SUMMARY MINUTES OF A WORK SESSION OF THE

CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1999

Mayor pro tem Capowski called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

Council Members present were Flicka Bateman, Joyce Brown, Pat Evans, Lee Pavão, and Edith Wiggins. Mayor Waldorf arrived at 5:10 p.m, Council Member Julie McClintock arrived at 5:16 p.m., and Council Member Kevin Foy arrived at 5:25 p.m.

Also present was Council Member-elect Jim Ward and Council Member-elect Bill Strom.

Staff present was Town Manager Cal Horton, Assistant Town Managers Sonna Loewenthal and Florentine Miller, Long Range Planning Coordinator Chris Berndt, and Town Clerk Joyce Smith.

Members present of the Comprehensive Plan Work Group were Work Group Chair John Hawkins, Work Group Vice-Chair Gay Eddy, Consultant aHHHDavid Rouse, Linda Convissor, and Nancy Gabriel.

Item 1. Petition from Mr. Miles Pressler of EmPOWERment, Inc.

A Continuation of the Business Meeting, November 22, 1999)

Mr. Horton said there were two points:

1. The Council would provide a pledge to find a source of funds to fill the funding gap of $66,120 needed for the project, and

2. The Council could call a public hearing to consider an amendment to the Community Development Program.

Mr. Horton said that these would give Mr. Pressler a committed source of funding acceptable to his granting agency, and the Council would not have tied up any of its own funds. He said the staff was recommending both Resolutions. Mr. Pressler said he approved.

COUNCIL MEMBER WIGGINS MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 1. THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. (9-0).

A RESOLUTION PLEDGING TO FIND A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE EMPOWERMENT, INC. MIDWAY BUSINESS INCUBATOR PROJECT (99-11-23/R-1)

WHEREAS, the Council has made commitments to promote economic development opportunities for low and moderate income residents of Chapel Hill; and

WHEREAS, the Council has provided $150,000 in Community Development funds for the Midway small business incubator project:

WHEREAS, EmPOWERment, Inc. has an anticipated funding gap of $66,120 needed before it can start construction on the project;

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Town Council hereby pledges to find a funding source for the gap of $66,120 needed for the Midway business incubator project.

This the 23^rd day of November, 1999.

COUNCIL MEMBER WIGGINS MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2. THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY (9-0).

A RESOLUTION CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (99-11-22/R-2)

WHEREAS, a Performance Agreement was executed on June 29, 1998 between the Town of Chapel Hill and EmPOWERment, Inc. for $150,000 of Community Development funds to EmPOWERment to purchase a building on Graham street to convert into a small business incubator; and

WHEREAS, EmPOWERment, Inc. has requested additional funds to be used for construction of the Midway Business Center;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Town Council calls a public hearing for January 10, 2000 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Town Hall to consider amending the Community Development Block Grant program.

This the 22^nd day of November, 1999.

Work Session on the Draft Comprehensive Plan

Mayor Waldorf called the Work Session on the Comprehensive Plan to order at 7:10 p.m.

Mr. Horton said the staff was present to answer any question, and the Chair, John Hawkins and the Vice-Chair, Gay Eddy, of the Comprehensive Planning Work Group, and Consultant David Rouse, were also present to answer questions. Mr. Horton said the memorandum prepared for the Council covered the comments made at the public hearings on the Comprehensive Plan.

Mayor Waldorf asked the Council how they would like to proceed.

Council Member Brown suggested discussion section by section.

Council Member Evans asked if the preamble had been included. Ms. Berndt said it was not attached to the memorandum, but she could supply it if needed.

Section Two – Major Themes:

Mayor Waldorf said she did not remember the completion of the Southern Community Park facility being discussed and she felt that it was important for a Capital Improvement facility, which the Council needed to pursue.

Council Member Brown said the definition of “mixed use” needed to be addressed, because “residential” should be a part of any definition of “mixed use.” Ms. Berndt said the definition was in the Implementation Table.

Mayor pro tem Capowski asked what would guarantee that all the components of a mixed-use project would be built. Ms. Berndt said that would be one of the ideas to look at with the revision of the Ordinance.

