HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 06-18-2013-13 (6)BARRYJACOBS, CHAIR
EARL MCKEE, VICE- -CHAIR
MARKDOROSIN
ALICE M. GORDON
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June 10, 2013
Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt
Town of Chapel Hill
405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Dear Mayor Kleinschmidt,
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Post Office Box 8181
200 South Cameron Street
Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278
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The Orange County Board of Commissioners welcomes the transit opportunities presented to us by -the
voters in November 2012, including the chance to promote planning for affordable housing around the light rail
stations within the county's borders.
Our representative on the Triangle Transit Board of Trustees, Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier,
recently informed the Board of Commissioners that Durham County has initiated planning for station -area
affordable housing.
We recognize that at least two of the light rail station areas in Orange County are largely controlled by
the UNC Main- Campus master planning process. Nevertheless the Orange County Commissioners wish to
encourage the Town of Chapel Hill to add to your already ambitious affordable housing work program the topic
of affordable units in station areas.
With stops coming at Hamilton Road, Woodmont, and Gateway, presumably there will be opportunities
for the community to identify ways to expand the affordable housing stock at these key locations. The Town of
Chapel Hill of course has the lead within its jurisdiction, but the Board of Commissioners stands ready to work
with you to advance the goal of improving affordable housing at these sites. We believe that staff from
Triangle Transit and Durham City- County Planning would also be willing to assist with this effort.
Best,
Barry Jacob:
Orange Cou
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