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 in local government, the Chapel Hill Town Council opens legislative hearings on a trio of proposed developments, including one along Weaver Dairy Road that could add 700 residential units. Also, Orange County Commissioners will meet jointly with the county’s two school boards for conversations on a wide range of issues, and the Hillsborough town board will consider ways to help a local organization whose efforts in the Fairview community are being threatened by federal budget cuts.
Here’s a rundown of local government meetings this week in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties.
Orange County
The Hillsborough Board of Commissioners meets at 7 p.m. Monday, September 22. Their agenda includes a discussion about ongoing and future transportation projects, including a presentation from the Triangle West Transportation Planning Organization; board members will also consider a request for funding from Communities on the Move, a grassroots organization that works to promote healthy living and address food insecurity in the Fairview neighborhood. (As we reported last month, some of their efforts are currently in jeopardy because of federal funding cuts.) Click here for the board’s full agenda.
The Chapel Hill Town Council meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday, September 24. This week’s agenda includes legislative hearings on a trio of development plans, led by a major proposal for up to 600 multifamily units plus over 100 for-sale townhomes at 860 Weaver Dairy Road abutting I-40. Another proposal is for the third phase of residential development at Carraway Village off Eubanks Road, with more than 150 multi-family units and townhomes; a third proposal would add 34-68 residential units in eight buildings along Old Chapel Hill Road near Lakeview Drive. Click here for a link to the full agenda.
Turning to education, the Orange County school board meets Monday, September 22, at 7 p.m. in the Whitted Building. Click here for their agenda, which includes a work session on this year’s state accountability results and a report on summer programs.
And Orange County Commissioners meet jointly with the Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro school boards Thursday, September 25, also in the Whitted Building at 7 p.m. County staff and district leaders will update county commissioners on bond spending, enrollment numbers, demographic trends, staffing issues, state budget issues, and the implementation of new policies banning cell-phone use in the classroom. Click here for the full agenda.
Chatham and Durham Counties
Chatham County Commissioners are meeting jointly with the Siler City town board Monday, September 22, at 6 p.m. in the Siler City Center for Active Living. Town and county leaders will hear presentations on transit, parks & recreation, county-wide health metrics, tax relief for low-income residents, and Siler City’s Main Street program. Click here for a link to the agenda.
Durham County Commissioners meet at 7 p.m. Monday, September 22. Click here for this week’s agenda, which is a lighter one: commissioners will appoint new members to five county boards.
Finally, the Durham school board meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, September 25; click here for more information.
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