The Chapel Hill Town Council will hold its last meeting of the season Monday night to wrap up previous plans from the year, before the two-month break for the summer.
Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger said it’s important to finish up plans from this past year.
“We work all season to get down to these decisions and any decision that you don’t make now has to wait until the fall, so you try to finish up as many things as possible.”
Although the council takes two months off from meeting, they are encouraged to plan accordingly for the upcoming fall.
“Not having meetings gives staff the opportunity to catch up on projects, to plan ahead when they are not preparing for a meeting. So they are getting other projects done. They also take their vacations because we kind of keep them on their toes all the rest of the season long. So there is a mix and match of things going on,” Hemminger explained.
A lot is on the agenda for Monday night’s meeting. Hemminger stressed the importance on the new sign ordinance, which she said hasn’t been updated in 25 years.
“I’ve had business after business come tell me, ‘We need help, you need to be able to let us advertise.’” Hemminger said. “Yet we don’t want to become so proliferated with signs, or become so busy that people don’t pay attention anymore.”
Hemminger said they also will continue conversation about the redevelopment of Franklin Street to encourage more growth downtown.
“If we want to build more commercial space downtown or any kind of activity to change downtown at all, we are going to need more parking spaces,” Hemminger said. “We want to encourage business growth, we want to encourage citizens to come back downtown, and we want to encourage visitors to come downtown and find those parking spaces to be able to use.”
The meeting is scheduled for seven o’clock Monday night in Chapel Hill Town Hall. You can see the full agenda on the town’s website.
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