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MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Frank W. Clifton, County Manager
FROM: Gwen Harvey, Assistant County Manager
SUBJECT: Rezoning Petition -Proposed Carrboro Library
DATE: February 21, 2011
This memorandum is to update the BOCC on actions taken and underway
regarding the proposed Carrboro Library. In October the BOCC authorized
County management to obtain an option on an undeveloped 2.69 acre parcel
located at 210 Hillsborough Road in Carrboro for the purpose of building a
library. The parcel adjoins Carrboro Elementary School to the east, fronting on
Hillsborough Road and Shelton Street. The parcel is currently zoned R-10 and
the County seeks rezoning to B-2-Conditonal Zoning District to allow for
development of a future library. The County option expires April 20, 2011.
Following exploratory meetings with Town of Carrboro Management and
Planning, and submittal of a draft narrative to Planning for courtesy review
(November-January), a preliminary assessment with the Carrboro Development
Review Team occurred the first week in February. The County project team filed
a formal rezoning petition to Town Planning on February 4, 2011. On February
15, the Board of Aldermen received the Town Planning report and set a public
hearing date for the rezoning petition of March 22, 2011.
The County project team has held an informational meeting with the Pastor and
Day Care Director of the Carrboro United Methodist Church, situated at the rear
of the school parking lot, with church van parking and meeting space on Shelton
Street. The team has also met with the Principal of Carrboro Elementary School,
which fronts on Shelton Street, to present the proposal and related background.
On the basis of the Principal's suggestions, project team members will be
presenting at the Parent-Teacher-Student Association (PTSA) meeting on March
1 and the School Improvement Team (SIT} on March 11. There was evidence of
shared benefits between school programs and library functions. Project team
members have a meeting scheduled on February 23 to meet with Chapel Hill-
Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Support Services to further review the library
proposal.
Cc: Carrboro Library Proiect Team
S. Ayer, M. Carr, M. Harvey, C. Moon, L. Munger, J. Thompson, A.
Tullos