The Chapel Hill Town Council will hold a public forum at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 27, in the Council Chamber of Town Hall. The purpose of the forum is to address concerns expressed through a petition received by the Council from residents of the Mason Farm, Whitehead Circle, Westwood, and Westside neighborhoods. Representatives from UNC and UNC Hospitals will participate.
Specific concerns expressed by the petition were:
· Purchasing and demolition of private residences
· Providing for a regional mass transit corridor to the neighborhood
· Building two major parking decks adjacent to the neighborhood
· Building a major new road through the neighborhood connecting to the bypass
· Continued building of large-scale research facilities adjacent to the neighborhoods
· Building a new chiller plant and HVAC system adjacent to the neighborhoods.