Council Member Brown asked if the question of build-out in Section Two, on page 4, “Help conserve and protect existing neighborhoods,” was covered in the existing zoning for residential neighborhoods. She said she did not see the relationship between the suggested change to the fact that most of the neighborhoods already were completely developed and protected by existing zoning. She said there should be more details about what possibilities there were for which neighborhoods for increased infill because of their present zoning.

Mr. Hawkins said the neighborhoods would be facing reconstruction as well as new projects. He said it worked for the protection of the neighborhoods, for new projects as well as reconstruction of existing projects with buildings already there.

Mayor pro tem Capowski asked Mr. Hawkins how the Draft Comprehensive Plan addressed the issue of the Land Use Plan of the University. He said he thought the Town should be proactive in declaring how much building could be done on the land at the southern campus of the University and how much building could be done on the Horace Williams Tract. Linda Convissor, speaking for the University, said the University was looking at that question, and they were starting a study on an Environmental Master Plan, and that the University shared the Council’s concerns on housing, parking, and transportation.

Mayor pro tem Capowski said the Town provided facilities for the University’s growth and should advise the University where University growth could take place. Ms. Convissor said one of the goals of the group had been to provide for cooperation between the University and the Town, since the University was a driving economic factor in the Town.

Council Member Evans said one of the things being looked at was which elements of the University could be located independently and which were interdependent, such as student housing and classrooms.

Mayor pro tem Capowski asked where in the process did the Town weigh in on the decisions of University building, since the Town provided the facilities, such as fire protection, to the University.

Council Member Evans said there were Town representatives on the University committees. Mr. Horton said there were a few representatives from the Town, who were providing technical advice, but not necessarily the Town’s philosophy.

Council Member Bateman said it could be specified in the Table of Action section of the Plan.

Mayor Waldorf agreed that the Town should be able to make a reasonable and well-informed statement of its opinion about what the growth capacity of the central campus of the University was, as to how it would affect neighborhoods and how it would affect public facilities. She said the same applied to the Horace Williams Tract, some of which the Town already had with regard to infrastructure capacity.

Mayor Waldorf asked Ms. Convissor whether they should stop talking about actual square footage. Ms. Convissor said she would not be able to discuss the square footage, since that had not been determined. She said the campus had been divided up into small areas and there were still many issues in all these areas that had not been determined. She said the University had to look at what should be built close together and what did not, and the University did not yet have a sense of what the build-out would be. Ms. Convissor said the University had to work with the Town on the issues, especially the park-and-ride aspects.

Mayor Waldorf asked Mayor pro tem Capowski if he was thinking of a skeletal schedule where the Town and University came together over time to make sure that the decisions were well coordinated and rooted in reality. Mayor pro tem Capowski said that actually had to happen in order for the Town to have a voice in representing the Town and private enterprises.

Council Member-elect Ward stated the real key would be to have ongoing dialogue between the Town and the University, where the Town had an official role to respond to the University.

Mayor Waldorf suggested another presentation by the University to the Council.

Council Member Brown suggested that the Council have ongoing goals and expectations about any development, which included the Town and the University, particularly with environmental issues such as the water supply shared by both.

Council Member Evans said they all should be better informed, to put to rest any thought that some of the issues were not being considered. She suggested that during the next round of talks, the consultant could discuss the environmental issues with the Council.

Ms. Convissor said the present schedule was, during January, February, March and early April, the University would be looking at the major systems, and in April would bring all the groups together to make presentations to update them. She said the environmental study would continue and be blended into the plan in the fall. She said the University would be happy to make a presentation when the new Council reconvened.

Section Three – Community Character:

Council Member Brown said she was disappointed that there was no mention of the threats to neighborhoods concerning proposed transit systems, which could go through neighborhoods, and would like to see that issue specifically included in the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Rouse said that had been discussed on page 115, 10C-2, but it could be more specifically mentioned. Council Member Brown said she was thinking more of protection of neighborhoods from intrusion of transit systems within those neighborhoods, which would destroy them

Council Member Bateman said on page 11, the first paragraph, the second sentence was clear, but this could be included within the parentheses.

Mayor Waldorf said suggested using the words “transportation corridors.”

Council Member Evans asked if they were talking about bus transit.

Council Member Brown said she was talking about a major transit line, something quite different than having bus service on a road.

Council Member Brown said she had some questions about the “Residential Conversation Idea” which she would address.

