AGENDA #14c
MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: Joyce A. Smith, Town Clerk
SUBJECT: Recommendation for Appointments to the Horace Williams Planning Advisory Committee
DATE: April 8, 2002
RECESSED TO: April 22, 2002
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
During discussions of the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the University’s Development Plan, the University proposed and the Town agreed to appoint two members of the Town Council to serve on the University’s Horace Williams Planning Advisory Committee, as well as two citizens to be chosen jointly by the University and the Town.
The Council on December 3, 2001, appointed Council Members Flicka Bateman and Jim Ward to serve on this Committee, with Council Member Bill Strom serving as an alternate.
For this Committee, the agreement with the University states that two residents would be appointed after joint consultation between the Town and the University. We believe that the provision for consultation would give the University the right to decline as well as to agree to specific appointment recommendations of the Council to this Committee.
Advertisements for this Committee were placed in the Chapel Hill News on March 6, 10, 17, 24, and 31 (see attached). We received 4 applications from interested citizens, who were nominated tonight by adoption of Agenda #4a.
RECOMMENDATION
We recommend that the Council follow its normal appointment procedure to select two applicants to serve as the Town’s representatives to the Horace Williams Planning Advisory Committee. Once two applicants have been designated, their applications and the Council’s recommendation will be forwarded to the University Chancellor for approval.
Copies of the applications and ballots are attached.
VACANCIES FOR HORACE WILLIAMS PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Chapel Hill Town Council is inviting citizens to apply for appointment to two Town seats on the University’s Horace Williams Planning Advisory Committee. This Committee will participate in planning for the development of the Horace Williams tract. The Town Council will make recommendations for appointment to the University from among the applicants.
If you are interested in applying to serve on this Committee, you may do so by contacting the Town Clerk’s Office in Town Hall at 968-2757 for an application. You may also apply through the Town’s website: www.townofchapelhill.org. Deadline for receipt of applications is Monday, April 1, by 5 p.m.