TO: Town
Council
FROM: Mayor
Rosemary Waldorf
SUBJECT: Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Transportation Advisory Committee Request for Development Information
DATE: May
22, 2000
The attached resolution would endorse the request of
the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Transportation Advisory Committee that Chapel
Hill provide the Metropolitan Planning Organization with information on
development applications.
On March 8, 2000, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Transportation Advisory Committee adopted a resolution (Attachment 1)
requesting that local governments within the Urban Area provide the
Metropolitan Planning Organization with information about development
proposals.
In 1998, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Transportation
Advisory Committee adopted housing and employment projections for 2025. The
Urban Area has used these projections to develop the recently adopted 2025
Current Trends Regional Transportation Plan. The projections are also being
used to develop the 2025 Comprehensive Regional Transportation Plan. The 2025 projections were developed by local
jurisdictions within the Urban Area and were based on locally adopted land use
plans.
The Transportation Advisory Committee has asked
local governments within the Urban Area to provide information about ongoing
development proposals to the Metropolitan Planning Organization to ensure the
accuracy of the 2025 projections. Specifically, the Transportation Advisory
Committee has requested that local governments identify proposed projects that
would exceed the adopted 2025 projections for the transportation analysis zone
in which the project is located. The Committee has also indicated that it will
comment on land use changes that exceed the adopted 2025 projections and allow
member jurisdictions to request that the Committee review and comment on
projects prior to the jurisdiction approving the proposals.
The Metropolitan Planning Organization has begun the
process of developing guidelines to be used to gather information on
development proposals from local jurisdictions. It is anticipated that the
submission of information to the Metropolitan Planning Organization will be an
ongoing responsibility and require some commitment of resources by the local
jurisdictions. Chapel Hill currently keeps up to date records of development
applications and could provide this information to the Metropolitan Planning
Organization on a regular basis.
I believe that the accuracy of the regional land use
projections is important to ensure that the region can maintain mobility. The Regional Transportation Plan, which is
developed using the land use projections, is used to prioritize the investment
of federal, State and local funds in transportation projects. In order for
these transportation improvements to be effective they should be based on
accurate land use projections. I also believe that comments from the
Transportation Advisory Committee concerning the regional impact of specific
development proposals would be useful in the consideration of those proposals
by local jurisdictions.
I request that the Council adopt Resolution A,
endorsing the request of the Transportation Advisory Committee and directing
the Town Manager to provide the Metropolitan Planning Organization with
information on development proposals within the Town on an ongoing basis.
A RESOLUTION
ENDORSING THE REQUEST OF THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO TRANSPORTATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO PROVIDE THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION WITH INFORMATION CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS (2000-05-22/R-12)
WHEREAS, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Transportation Advisory Committee has adopted land use projections for the year
2025; and
WHEREAS, the accuracy of these projection is
important to ensure the efficient use of transportation funding to support the
goals of the Regional Transportation Plan, and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Advisory Committee has
requested that local jurisdictions monitor changes in housing and employment
within transportation analysis zones, and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Advisory Committee has
asked that local jurisdictions provide the Metropolitan Planning Organization
with information on development proposals to determine whether they might exceed
adopted 2025 land use projections;
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the
Town of Chapel Hill that the Council endorses the Transportation Advisory
Committee’s request for land use information and directs the Manager to provide
the Metropolitan Planning Organization with information on development
proposals within the Town on an ongoing basis.
This the 22nd day of May, 2000.