AGENDA #9

MEMORANDUM

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

SUBJECT:       Overview of Three Related Agenda Items

DATE:             January 28, 2002

Tonight’s agenda includes consideration of three related issues, each with its own memorandum discussing key points.  Following are three memoranda, indicated as items a, b, and c:

• Item A:  Report on Development Ordinance Revisions.  On January 14 the Council discussed the ongoing initiative to revise Chapel Hill’s Development Ordinance.  The Council asked the Town Manager to return with suggestions for a series of work sessions and meetings to further review the 2^nd Draft of the proposed new ordinance.

• Item B:  Review of Previously-distributed Moratoria Information.  Also on January 14, the Council asked the Town Attorney to assemble and re-distribute information describing how moratoria on development proposals can be structured and instituted.

• Item C:  Response to Issues and Questions Raised at 1/23 Work Session.  On January 23, the Council conducted a Work Session on the Northeast Area of Chapel Hill.  That discussion broadened to include issues of Town wide concern and discussion of the schedule for adoption of new development regulations.  At the conclusion of the Work Session, the Council asked the Manager and Attorney to prepare follow-up reports on questions and issues raised, to be considered by the Council tonight.

Items A and B are included in the regular agenda packet, which is being distributed on Thursday, January 24.  Given the limited time available for follow-up to the January 23 Work Session, Item C will be distributed on Friday, January 25.