AGENDA #4j

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Town Council Members

 

FROM:            Mayor Rosemary Waldorf

 

SUBJECT:       Resolution Authorizing Appointment Process for Two (2) Community Representatives to Assist the University in Planning and Programming the Arts Common

 

DATE:             November 26, 2001

 

Adoption of the attached resolution would authorize an advertisement, application, and appointment process for the Council to name two community representatives to assist the University in planning and programming of the new Arts Common on campus. 

 

A letter from Chancellor James Moeser is attached, which explains that the University will request approval from the Board of Trustees on November 15 to hire an architect for the programming of the Arts Common.  The Common, which is an area between Franklin Street and Cameron Avenue, will be the potential expansion site of the Ackland Art Museum and new facilities for Music, Communication Studies, and added underground parking.

 

I appreciate the Chancellor’s invitation to appoint two community members to such a group, and request that the Council adopt the attached resolution.

 

ATTACHMENT

 

  1. October 29, 2001 Letter from Chancellor James Moeser to Mayor Rosemary Waldorf (p. 3).

 

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR TWO (2) COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES TO ASSIST THE UNIVERSITY IN PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING OF THE ARTS COMMON (2001-11-26/R-9)

 

WHEREAS, the University’s Board of Trustees will soon approve an architect for the Arts Common, which will be located in an area from Franklin Street to Cameron Avenue; and

 

WHEREAS, the Arts Common will provide expansion of the Ackland Art Museum and new facilities for Music and Communication Studies, as well as underground parking; and

 

WHEREAS, Chancellor James Moeser has invited the Town Council to designate two community representatives to assist the University in the planning and programming of this space, which will be of vital importance to the Town and University community;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill hereby authorizes an advertisement, application, and appointment process for the Council to name two community representatives to assist the University in the planning and programming of the new Arts Common on campus.

 

This the 26th day of November, 2001.