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.
The Chapel Hill Town Council takes center stage this week, with meetings on both Monday and Wednesday; their agenda includes a discussion of the Co-Gen Rail Transformation Project, a proposal that would take a little-used rail line and turn it into a multimodal path connecting UNC with Carolina North and beyond through downtown Carrboro – assuming all the stakeholders can agree on a plan. Speaking of proposed greenways, Hillsborough’s town board has one of their own on this week’s agenda – and speaking of multiple boards trying to work together, Orange County Commissioners are getting together this week with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County school boards for a joint meeting on budgets and bonds.
Here’s a rundown of local government meetings this week in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties.
Orange County
The Chapel Hill Town Council meets twice this week: first on Monday, September 23, at 6 p.m. in the Chapel Hill Public Library, then again in Town Hall at 6 p.m. Wednesday, September 25.
Monday’s work session includes an update on the process of rewriting the town’s Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) and a discussion of whether the town can improve community engagement by making town boards and commissions more equitable.
Then at Wednesday’s meeting, the council will vote on a memorandum of agreement with Carrboro, Orange County and UNC on the Co-Gen Rail Transformation Project, a plan that would transform an existing rail line into a 10-mile multimodal path from UNC through downtown Carrboro to Carolina North, the Greene Tract and beyond – and support a move away from coal burning to power the university. Wednesday’s agenda also includes a public hearing and a possible vote on Aquabella, a proposed housing subdivision on five acres near Meadowmont.
Click here for links to both agendas.
The Hillsborough Board of Commissioners meets at 7 p.m. Monday, September 23, with an agenda that includes a benefits analysis and feasibility study for the proposed Ridgewalk greenway that would connect bikers and pedestrians from downtown south to the future train station and Cates Creek Park. (The original version of the plan would have cost $18 million; staff has since developed alternatives that would cost between $7-9 million.)
Get the board’s full agenda at this link.
The Carrboro Town Council meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 24, with a light agenda that includes a request for traffic calming measures (and a new stop sign) on East Winmore Avenue.
Thursday, September 26, Orange County Commissioners are meeting jointly with the county’s two school boards, at 7 p.m. in the Whitted Building. Officials from CHCCS and Orange County Schools will provide financial updates and details about school enrollment and staff vacancies; the boards will also discuss the school bond referendum that’s on the November ballot.
Click here for the full agenda.
Prior to that joint meeting, the Orange County School Board also meets separately on Monday, September 23, beginning at 7 p.m. Board members will get an update on the district’s 10-year capital improvement plan and discuss the status of the November school bond referendum.
Chatham and Durham Counties
Durham County Commissioners meet on Monday, September 23, starting at 7 p.m. with an agenda that includes a discussion of next year’s federal legislative goals and appointments to various county boards and commissions.
Click here to read the full agenda.
And the Durham County school board is slated to meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 26. Their agenda has not been posted as of Sunday afternoon, but will be available at this link.
Photo via the Town of Chapel Hill.
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