HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 06-29-1994 ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
P.O. Box 8181
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.
27278
Moses Carey,Jr. 732-8181
Alice M. Gordon 968-4501
Stephen H. Halldotis 688-7331
Verla C. Insko 227-2031
Don Willhoit AGENDA 644-3004 (Fax)
ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS MEETING
HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY CENTER
7:30 P.M. JUNE 29, 1994
SUBJECT FOCUS: Developing a Countywide Coordinated Growth Strategy
Moses Carey, Presiding
I. INTRODUCTIONS
II. PRESENTATION OF GROWTH STRATEGY COMMITTEE'S PROCESS
(30 minutes)
Joyce Brown
Alice Gordon
Jay Bryan
III. PRESENTATION OF AN ALTERNATIVE GROWTH STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
PROCESS
(30 minutes)
Ken Broun
IV. GENERAL DISCUSSION OF DESIRED GOALS OR OUTCOME OF PLANNING
AND GROWTH PROCESS
(60 minutes)
V. DISCUSSION AND REFERRAL TO ELECTED BODIES
(30 minutes)
NOTE: The Homestead Community Center is located at 600
Homestead Road in Chapel Hill. Invited are elected
officials from Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough,
Mebane and Orange County
YOU COUNT IN ORANGE COUNTY !
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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMSSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: April 19, 1994
Action Agenda
Item # X- C,
SUBJECT:REPORT FROM THE SHAPING ORANGE COUNTY'S FUTURE COMMITTEE:
"THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY GROWTH
STRATEGY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING PLAN FOR ORANGE COUNTY"
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DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: _YES x NO
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Committee report Dave Stancil, Extension 2590
Proposed budget
Committee resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
i Hillsborough - 732-8181
Chapel Hill - 967-9251
Durham - 688-7331
Mebane - 227-2031
I PURPOSE: To receive the report of the "Shaping Orange County's Future"
Committee on a quality growth and community building process.
Orange County, along with the elected boards in Chapel Hill,
Carrboro and Hillsborough, adopted a resolution in October 1993
authorizing this inter-governmental committee to develop
recommendations on a process for a countywide comprehensive
planning effort.
BACKGROUND: On September 30, 1993, as part of an Assembly of Governments
forum, a conference entitled Shaping Orange County's Future was
held. The conference was planned by a steering committee
comprised of representatives from all elected boards in the County,
and the University of North Carolina, as well as citizen volunteers
from the Rural Character Study Committee, Chapel Hill Southern
Small Area Plan Work Group, and Sierra Club. During the
conference, renowned Florida planning consultant Dr. John
DeGrove outlined efforts in other counties, states and regions
where countywide growth strategies have been developed.
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Carrboro Board of Aldermen
Chapel Hill Town Council
Hillsborough Board of Commissioners
Orange County Board of Commissioners
FROM: Quality Growth Strategy and Community Building Steering
Committee
Representing: Others :
Carrboro: Jay Bryan Bill Bracey
Chapel Hill : Joyce Brown, Chair David Brower
Hillsborough: Beverly Webb Margaret Brown
Orange County: Alice Gordon Livy Ludington
SUBJECT: Final Report
DATE : April 4, 1994
We are pleased to transmit to you the final report of the
Steering Committee, "The Development of a Comprehensive Quality
Growth Strategy and Community Building Plan for Orange County. "
In the fall of 1993 , a forum was held by the four governing
bodies in Orange County called Shaping Orange County' s Future.
Out of this discussion came a proposal to develop a countywide
process for assuring quality growth and for building community.
Each governing board adopted a resolution authorizing the
Steering Committee to develop the idea. The Steering Committee
has met regularly since November, 1993 to develop a proposed
process .
We now ask each governing body to review the report and to accept
the proposed process outlined in the report . A resolution for
your consideration accompanies the report .
We also ask each governing body to consider financial support for
the project. A potential budget for carrying out the process is
included in the report materials, as well as information on
potential methods of sharing the costs of the budget .
We suggest that the Managers of the four governing bodies may
wish to meet and discuss the budget, potential cost-sharing
methods, and the allocation of staff time. The Steering
Committee felt that it would be appropriate for the Managers to
consider and make recommendations concerning this tentative
budget proposal .
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We also note the possibility of pursuing an appropriation from
the General Assembly for developing this plan. The process could
be a model effort for others across North Carolina.