Council Member Foy asked, referring to page 19, “Extend regulatory protection to other potential historic districts,” if there were any particular districts that the Committee had in mind. Ms. Eddy stated that recommendation came from the Historic District Commission.

Mayor Waldorf said she would like to know what the Historic District Commission had in mind. Mr. Hawkins said he would find that out for the Council.

Council Member Foy asked where the Urban Services Boundary was located on the map on page 10. Mr. Hawkins said it was not on the map.

Council Member Evans asked if the idea of enhancement and resurgence of neighborhoods could be incorporated in the Plan, as part of the goals, so as not to just keep the community “status quo.” Mr. Hawkins said that was a good idea.

Council Member Brown said she would like to ask some questions about what the Committee was proposing as the main protection for the in-Town neighborhoods as conservation areas. She referred to page 11, and asked if this designated residential conservation was the same kind of overlay zone in place presently in the Northside area, which was also called a Conservation Overlay Zone. Ms. Berndt responded that the 1986 Land Use Plan was amended for Northside to have an overlay zone that had language in the Land Use Plan about protecting the neighborhood. She said this had been extended to more neighborhoods in the Draft Comprehensive Plan, as a general policy statement. She said the second paragraph on page 11 was the policy statement that went with the map on page 10.

Council Member Brown pointed out that the policy had not provided protection for the Northside area over the years, and she wondered if this was the same kind of policy being considered for all of the in-Town neighborhoods in the Historic District Overlay. She asked if this was an overlay over an overlay.

Council Member Brown said rarely did any questions of development proposals in these neighborhoods come before the Council, but that the Planning Board and the Historic District Commission dealt them with. She asked if the Overlay Plan was another overlay over an overlay, and if not, how did it work. Mr. Rouse said that the Northside district was not really a formal zoning overlay district. He said one way it could work was that the Council could adopt a Formal Zoning Overlay District with design guidelines to dictate what the form of any new or infill development should be and how it would compliment the existing neighborhood.

Mr. Horton said the only protection offered by the Northside Conservation designation was that it called special attention to it when issues arose. He said Mr. Rouse’s suggestion would provide more teeth because there would be design guidelines associated with it, which would be in the form of ordinances enforced by law.

Council Member Brown asked how this would affect the Historic District Overlay Zone already in effect, and would this new overlay take precedence, since the Historic District Commission actually gave protection to these neighborhoods. Mr. Rouse said that typically this kind of overlay was placed on neighborhoods that did not have a Historic District designation and were not protected by historic regulations, so this overlay would be put in place where there was no other kind of protection.

Council Member Brown said that, in the maps shown, all three of the Historic Districts were included. Mr. Rouse said the maps were intended as a policy guide to show the extent of the areas protected through various mechanisms. Council Member Brown said she felt these needed further clarification.

Mayor Waldorf said the paragraph on page 13, 3A-2, was a clear and complete list of what the Comprehensive Plan Work Group had in mind as to what it would pursue in these residential area plans. She said she liked the idea of the residential area plans because there were some neighborhoods that wanted protection, but did not want to be designated as an Historic District, because of the restrictions.

Mayor pro tem Capowski said he totally agreed with Mayor Waldorf that some of the neighborhoods seeking protection were not historic, but still needed protection.

Council Member Evans said she had never understood what the criteria were for establishing the Residential Conservation Areas. She asked why certain areas were designated Residential Conservation Areas and asked for an explanation.

Council Member Brown asked Mayor pro tem Capowski if he was suggesting doing away with Historic Districts. Mayor pro tem Capowski said he was not, but that being historic was not the only reason for neighborhoods to need protection and he felt that the current designation assumed that it was.

Council Member Brown said that according to the map, many of the designated areas were in the Historic Districts. She said why not extend the areas that needed protection, and show them on the map, which was unclear in its current state. Mr. Rouse said that one of the comments received was that the boundaries of the Historic Districts should be included in the work plan, and the Work Group agreed that it should do that. He said he felt extension of the neighborhood conservation designations for neighborhoods throughout the Town was accomplished through the process of residential area planning, and it would be up to neighborhoods with problems to determine whether that would be an appropriate approach to take. Mr. Rouse said that certain neighborhoods were relatively stable and would not be an issue, but there were other areas subject to change and they were the key ones identified. He said other neighborhoods could be included in the list.

