AGENDA #10b(2)

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:            Council Member Bill Strom

 

SUBJECT:       Appointment to the Triangle J Council of Governments/Institute of Government Task Force on Inclusionary Zoning

 

DATE:             September 9, 2002

 

 

The Triangle J Council of Governments and the Institute of Government have announced the formation of a Task Force on Inclusionary Zoning and have invited at least one elected or appointed official to join.  The attached material provides some excellent background on the formation of the Task Force (Attachment 1).

 

The Task Force project is designed to provide research and guidance for local governments considering Inclusionary Zoning.  It is made possible by a grant from Emma’s Fund and the E. and E. Chanlett Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation, and from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.  The Task Force will study effective programs, recommend program components that contribute to successful outcomes, and develop model development ordinance provisions.  The Council of Governments will coordinate the work of the Task Force, with Institute of Government researchers and local government staff as resources.

 

Institute of Government faculty attorneys will investigate what provisions North Carolina local governments may include in development ordinances under current statutory authority and whether additional specific authority would be needed to maximize the programs’ effectiveness.  In the spring, the Institute will publish a guide book for local governments.

 

The Task Force will meet approximately 10 times between October and February and will report its findings to a regional housing conference in late January.  Its findings and guidance will be incorporated into the Institute’s guide book.

 

The Task Force will also include a member of the Town staff.

 

I request that the Council adopt the attached resolution and appoint at least one Council Member to this Task Force.

 

ATTACHMENTS

 

1.                  August 27 Memorandum from Lanier Blum, Triangle J Council of Governments, to Bill Strom, including project background (p. 3).

A RESOLUTION APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBER BILL STROM AND COUNCIL MEMBER PAT EVANS TO THE TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS/INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE ON INCLUSIONARY ZONING (2002-09-09/R-14)

 

WHEREAS, the Triangle J Council of Governments Board of Delegates and the Greater Triangle Regional Council adopted the Regional Principles for Development, including the principle that housing choices of different costs should be integrated within communities; and

 

WHEREAS, the Triangle J Council of Governments subsequently began researching effective Inclusionary Zoning programs; and

 

WHEREAS, two groups of regional leaders endorsed five State legislative strategies to implement the Regional Principles, including specific authorization for local governments to implement Inclusionary Zoning; and

 

WHEREAS, the Triangle J Council of Governments and the Institute of Government have announced the formation of a Task Force on Inclusionary Zoning and have invited at least one elected or appointed official from Chapel Hill to join; and

 

WHEREAS, the findings and guidance of the Task Force will be incorporated into a guide book published for local governments by the Institute of Government;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Council hereby appoints Council Member Bill Strom and Council Member Pat Evans to the Triangle J Council of Governments/Institute of Government Task Force on Inclusionary Zoning.

 

This the 9^th day of September, 2002.