The Steering Committee appreciates the work of the staff of the
four jurisdictions in helping the Committee complete the final
proposal .
Tentatively Chapel Hill and Hillsborough are scheduled to
consider this item on April 11, Carrboro on April 12 , and Orange
County on April 19 .
We welcome your comments .
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY GRO'�`TH STRATEGY AND
COMMUNITY BUILDING PLAN FOR ORANGE COUNTY
Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and the unincorporated areas of Orange County are
at a crucial period in their history. The next twenty years could well determine whether Orange
County will continue to be an attractive, desirable place to live. With the improving economy
and national recognition of our area as a good place to live, work, and retire, we face
tremendous development pressures. There are various possibilities. We could become like Los
Angeles with urban sprawl from Caswell to Chatham and Durham to Alamance. The
environmental, social and economic consequences of this picture are not pleasant to contemplate.
Another possibility is that the four governing bodies working together with each other
and the citizenry could develop an Orange County model as determined by the values and visions
of the people. This would not be an easy or a quick task, but the prospect we face without
working together to preserve the quality of life we enjoy now, but are beginning to lose, is
worth the effort. Without this we face increased environmental degradation, increased social
problems, and increased taxes and expenses for citizens.
Any one of these issues makes it imperative that we work together to-develop a
comprehensive quality growth strategy and community building plan. As we have grown in the
past twenty years, one of the losses we have experienced is a shared sense of community. This .
is evidenced by increasing violence, an increasingly transient population, and lack of knowledge
of our neighbors, among other things. To try and correct this, it is important that a community
building plan is included in the quality growth strategy.
Building community in the context of this effort has two components. First we need to
assess the entire County's perspectives on issues relating to quality growth. Once assessed, we
will need the "community" itself to reach consensus on resolving these issues. Attempting to
reach such consensus - reaching out to understand others - is, in fact, community building.
The second component is the development of a process for maintenance of community
in every part of the County. With growth, we must make sure that we better our community,
improve our relations with each other, and hopefully lay the foundation for future generations
to lead fulfilling lives. If these are the tenets-of our work together, then developing a process
for nurturing community is imperative.
At the September, 1993 conference on Shaping Orange County's Future, which was
sponsored by the Assembly of Governments, nationally recognized quality growth planner
Dr. John DeGrove said that we could grow smart or we could grow dumb. The way to grow
smart, he said, was to develop a comprehensive quality growth strategy and the place to start
was with Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and the unincorporated areas of Orange County.
As a result of this conference, the four governing bodies - Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough
and Orange County - appointed a Steering Committee to design a process for developing a
community building and comprehensive quality growth strategy.
After numerous meetings, the Steering Committee submits the following proposal which
sets into motion the quality growth strategy discussed by Dr. DeGrove and adds to it a
community building component.
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A CONSENSUS BUILDING PROCESS FOR FORMULATING A COMPREHENSIVE
QUALITY GROWTH STRATEGY AND A COMMUNITY BUILDING PLAN
STEP 1 FORMATION OF A TASK FORCE BY APPROVAL OF THE FOUR
GOVERNING BODIES TO BE CALLED TASK FORCE ON
SHAPING ORANGE COUNTY'S FUTURE
A group of Orange County residents will be selected to gather information and
make recommendations concerning quality growth and community building in
Orange County.
The Steering Committee recommends that each of the four governing bodies
makes recommendations for the Task Force (identified by the categories listed
below) to the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee will contact those
identified for interest in serving on the Task Force. The final list of 18 names
will be submitted to the four governing bodies for final approval with each
governing body selecting two additional members to serve on the Task Force.
Membership will reflect a balance of the interests of all those concerned about the
County's future, and will be a microcosm of the whole Orange County
community. Such interests may be defined as:
1. citizens from each jurisdiction and township;
2. citizens from the public at large;
3. large landowners, including farmers;
4. business/development/real estate;
5. environmentalists;
6. elected officials;
7. neighborhoods;
8. University/school systems;
9. civic;
10. religious;
11. human services; and
12. cultural arts.
STEP 2 FACELITATED MEETING OF TASK FORCE FOR TEAM
BUILDING SKILLS
In order for the Task Force to best work together as a team, members of the Task
Force will participate in a facilitated meeting or meetings prior to discussing
substantive issues in order to build rapport, develop a consensus process and team
building skills, and foster a sense of community among themselves.
