AGENDA #8b

MEMORANDUM

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

FROM:            Council Member Bill Strom

SUBJECT:       Presentation on Low-Impact Design

DATE:             June 26, 2000

I have asked that the Council set aside time to hear a presentation by Ms. Kimberly Brewer on the topic of Low-Impact Design principles.

This is a key theme in the new Comprehensive Plan:  establish design standards that will result in new development that is environmentally sound, that minimizes land disturbance, and that minimizes negative impacts.  I believe that this presentation is timely for us right now because we are about to revise Chapel Hill’s Development Ordinance.  I hope that these ideas will find their way into new regulations.

Kimberly has worked in the Chapel Hill Planning Department, has served on the Comprehensive Plan Work Group, and currently works for an environmental engineering consulting firm that is exploring use of these design principles.  Attached are materials that Kimberly will draw from in her presentation.