This series of posts will be made weekly on Chapelboro to help inform our community about local government meetings. All meeting days, locations and times may be subject to change. Check town, county, and school district websites for additional information.
This week is a lighter one in local government, but there are several key agenda items. In Hillsborough, the town board will discuss housing proposals, including an apartment complex near Hampton Pointe; Orange County Commissioners will tackle transit; and the Carrboro Town Council will vote on a name for the new building at 203 S. Greensboro Street – honoring a very influential former mayor.
Here’s a rundown of local government meetings this week in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties.
Orange County
The Hillsborough Board of Commissioners meets twice this week. First up is their regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, October 14, with an agenda that includes an update on the town’s equity plan, a possible measure to allow more accessory dwellings on private streets, and a rezoning request to allow housing near the former House at Gatewood restaurant. Then commissioners will reconvene at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 17, for a joint meeting with the town planning board that includes a proposal for up to 260 apartments off NC-86 just south of I-85.
Click here for Monday’s agenda.
Click here for Thursday’s agenda.
The Carrboro Town Council meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday, October 15. Their agenda includes a vote on the master plan for the Greene Tract and a public hearing on a proposal to consolidate some town boards & commissions. In addition, council members will vote to name the new town building at 203 S. Greensboro Street as the “Drakeford Library Complex,” in honor of the late Bob Drakeford, Carrboro’s first Black mayor.
Click here for the full agenda.
Orange County Commissioners meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 15, in the Southern Human Services Center on Homestead Road. Commissioners will hear from the public on the county’s short-range transit plan; they’ll consider a proposed expansion of Durham Tech’s Orange County campus; and they’ll receive the results of an economic survey from the Orange County Arts Commission.
And the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board meets at 6 p.m. Thursday, October 17, with a light agenda that includes a discussion of next steps following a recent board retreat.
Chatham and Durham Counties
The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners meets at 6 p.m. Monday, October 14, with an agenda that includes a discussion of the town’s climate action plan. Click here for the full agenda.
And Durham County Commissioners meet at 7 p.m. Monday, October 14, with a light agenda that includes the swearing-in of new county attorney Larissa Williamson. Get the full agenda here.
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