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STEP 3 THE TASK FORCE WILL SET SCHEDULE AND PROCESS TO
BEGIN INrFORMATION GATHERING.
The Task Force will set a schedule and process to begin information gathering
related to the goals and issues identified in this document. A time frame of a
year from the first meeting is suggested (with reasonable revisions).
The Task Force will use methods for gathering information about Orange County
that include, but are not limited to, telephone and mail surveys, written
documents, public meetings, informal meetings at identified gathering places such
as churches, barber shops, restaurants, focus groups, and written documents. The
Task Force will also identify specific organizations or entities, as well as
individuals who represent particular interests concerned with quality growth in
the County and the municipalities, from whom the Task Force wishes to receive
information.
The Task Force will identify any potential barriers which prevent citizen
participation in its information gathering process, such as loss of time from work;
lack of transportation or day care; intimidation by group processes; and perhaps
a sense that the public meetings, in particular, are designed for professional
participation, rather than citizens at large.
The Task Force will make all public meetings as accessible as possible. To
address the large group intimidation factor, citizens will be encouraged to use any
vehicle of communication to provide input - written, by telephone or otherwise.
Fliers to neighborhoods and business community, as well as personal, one-on-one
invitations, will be considered.
Notices informing the public of the formation of such a group will be widely
publicized throughout the County, following procedures used by each jurisdiction,
so interested persons can participate in the information gathering.
The principle of the process will be based in broad outreach designed to be
democratic and to build community.
STEP 4 THE TASK FORCE WILL FORM COMMITTEES TO CONTINUE
WITH THE INFORMATION GATHERING PROCESS TO DEFINE A
VISION AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
Goals and issues related to quality growth will be defined within four general
areas: environmental, economic, social, and community building. The Task
Force will form committees of interested citizens as it determines necessary. The
Task Force and committees will gather information on citizens' visions and
values; the technical data related to the goals and issues will be gathered by the
staffs of the four governing bodies in consultation with the Task Force.
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Below is a list of topics for which the Task Force should create goals and explore
the issues that may arise from attempting to achieve those goals:
TOPICS FOR GOALS AND ISSUES DISCUSSION
INFORMATION GATHERED BY:
Task Force,
Committees& Staff:
Citizens: Technical Data
ENVIRONMENT values&vision
1. Water Quality, waterways and watersheds
2. Water and sewer infrastructure
3. Air quality
4. Solid Waste
5. Hazardous waste
6. Natural hazards
7. Environmentally sensitive areas and present
resource protection within various jurisdictions
8. Land use - urban, rural, agricultural -
present zoning and future possibilities
9. County's beauty
10. Historic, built and natural environment
11. Community building with regard to the above
entitled issues
12. Other suggestions by committee
ECONOMY
1. Employment
2. Employers
3. The County's economy
4. Non-residential development
5. Planned and efficient delivery of public services
6. The financing of local government services
7. Agriculture
8. Transportation
9. Community building with regard to the above
entitled issues
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10. Other suggestions by committee
SOCIAL
1. Housing - density, affordability, and livability
2. Human services - community services
3. Education
4. Crime and security
5. Poverty
6. Recreation
7. Cultural Arts
8. Intergovernmental cooperation and
communication
9. Our borders - how do we deal with Durham,
Alamance, Chatham and Caswell Counties
10. Preservation of Diversity of People
--� 11. Community building with regard to the above
entitled issues
12. Other suggestions by committee
COMMUNITY BUILDING
The goals and issues of community building will develop a.structure and process for the
maintenance of community in Orange County. The development of such a structure and
process will begin with the Task Force seeking support and/or commitments from
individuals, groups and institutions to reach consensus on the mission of the Task Force.
It will carry through to the final recommendations of the Task Force, which will provide
a structure that, among other efforts:
1. fosters tradition, history, common heritage and memory, County character;
2. fosters a sense of identity and belonging;
3. fosters a framework of shared values;
4. nurtures networks of caring individuals and a climate of caring, trust, teamwork and
mutual responsibility;
S. creates institutional arrangements that diminish polarization, teach diverse groups to
know one another and encourage coalition-building, dispute resolution, negotiation and
mediation;
6. fosters wholeness within diversity while allowing healthy conflict and an open atmosphere
for dissent;
7. establishes collaborative ties among leaders of different jurisdictions, communities, non-
profit organizations, for-profit organizations, and government;
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8. strengthens each community or jurisdiction while requiring it to recognize and accept
responsibility for the entire County's well-being;
9. asks a high proportion of the population to have some role in this community
maintenance system and to share leadership tasks at all levels; and
10. encourages the maintenance of the existing infrastructure of neighborhood associations,
churches, citizens groups, youth-serving organizations and professional groups.