Council Member Foy said that was his understanding of how it was supposed to work and thought it was a good idea to let residents, through the Small Area Plan process, decide whether they wanted to be a designated area. He asked how the Small Area Plan idea would be implemented. Mr. Rouse said there would be several elements employed, such as densities and forms of buildings, that would be complimentary to the neighborhoods.

Council Member McClintock asked whether these designations were enforceable or were they guidelines. Mr. Rouse said if it was a Zoning Overlay Ordinance it would be enforceable.

Council Member Evans asked if the Work Group was saying that the same type housing would be required everywhere in the neighborhoods, rather than diversity of size. Mr. Rouse said the guidelines could be tailored from the existing neighborhood.

Mayor pro tem Capowski agreed with Council Member Evans. He asked how would a design be structured so that certain threats could be eliminated without taking away the rights of the residents. He specifically cited parking issues in some neighborhoods. Mr. Rouse said the parking issues were addressed through another mechanism in the Plan, and by extending them Town-wide.

Mayor Waldorf said the fundamental idea of the Residential Area concept was that what developed would be what that particular neighborhood wanted, rather than applicable to all neighborhoods.

Council Member Foy cited the Action Section of 3C-2, page 21, and said he thought existing buildings, such as the downtown Post Office, should be included.

Mayor Waldorf asked what the Work Group vote had been on recommending the Rental Licensing Inspection Program. Mr. Hawkins said he recalled solid support for the concept, with a clear majority, but also with some opposition.

Ms. Gabriel said her personal opinion was that it was an anti-student recommendation, and she felt the terminology “unrelated adults” was a euphemism for students, which she believed was discrimination.

Council Member Brown said, citing the Action Section on page 21 discussed by Council Member Foy, that she remembered another Council discussing the then-existing Public Library, and that it did not site the new library in the downtown area. She felt the reason for this decision should be investigated.

Council Member Wiggins cited the Regional Context Section, page 40, 5A-2, which referred to the Shaping Orange County’s Future Report in respect to its focus on people. She said she did not want the whole aspect of community character to get lost, and it should be incorporated into the Community Character Section.

Council Member Brown, citing page 15, 3A-4, asked if any of the apartments or condos built along West Rosemary Street had absorbed any of the rental demands in the existing neighborhoods, and had it worked as planned. She wanted it examined to see whether it was simply creating more student housing. Mr. Hawkins said there had not been time enough to test the theory, and that it needed to be monitored.

Mayor Waldorf said she felt that the area was a good place for rental housing at a higher density than what was available in the Northside neighborhood.

Ms. Gabriel said that there were several examples in the Plan that were theories and seemed logical to the members of the Work Group. She said she disagreed with the idea of different neighborhoods planning for their own neighborhood, and felt that it was a mechanism for pulling the community apart. She said there should be emphasis on community character rather than discreet neighborhoods.

Council Member Wiggins, citing page 12, the fourth bullet, said it was a very important paragraph and suggested putting into parentheses at the end of the paragraph a reference to 5A-2, the section that described the community-building strategies, in order to have a reference in the Section 3.0 Community Character.

Council Member Brown, citing page 17, “Measures of Progress: Rental Conversions,” third bullet, “Bring Historic District properties that do not conform to front yard parking requirements into compliance by August 2000,” said she thought that was already being brought into compliance. Mr. Horton said there was still one court case remaining.

Council Member Brown suggested substituting the words “continue to monitor ” for “Bring.” She said she had a question of “How?” before numbers 8, 9, and 10, on page 18. Mr. Rouse said these were summaries from the Historic District Commission recommendations.

Council Member Foy, referring to page 22, 3D, Public Art, asked what the time frame was for the Action recommended.

Mayor Waldorf said there was a recommendation. Mr. Rouse said it was initially recommended for the long term, but had been moved up to the 0-2 years category as a result of public comment.

Council Member Brown asked, in reference to the same section on Public Art, what, in the first paragraph, the Work Group meant by “sculptures and special installations.” Mr. Rouse referred to the “Woven Twig” as a special installation.

Section Four - Relations with the University/University Health Care System:

Council Member Evans said that Jonathan Howes, a representative of the University, had expressed the wish to bring additional comments from the University to the Council in the spring.

