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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 03-27-1979 AGENDA JOINT MEETING ORANGE COUNTY BOARD Or COMMISSIONERS AND CHAPEL HILL BOARD OF ALDERMEN CHAPEL_ HILL MUNICIPAL BUILDING MEETING ROOM TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1979 7:30 P. M. 1 . Propose Planning Area Extension a) Tim"erl i ne rezoning b) Pro osed annexation C) Wbile home "contract'' d) Extension implementation schedule 2. Joint Planning In The Transition Area a) Report of subcommittee b) Report from County Manager and Town Manager 3. Orange County Comprehensive Planning Council a) Qa kground b) Nen t step 4. Chapel Hill Planning Board Composition 5. Quarterly Joint Ward Meeting ng REPORT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PLANNING ORGANIZATION ORANGE COUNTY INTERGOVERNMENTAL TASK FORCE July 12, 1976 Sub osr€mittee Members Staff and Consultants _tjarilyn_.Riddle...._ . .. Irvin Dobson, Orange County'.. lob&t Drakeford Suellen Seaul i eau; Ca rrbora orman Gustaveson- Brenda Foremen,. Carrhorc) _ zlanathan-Howes , Chair­ - Michael-.kennings ,-Chap-61- Hil,i - _.. 9eg Parker Ray Green,. TJ COG Jerry -Sold i Phil Green, Institute of Governm 'arl- shy - �rnie Patterson r b I FINDINGS The Committee on planning Organization finds there are many strengths in the existing organization for planning in Orange County. Chapel Hill early recognized impending problems of growth and secured the powers necessary to deal with them. It now has an experienced and well-staffed planning organi- zation. Carrboro followed within a few years and now also has a well--organized program. Orange County began its efforts with zoning regulations fnr Chapel Hill Township and later Eno Township, and now with a strengthened planning staff is embarked upon preparation of plans for the entire county. Hillsborough and Mebane have also instituted land-use control measures. And the Triangle J Regional Council of Governments (serving six counties and 30 cities and towns . in the region) has .both furnished planning staff assistance and developed a. structure of region-wide plans with"n which county and municipal planners can operate, assuring proper attention to inter--county problems. .. However, there are certain shortcomings requiring consideration. Within Orange County, territorial jurisdiction for planning, provision of governmental services, and regulation is fragmented-divided among the county and its four municipalities. In the absence of a formal organization to bring representatives of these units together for joint consideration of common problem . they- tend -to focus on their own interests to a degree which produces continuing i low-level friction. This is particularly apparent in the areas of the county lying within the extraterritorial . jurisdiction of its municipalities and the areas where the jurisdiction of one unit touches that of another. Among the more specific problems which the Committee has noted are the following: r 2 1 - There a e different viewpoints among the various units in their growth projections, their desired standards of development, their preferred directions of growth, their land use regulations, and their proposals for provision or extension of governmental services and facilities. These inconsistencies can easily lead to panning decisions in one jurisdiction which produce seriously adverse effects n nearby areas within another jurisdiction. 2 - There is inadequate coordination between those agencies directly con- cerned with phys"cal development (such as planning boards) and a multiplicity of other agenciel whose activities either strongly influence or are influenced by such development (such as school boards) . 3 While t L 'Triangle J Council of Governments serves as an important mechanism for intergovernmental coordination, the region it serves is so large (stretching from Orange County to Johnston County) that it cannot give the particularized a tention to problems within Orange County which is required to deal with the pr blems noted above. 4 - Agreed-upon statements of goals, objectives, and standards for develop- ment can serve as an important overall coordinating mechanism for governmental . planning. This Ltential benefit is forfeited when individual units must independently develop such statements for their particular jurisdictions, which is the-situation at present: �.._ 5_�.=:De's- ite efForts—to involve. ranre_citazens at large_ n the planrina pro- »` e. inoUt from those .. µ .... ^._ --__ �. units, there `s=st.il.l, far l . cesses of-the i ferent� little. citizens: ... 6 � _There_i no adequate mechanism for drawing upon the considerable .pool of citizen experxise available in the county for assistance in solving some of the difficult technical problems relating to the area 's growth and development. 3 7 -' Local planning boards and staffs most of necessity concentrate upon activities of more or less immediate benefit to their units: short range plan- ning, development and administration of land-use regulations, :preparation of Community Development programs, etc. This prevents their giving attention to goal-setting and citizen-participation activities on the scale which the Committee deems desirable. II. ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED AND FACTORS DEEMED IMPORTANT Because all local governments are creatures of the State and must operate within the framework of statutory powers granted by the General Assembly, the Committee began its search for an organizational solution to the problems out- lined in Section I by examining this statutory framework. The Committee was pleased to discover that the General Statutes no longer: contain rigid specifications concerning the manner in which local governments . may organize their planning programs. On the contrary,'„they offer such govern. ments almost carte blanche to create an appropriate organization (see especially G.S. 153A-76; G.S. Chapter 153A, Articles 18, 19, and 20; G.S. 160A-146; G.S. Cha ter 160A, Articles l9, 20, 22, and 23; however, both Cb-.rjpel Dill and Carrboro p have charter provisions differing somewhat from the pattern of the General .... - .. Statutes-`4hith must _be` taken- into account - Y-- In view of this general statutory freedom to respond {to problems in a W ` rational manner, the Committee has considered a wide range of alternatives. It recognizes that there is no one solution to any organizatiarial problem; aril that es could be made to each of the problems it a variety of organizational respons has identified. By way of illustration, the chart on the following page straws that actions of varying degrees of intensity could be 'taken at the level of the _ 4 planning staffs (and the same would be true of other agencies concerned with effectuation of plans, such as inspection departments). In general , the Committee decided that it should seek a recommendation which would supplement and strengthen existing planning organizations in the area rather than displace t em. The activities in which they are engaged are important to the well -being f the area at large as well as to the governments they serve, and they should be continued . But the Committee felt that it was unlikely that they would be'a le without assistance from a new agency to provide solutions to the problems it had identified. -- i INFORMAL =rs,: FORMAL COORDI�IATIOi i :CONSOLIDATION COORDINATION GOVERNING Statutory or ordinance T7,joint BOARD City�County Government.. provisi©ns requiring exchange r Dint of mnues , ad hoc Ra} approval . (b) J action, or (c) recommenda- consultation. Lions -from other boards s before taking certain actions. PLANNING ' Joi:nt 'Planning board Periodic joint BOARD Joint`Planning Board meetings, exchange :or composed of city planning Recgional ,Flahning boards and county planning of minutes, exchange board, which continue to of studies and pllansaps , " Commi-ssion. , ad function separately as well hoc consultation. as together... Statutory or ordinance provisions requiring (a) joint action .or (b) recommendations from " .. other boards before taking certain actions. i PLANNING City ar county planning Periodic meetings, STAFF Staff working for (a, - consolidated government � � staff �furnishng technical exchange 'of studies and plans and other in- or (b) Joint or Regional assistance to other units formation, division of under contract. i Planning Board responsibil-ity for studies of mutual interest. 6 1 I1 . RECUNIMUIUA°I MNS Taking all of the foregoing into account, the Committee recommends that a new organization, called the Orange Comprehensive Planning Council , be created by agreement of the local governments in Orange County, pursuant to authority granted by G.S. Chapter 160A, Article 30, Part 1 . A. FunctioL The Committee recommends that this Council be given the following major unctions: 1 . To foster intergovernmental cooperation and interagency coordination with respect to roblems relating to Orange County's physical development. 2. With input from citizens of the county, to develop statements of goals, objectives, principles, and standards to guide planning and development, as a framework f�r more detailed planning by individual governments. 3. To ssist in the development of uniform data to be used by the planning agencies of the individual governments. 4. To Lvelop and implement a continuing program for informing citizens of Oran e County regarding its fundamental planning issues and for stimulating them interest and involvement in the resolution of such issues. 5. To identify citizens of the county possessing Specialized knowledge and experience acid to develop techniques for drawing upon this knowledge and experience in dealing with specific planning issues. 6. To erve, upon request, with or without supplementation of its membership, as an advisory body to which member governments could turn for - m recommendations concerning issues involving two or more units. 