STEP 5 THE TASK FORCE AND COMMITTEES WILL ANALYZE
INFORMATION AND FURTHER DEFINE THE NATURE OF THE
ISSUES
After the necessary information has been gathered, the Task Force shall then
analyze the information gathered in light of the approved mandate to better define
as specifically as possible, the nature of the issues needing solutions.
Based on the information gathered, the Task Force will develop a consensus on
issue definition, describing the following:
1. alternative scenarios as to the future course of Orange County;
2. elements of those scenarios which the Task Force considers favorable and
elements the Task Force considers to be unfavorable;
3. a set of values or principles defining a desirable future for Orange
County;
4. identification of the forces (policies, practices, attitudes, behaviors,
values, traditions, beliefs, physical factors, etc.) currently affecting
Orange County's progression toward the desirable future; these will be
forces currently blocking achievement of the desired future, and those
currently contributing to that future; and
5. what needs to be protected and preserved.
STEP 6 THE TASK FORCE AND COMMITTEES WILL GENERATE IDEAS
ON SOLVING THE ISSUES DEFINED
The Task Force will next generate ideas with facilitator as deemed necessary on how to solve
the issues on its agenda in order to achieve the principles, evaluate those ideas according to
criteria developed by the Task Force, and assemble its preferred ideas into a coherent set of
recommendations.
STEP 7 THE TASK FORCE WILL REPORT PROGRESS AND AGENDA TO
ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR REVIEW AND COMMENTS
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STEP S THE TASK FORCE AND COMMITTEES WILL REFINE
SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW TO SOLVE THE ISSUES
STEP 9 THE TASK FORCE WILL PUT RECOMMENDATIONS INTO A
WRITTEN REPORT FOR PRESENTATION TO EACH OF THE
FOUR GOVERNING BODIES
It is intended that each committee will examine its goals and issues to determine how they
interrelate with, and can promote, the community building goals listed under "Community
Building."
STEP 10 THE FOUR GOVERNING BODIES WILL DISCUSS THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND MAKE COMMENTS TO THE TASK
FORCE ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS
STEP 11 THE TASK FORCE WILL CONSIDER THE GOVERNING BODIES'
COMMENTS AND FURTHER ANALYZE ITS REPORT
STEP 12 THE TASK FORCE WILL HOLD A PRESENTATION FOR ALL
EXISTING COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS IN THE COUNTY
AND THE PUBLIC ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TASK
FORCE AND THEN REFER THE REPORT TO THE FOUR
GOVERNING BODIES
STEP 13 THE FOUR GOVERNING BODIES WILL REFER THE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE STAFF TO
DETERMINE HOW TO INCORPORATE THE
RECOMMENDATIONS INTO BOTH SHORT- AND LONG-RANGE
WORKING PLANS FOR INCORPORATION INTO THEIR
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING STRATEGY
STEP 14 PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HELD BY EACH JURISDICTION
AFTER WHICH A FACILITATED MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY
OF GOVERNMENTS WILL BE HELD TO DISCUSS THE
RECOMMENDATIONS
As part of its recommendations to the community, the Task Force will design a community feed
back mechanism through which responsible parties will monitor, evaluate and make mid-course
corrections as the consensus is carried out. The feed back mechanism will also include ways
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in which successful completion of significant steps on the way toward achievement of the desired
future can be recognized by the community.
STEP 15 A FINAL REPORT FROM THE TASK FORCE WILL BE
PREPARED AND SUBMITTED TO EACH JURISDICTION, FOR
USE AS A POLICY BASE IN REVISING LOCAL
COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A COOPERATIVE COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY
GROWTH STRATEGY AND COMMUNITY BUILDING PLAN FOR ORANGE COUNTY
WHEREAS, Orange County is at a crucial period in its history;
while it is recognized nationally as a desirable place to live,
it is facing development pressures which could erode the quality
of life; and
WHEREAS, the 4 governing bodies of Orange County have charged a
Steering Committee comprised of representatives from the Towns of
Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and Orange County with
developing cooperatively a proposed process for undertaking a
comprehensive quality growth strategy and community building plan
for Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the 4 governing bodies of Orange County desire to work
together with citizens to develop a model growth strategy and a
community building plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the governing bodies of Orange
County that the bodies receive the report of the Steering
Committee titled "The Development of a Comprehensive Quality
Growth Strategy and Community Building Plan for Orange County, "
and hereby resolves that the governing bodies accept the proposed
process outlined in the report, and pledge their best efforts to
help carry out the process .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this governing body thank the.