Mayor Waldorf suggested that now would be a good time to write a letter inviting additional comments from the University.

Council Member Brown said that the Goals and Objectives, page 26, 4.2, were fairly general, and asked the Work Group to be more specific. Mr. Hawkins said the strategies tried to go beyond the generality of the goals, alluded to existing structures in place, and went on to others. Mr. Rouse said the strategies addressing these started on page 27 and 28, 4A-1.

Council Member Brown asked if there had been any discussion about the Horace Williams Master Plan and the cooperative effort with the Town. Ms. Convissor said things had slowed down since the death of Chancellor Hooker. She said that the consultant was just getting started on the Master Plan.

Council Member Brown asked how the Horace Williams study done by the joint University/Town Zoning Committee would fit into that Master Plan, and asked Mayor pro tem Capowski to bring the Council up to date on what was happening on this matter.

Mayor pro tem Capowski said, as he remembered, the Council adopted it but it was not exactly parallel, because the Johnson, Johnson and Roy-sponsored plan had bubbles, but didn’t talk about buildings.

Council Member McClintock said the Council adopted it but the University Trustees did not, and the enabling legislation was withdrawn last year.

Mayor Waldorf said the Council never formally adopted it, because there never had been agreement with the University.

Mayor pro tem Capowski suggested adding a paragraph to the top of page 28 that said, “We recognize that the need for close-to-campus student housing is insatiable.” He said the need for housing would be increased, and the Council needed to keep that in mind as a basic assumption.

Council Member-Elect Ward said as the transportation system improved the students would be able to live further away from the University, and the discussion about protection of further-away neighborhoods was important.

Council Member McClintock suggested an addition to the Goal on page 26, 4.2, which would incorporate recognizing the effect on Town services.

Mayor Waldorf agreed and said she would also like to see an addition that stated that an attractive, and economically and environmentally healthy Chapel Hill was very important to the well-being and attractiveness of the University of North Carolina, and the University was called upon to recognize that the Town’s health and needs had a direct bearing on University needs.

Mayor pro tem Capowski suggested, as an example, the quality of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, a marvelous attraction that helped the University recruit faculty and staff.

Council Member Brown suggested adding that the attractiveness and desirability of the Chapel Hill neighborhoods enhanced the attractiveness of the University as an employment center.

Council Member McClintock said that the Legislature had been concerned many years ago, that the Chapel Hill neighborhoods be pleasant for the faculty of the University.

Council Member Brown said some acknowledgement needed to be made about the future protection of those neighborhoods near the Horace Williams property.

Mayor Waldorf suggested that the Land Use Plan and the text developed with the University might be used as an appendix to the Comprehensive Plan.

Council Member Wiggins asked if there were figures to back up the assumption that new University faculty lived in Chapel Hill. She said that many of the new people moving to Chapel Hill were not connected to the University and the Hospital, but were connected with the Research Triangle.

Council Member-elect Strom, referring to the Data Book, said the data did not include those figures.

Council Member Evans said there was information that the percentage of employees living in Chapel Hill and working at the University, the Hospital, and the Town was declining.

Mayor pro tem Capowski said that the data were available through the UNC payroll computers.

Council Member Foy, referring to page 30, 4A-3, said he questioned the statement that the Land Use Plan for the Horace Williams property was a “good model,” since the University did not think it was a good model for a cooperative plan. He suggested the Council should investigate this further.

Council Member Pavão said this section referred to the Conceptual Plan that both entities had worked on and had arrived at an agreeable solution. He said this did not refer to the Zoning Bill, which had not been agreed upon. He said the Conceptual Plan had worked out very well, and JJ&R’s final output was very similar to what the Committee came up with.

Mayor Waldorf responded that, with regard to the Zoning, when the Committee had concluded its work and the Report was a consensus document, it was acceptable to the University, but then the Council had made some changes that were not acceptable. Mayor Waldorf asked the staff for copies of the JJ&R report for the Council Members.

Mr. Hawkins said the University was doing a higher level of that Report, with much more specificity, and as agents of the Town, the concern would be that the Town should be involved in the development of the ideas, and the Report should develop along the lines of what had been perceived as an earlier good collaboration. Ms. Berndt said this matter was covered on page 31, in the Action box.