7_ To prepare and deliver to member- governments and citizens of the county an annual report as to emerging critical issues and opportunities which may affect physical development or should be capitalized upon. F T B. Com it�_ion.. The Committee beleives that the final composition of this Council should be determined by the local governments concerned. Havtever, it suggests that membership should include representatives from each governing board, from each planning board, from the Orange Water and Sewer Authority, from the university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , and from the Northern Piedmont Soil Conservation District, plus an equal number of private citizens selected board and three members selected by the Council 's other members b y each governing to fill gaps in its range of knowledge and experience. The committee believes this range to be more important than geographical representation as a factor in the selection of citizen members. es of the Council as beings a type of "umbrella" organi The Committee conceiv � nation, and pursuant to this concept, it should be authorized and encouraged to create special--purpose committees including.. citizens other than its own me�rbers, such as a Health Affairs Committee, an Agricultural tfevelo.pment Committee, an Industrial Development Committee, etc.. ncil should have C. Staffin Thy Committee feels strongly that the Cou east the equivalent of one full available- to it the p rofessional services of at l. time fanner (this could be made up of part--time services of a number of planner p the Triangle J It recommends-that these.. services-be^.secured 'from_ the of -- - ~ of Governments, so as to assuref that yeg�an-wide considerations-affect Council brought to the Council 's attention. These Ong planning in Orange Cflunty,are emented from time to time by the professional planning services should be supp l staffs of member units. • n th'e Council should have supporting services (such as secretar In addition, services) and faciliti-es made available to it by member units . in The Committee suggests that existing contributions to the Financing,�� re the professional Triangle J Council of Governments may be sufficient to secu. Y sear ices -recommended. In the event that this does not prove to be the case, ir -'ecommrends that member units support the Orange County Planning Council with annual per capita assessments it-, a manner similar to the support of the Triangle j rOG. 322 A BILL TO BL ENTITLED "AN ACT TO Ai•9END CHAPTER 473 OF THE SESSION LA',IS OF 1075 RELATING TO THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHAPEL. FALL" Mite, General ASSembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION I The Charter of the Town of Chapel Hill , as the same appears in Chpater 473, Session Laws of 1475, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: Amend Chapter V, Section 5.10, by rewriting the first sentence thereof to read as follows: "If the Board of Aldermen desires to exercise the powers granted by this Article, it shall by Ordinance create a planning board of ten members, whose members shall be appointed as follows: Not less than five nor more than seven shall be appointed by the Aldermen, and shall be citizens and residents of the Town; not less than three nor more than five shall be appointed by the Orange County Board of Commissioners and shall be citizens and residents of the territory beyond and surrounding the territorial limits of the Town of Chapel Hill as defined by this Article." Amend Chapter V, Section 5.12 by rewriting the first sentence thereof to read as follows: "If the Board of Aldermen should adopt a zoning ordinance for the territory beyond the corporate limits of the Term of Chapel Hill as authorized by this Article, it shall create a zoning board of adjustment of ten members, whose members shall be appointed as follows: Not less than five nor more than seven shall be appointed by the Aldermen, and shall be citizens and residents of the Town; not less than three nor more than five shall be appointed by the Orange County Board of Commissioners and shall be citizens and residents of the territory beyond and surrounding the territorial limits of the Town of Chapel Hill as defined by this Article." ' Jodie ;- .27- �,9 A BILL__T BE ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 473 OF THE SESSION LAWS jO OF 19751RELATING TO THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL" The Gene al Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION I The Charter of the Town of Chapel Hill , as the same appears in Chaater 473, Session Laws of 1975, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: Amend Chapter V, Section 5.10, by rewriting the first sentence thereof to read as follows: "I the Board of Aldermen desires to exercise the powers granted by this Article, it shall by Ordinance create a planning board of ten members, whose m� bers shall be appointed as follows: Not less than five nor more than seven shall be appointed by the Aldermen, and shall be citizens and residens of the Town; not less than three nor more than five shall be appointed by the Orange County Board of Commissioners and shall be citizens and residents of the territory beyond and surrounding the territorial limits of the Town of Chapel Hill as defined by this Article." Am nd Chapter V, Section 5.12 by rewriting the first sentence thereof to read as follows: "I the Board of Aldermen should adopt a zoning ordinance for the territory beyond the corporate limits of the Town of Chapel Hill as authorized by this Article, it shall create a zoning board of adjustment of ten members, whose members shall be appointed as follows . Not less than fiv nor more than seven shall be appointed by the Aldermen, and shall be citizens and residents of the Town; not less than three nor more than five shall be appointed by the Orange County Board of Commissioners and shall be citizens and residents of the territory beyond and surrounding the ter itorial limits of the Town of Chapel Hill as defined by this Article." MEMORANDUM To: The Honorable Russell Walker, Senator The Honorable Charles F. Vickery, Senator The Honorable Edward W. Holmes, Representative The Honorable Patricia S. Hunt From: The Honorable Richard E. Whitted, Chairman Orange County Board of Commissioners and The Honorable James C. Wallace Mayor of Chapel Hill Subject: Meeting of March 27, 1979 Date: March 21, 1979 The Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen will hold a joint meeting on Tuesday, March 27, 1979, at 7:30 p.m. , in the Meeting Room, of the Chapel Hill Municipal Building. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss extraterritorial zoning jurisdic ion and joint planning processes and we would like to extend an invitation to you to join us. Richard E Whitted, Chairman James C. Wallace, Mayor of Chapel Hill Orange Co my Board of Commissioners A unique experience The staff at Orange industries Job Placement for adults With disabilities The staff at Orange Industries consists of a direc- Many adults are ready for placement in jobs in the Orange Industries offers a unique experience to tor; program coordinator, evaluator, voca- community tollowing their intensive vocational train- handicapped adults who want to learn basic voca- tionalldevelopmental instructors, and adult basic ing. Orange Industries staff, in coordination with tional skills. Each adult who is enrolled in this pro- education teacher. Su 9 g I gram is helped to realize his fullest potential in all �� Support staff includes a other a enaes, assist with finding adults obi in their P secretary, bookkeeper, van driver. students, and field of interest. areas of development necessary for everyday living, volunteers. Employees receive on the lob training and are paid Extender! Employment for work produced. They are given the opportunity to learn and refine their social skills and are able to pur- individualized programs Once a worker completes the Orange Industries sue adult basic educational courses. Orange In- Each employee at 4rang2-.-Lodus-tries—is_evaluated._.-- training rqgram, limited spaces are auailable_for ustries produces quality goods such as wooden T by trained staff to determine his developmental and him to remain at the workshop as an employee. This folk toys, and planters for flowers and artifacts.Also, vocational needs. Based on this evaluation a pro- is an option especially designed for those workers because Orange Industries has production gram is designed specifically to enable him to unable to find employment elsewhere. capabilities, they contract with other industries to do achieve his highest possible abilities. The following Other Services such things as woodworking, milling, warehousing, is a description of the kinds of programs offered at Also available to each employee, regardless of the soldering, packing, and electronic assembling. Orange industries: program they are enrolled in, is the opportunity to pursue their basic education. Small classes are ot- Adult Developmental Activity fered by the teacher, who works with the adults in who is eligible? Program (ADAP) money management, completing application forms. Men and women who are 16 years of age and reading and writing, or any other area of interest to elder who may be handicapped due to mental, Adults with substantial handicaps are placed within what is called the ADAP Program, In this pro- the adult. rhvsical, emotional or multiple disabilities. Orange Industries provides transportation to and gram-emphasis is placed on helping the employee establish or enhance his daily living skills, such as from the workshop to those in need, a cooking, cleanin g, dressin g, grooming and socializ- r mg. Community skills, such as banking, shopping, 1 using bus lines, ordering at restaurants and engag- ing in leisure time activities, are also a large part of the ADAP Program, Adults in the ADAP Program are 4 also involved in work activities for which they are paid. Ar sr Vocational Adjustment Program Adults who are not substantially handicapped par- t ' .y ticipate in this program. Intense vocational training is provided to prepare the worker Tor competitive Z placement in a fob in the community at large. For r_ manv employees at this level. business and in- t ; dustnes in the community will provide "work sta- r- tions" to allow ,workers the opportunity to gain ex- perience needed in full time employment situations. These "work stations" or jobs are comparable to any job on the market but are paid for by Orange In- - �4 dustries. How is orange Industries funded? ' • Orange Industries is funded through Vocational K • Rehabilitation, Title XX, state mental health, and = N C local county money. Funds are also generated ge through the- .subcontract work produced by I o employees at Orange Industries. 0 - For more information contact: o industries :3 ~-ID Director ° ' Orange industries 3 229 W. Tryon St. a� Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 ° m t to Roxboro � --j N � V OJ W. Tryon St. ; Orange E Industries Hillsborougtt a e Blinking i Caution Light M King 5t. a tE U � tl [ o f cn Hardee`s o� a� A Developmental Daniel Boone I Complex Disabilities Prograr l♦ Services of the Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health Center