Steering Committee for its work to date on developing the
proposed comprehensive quality growth strategy.
This the day of 1994 .
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Proposed Budget
Quality Growth Strategy and Community Building Plan
April 4, 1994
Hard Costs Administrative Costs
Staff and GIS time
Process Administration 30,000
(see page three for options)
GIS
Staff time 1,000.
Data purchase 500.
Computer time ($31hr) 1,500.
Survey
School of Journalism 2,000.
Process Administrative Costs
Photocopying 200.
Postage 800.
Rent/refreshments 400.
Advertising 2,400.
Facilitation ($50/hr) 3,000.
Guest speaker 1,500.
. . Outside technical assistance 1,200.
Publishing
Interim report - newspaper insert 2,720.
Final report
photocopying 600.
covers & binding 100.
Contingency 2,080•
20,000. 30,000
Total 50,000.
Notes:
1. GIS staff time is listed separately because the technicians involved have not been involved in this
process up until now.
2. The survey is a specialized phone survey of Orange County residents.
3. "Rent/refreshments" covers whatever costs may be associated with 2 large meetings/public hearings.
4. "Advertising" covers both trying to get people interested in the process and meeting notices.
5. "Facilitation" covers a community building retreat for the task force to set up an open listening
process for the entire project. It also includes facilitation at any committee meetings that may be
necessary. The steering committee realizes this process will touch on some hot topics and facilitation
will help keep meetings productive.
6. "Interim Report" allows us to publish the draft report in a tabloid form and have it inserted into the
Orange County newspapers (CHN, CHH, NofO)
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To: Mayors, Chairman, and governing board members
From: Shaping Orange County's Future Steering Committee
Date: April 4, 1994
RE: Quality Growth Strategy and Community Building Plan
General assumptions about the process:
There is one Task Force of approximately 25 people. This group will convene as a whole at least
six times during the one year process. One staff member from each jurisdiction should be present at the
Task Force meetings.
There are at least 5 subcommittees focusing on topics. These committees will contain both Task
Force members and others and will meet at least once a month for 9 months. One staff should work with
each committee.
There is one steering committee that meets quarterly to check on the progress being made. The
Steering Committee should meet with either the coordinator, a rep. from the lead entity, or one rep. from
each jurisdiction (depending on how it is set up).
Coordination and Administration:
It was very difficult to estimate total staff time this process will consume. For that reason, we chose to
focus on administrative time spent rather than total time. Since it is unreasonable to assume that a
committee of 25 citizens can organize and coordinate itself, we propose 3 options to cover this task.
Planning staff time to support this process must be determined by each jurisdiction. Certainly there will
have to be inter-local agreements and accounting measures instituted to make this work.
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Coordinator:
Responsibilities to both Task Force & committees
Prepare/maiVdeliver meeting notices, agendas, information packets, meeting summaries
Schedule/confirm meeting space & confirm quorum
Act as initial contact person for interested persons
Estimated cost: $30,000 nearly full time position for at least one year. This could be existing staff or new,
temporary staff located in any of the 4 jurisdictions. The coordinator would be on one jurisdiction's payroll
and that jurisdiction would be compensated by the other 3 for salary, etc.
Option 2
Designate Lead Jurisdiction
This would be essentially the same as securing a coordinator except the jurisdiction would determine how
to distribute work among existing staff, rather than designating one person. This is very similar to the
DCHC MPO and HOME program formats.
Estimated cost: $30,000 (rough). The jurisdiction would receive funds from other 3, same as Option 1.
Option 3
No lead Entity or Coordinator
A division of labor among the jurisdictions would have to be determined. Propose a 3 way split with
Carrboro and Hillsborough sharing 1/3.
Estimated cost: $30,000 (rough). If this cost is added to the total, jurisdictions should get credit for staff
time Spent on administration. If it's not added, divide the labor and each jurisdiction assumes responsibility
for their share.