Council Member Brown said it would be well for the Council to examine the whole process, because of the difference of operating styles between the University and the Town. Ms. Convissor said she could deliver summary copies of the JJ&R Report to the Council, but that copies of the full report would need to be prepared.

Council Member Brown asked if that included the maps. Mr. Horton said they were included in the summary.

Council Member Brown, citing pages 32 and 33, 4B-2, said she questioned “To address this need, the Town and UNC-CH should seek opportunities to develop housing targeted to University and Town employees,” and asked how that could be done. She asked how could the housing be restricted, and what kind of housing did people who wanted to live in Chapel Hill want.

Mayor Waldorf said it was legally possible to restrict the sale of units to University and Town employees, but because there were subsidies involved, there would be conditions involved. She said it should be well documented as to what type of housing people desired, before embarking on the project.

Council Member-elect Ward said that UNC and UNC Hospitals were two separate entities with different agendas and different impacts on the Town. He said it was important for the Town to have the ear, attention, and cooperation of both of these agencies, and not to lump them together as one.

Council Member Wiggins said, however, the two entities collaborated frequently.

Council Member McClintock said that the Legislature recognized the two as separate entities.

Council Member Wiggins said her point was that the two entities would collaborate with each other more than they would separately collaborate with the Town.

Mayor pro tem Capowski agreed that the two entities had separate agendas, citing as an example the need for transportation of patients and visitors to the Hospital was different from the need for transportation of faculty and students to the University. He said the Town had to recognize these needs and be in constant contact with Planning Departments, the Hospital and the University. Mayor pro tem Capowski said the bulk of the growth was related to the Hospital, not to the University student-related growth.

Mayor Waldorf said this recognition of separate entities needed to be fleshed out in the Comprehensive Plan.

Council Member Wiggins pointed out that it was equally important to recognize that these two entities would not separately collaborate with the Town.

Mayor pro tem Capowski said one example was the park and ride lots proposed in collaboration between the Town and the University, which would not work for patients at the Hospital.

Council Member Wiggins said the collaboration of the two entities was political, and the Town needed to recognize this and operate in a politically astute manner.

Mayor Waldorf said there was an important section missing from this Section on University Relations, and that was the question of fiscal equity between the Town and the University. She said there was documentation of the exchanges between the community and the University, and she felt it ought to be a goal of the Town to strive for fiscal equity in all relations with the University.

Mayor Waldorf asked if the Work Group planned to meet again. Mr. Hawkins said the Work Group’s work was basically over, and they had participated in tonight’s work session to answer questions from the Council. He said the staff and the consultant would continue its work, and if the Council wanted the Work Group to continue as an oversight group, that would be a Council decision.

Council Member Evans said it had been very valuable and productive to have the Work Group present at tonight’s meeting.

Mayor pro tem Capowski said the Council needed to continue to downzone, as it had done at Southern Village.

Mayor Waldorf said they would make note to discuss this when they reached the Section on Land Use.

Council Member Evans proposed that, on the agenda of the Council’s Retreat, the Council designate a great deal of time to further discussion of the Comprehensive Plan.

Council Member Wiggins said she would not want to spend the Retreat only in discussion of the Comprehensive Plan, that there were other matters to deal with.

Council Member Brown agreed, saying the format for this evening’s discussion was a better way to deal with the Plan.

Council Member Foy said when it was discussed again, he would like to have comments from Carrboro, OWASA, and Orange County presented, since they had all received copies of the draft Comprehensive Plan and were asked to comment. Mr. Horton suggested that the staff bring back a proposed series of scheduled meetings during January and early February for the Council to continue discussion of the Plan.

Council Member Brown said she had been to some conferences recently that had the theme of “Sustainability,” and suggested looking at the word “sustainability.” She stated she had an article relating to this subject that she would distribute to the Council. She also suggested that the Council might want to view a video made of a talk by William McDonough which the Kenan-Flagler School possessed, and might be willing to loan to the Council. Council Member Brown said she would like the Council to think in different terms when looking at the Section on Sustainability in the Comprehensive Plan.

Mayor Waldorf thanked all the guests from the Comprehensive Plan Work Group and others present and invited them to attend the upcoming work sessions for further discussion of the Plan, adding that it would be very helpful to the Council.

The meeting adjourned at 7:09 p.m.