1. 2004 Council Goals and Implementation Plan (begin new page 1).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Goal Page
HIGHEST PRIORITY
1. Community Goals/Process for Horace Williams Property (Carolina North)................................ 1
2. Bicycle/Pedestrian Goals.......................................................................................................... 1
3. Northside Neighborhood Conservation District Design Guidelines............................................. 3
4. Clean Water............................................................................................................................ 4
5. Transit Master Plan.................................................................................................................. 6
6. Affordable Housing Report on Activity and Approaches to Date............................................... 7
7. Report on Davidson, NC Inclusionary Zoning........................................................................... 8
8. Parking Study/New Regulations................................................................................................ 8
9. Monitor/Evaluate Land Use Management Ordinance, Phase 2................................................... 9
10. Response to Petition Regarding Council Ethics and Guidelines................................................. 10
11. Development of Parking Lots 2 and 5..................................................................................... 10
12. Evaluate the Feasibility of a Downtown Transit Transfer Center............................................... 12
13. Small Area Planning Process for Greene Tract and Surrounding Residential Areas
(Rogers Road, Purefoy Road)................................................................................................ 13
14. Incorporation of Public Arts Program as a Town Government Operation................................. 14
15. Tree Ordinance...................................................................................................................... 14
16. Elections Financing................................................................................................................. 15
SECOND PRIORITY
17. Downtown Small Area Plan Implementation............................................................................ 16
18. North Carolina Rehabilitation Code........................................................................................ 16
19. Street Vendors....................................................................................................................... 17
20. Rosemary Street Redevelopment............................................................................................ 17
21. Implement Parks and Recreation Master Plan......................................................................... 18
22. Develop Process to Address Neighborhood Traffic Impacts................................................... 18
23. Public Arts Master Plan.......................................................................................................... 19
24. Neighborhood Advocate Functions........................................................................................ 20
25. Communications with Chatham County................................................................................... 21
26. Communications with Orange Water and Sewer Authority...................................................... 21
27. Energy Bond/Efficiency.......................................................................................................... 22
28. Transportation Demand Management Plan.............................................................................. 22
29. Town Advisory Board Processes........................................................................................... 23
30. Public Dialogue on Homelessness........................................................................................... 23
THIRD PRIORITY
31. Entranceway Corridors.......................................................................................................... 25
32. General Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance......................................................................... 25
33. Prepare Non-Residential Development Strategies and Guidelines............................................ 26
34. Use Patterns.......................................................................................................................... 26
35. Transfer of Development Rights.............................................................................................. 27
36. Inventory of Post World War II Architecture.......................................................................... 27
37. Health Issues Related to Stormwater Retention/Detention........................................................ 28
38. Potential Mitigation of Traffic Congestion in U.S. 15-501 Corridor.......................................... 28
39. Town Fleet Efficiency............................................................................................................. 29
40. Defibrillators.......................................................................................................................... 29