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Distribution of costs
The Steering Committee discussed 2 options for distributing the cost of this process: by
population and by the sales tax distribution. Mebane has chosen to not participate, their
population and sales tax has been included with Orange County.
Distribution of Hard Costs only - $20,000
This simply distributes the costs that will be due to other agencies or will cover the hard costs
to completing this process.
Population Sales Tax
(city limits)
Orange County $8,500 (42.5%) $12,600 (63%)
Chapel Hill $8,020 (40.1%) $ 5,000 (25%)
Cairboro $2,580 (12.9%) $ 1,600 (8%)
Hillsborough $ 900 (4.5%) $ 800 (4%)
Distribution of all costs - $50,000
This would apply to the first & second administrative options. The $30,000 for administration
has been added to the $20,000 of hard costs.
Population Sales Tax
(city limits)
Orange County $21,250 $31,500
Chapel Hill $20,050 $12,500
Carrboro $ 6,450 $ 4,000
Hillsborough $ 2,250 $ 2,000
Distribution of all costs - $50,000
This would apply to the third administrative option. These figures are those in the first table with
the $30,000 for administration split 1/3, 1/3, 1/6, 1/6. Some of these funds could be in-kind
services.
Population Sales Tax
(city limits)
Orange County $18,500 $22,600
Chapel Hill $18,020 $15,000
Carrboro $ 7,580 $ 6,600
Hillsborough $ 5,900 $ 5,800
ATTACHMENT ITEM #III
SUGGESTED FRAMEWORK FOR COUNTY-WIDE COORDINATION
OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND GROWTH STRATEGIES
(Presented by Mayor Kenneth S. Broun)
Objective
To create a mechanism whereby Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Orange County
might develop individual Comprehensive Plans (or updates of existing Comprehensive
Plans), in a manner that such plans are coordinated and built upon a common set of
County-wide policies, and in a manner that builds on the principles of sustainability and
community.
Basic Concept
► Create a County-wide Growth Strategy, with related policy statements, in the
following manner:
Have each of the 4 elected bodies appoint two of their members to a
Coordinating and Steering Committee.
Have that Committee recommend a slate of individuals (four from each
jurisdiction, including some current Planning Board members) for
appointment as a "County-wide Growth Strategy Work Group." Achieve
appointment of such a group by the 4 elected bodies.
Develop a charge for the Work Group to draft a set of strategies, following
Chapel Hill's Small Area Planning process as a model (obtain and evaluate
information, obtain citizen comment, develop alternatives, make
recommendations.)
1 - The Coordinating and Steering Committee would report to the elected bodies
on the progress of the Work Group after one year.
► Achieve adoption of the Policies and Growth Strategies by each of the 4 elected
boards.
► Use the Coordinating and Steering Committee to monitor progress on development
of individual Comprehensive Plans (or Updates) in each of the 4 jurisdictions.
Bring this (or some other) proposal back to each elected board for agreement to
participate, and for appointment of two members from each board to the Coordination and
Steering Committee.
ORANGE COUN'T'Y COMMISSIONERS
P.O. Box Slbl
I1ILLSB0110UGII, N.C.
27278
Moses Carey,Jr.
732.8181
Alice M. Gordon 968-4501
Stephen 11. llalkiotis 688.7331
Verla C. lnsko 227-2031
Don Willhoit 644.3004 (Fax)
SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE
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CHANGES IN THE REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE
The meeting schedule for the remainder of June, 1994 is as
follows:
Tuesday, June 28 , a regular meeting will be held at the OWASA
Community meeting room in Carrboro at 7 : 30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 29, an Assembly of Governments meeting will be
held with the governing boards of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and
Hillsborough at the Homestead Community Center on Homestead
Road in Chapel Hill at 7 :30 p.m. for the purpose of discussing
Quality Growth and Community Building and other items of
mutual interest.
Thursday, June 30, a public hearing will be held at 7 : 30 p.m.
in Superior Courtroom in Hillsborough for the purpose of
receiving citizen comments on a proposed amendment to the
Orange County Zoning ordinance to increase the minimum lot
size in the Rural Residential (R-1) and Agricultural
Residential (AR) Zoning Districts from .92 acre to two acres.
June 22 and June 23 meetings regularly scheduled have been
canceled.
Moses Carey, Jr. , Cha
Board of Commissione
(June 21, 1Q9L)
YOU COUNT IN ORANGE COUNTY !