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Council, sans Thorpe, talks Glen Lennox, Kidzu, Woodmont

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Staff

By Rich Fowler
Staff Writer

The Chapel Hill Town Council kicked off its fall term without longtime council member Bill Thorpe Monday night. Thorpe is taking some time off from the council for health reasons. The council dealt with a number of planning issues, including:

The council received a petition from the Chapel Hill Planning Board for $10,000 to hire an independent facilitator to help Glen Lennox residents through the Neighborhood Conservation District process. The facilitator will run neighborhood information meetings and help neighbors reach consensus on how to set up the NCD. Planning Board Chair George Cianciolo said the board wants to have an uninvolved person to oversee the process. He said the board wants to make sure that every voice is heard in the process. The council will make a decision on the funding at its meeting on Monday, Sept. 22.
The first informational meeting for residents in the proposed Glen Lennox NCD area will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Town Hall.

The council agreed to a non-binding letter of intent to let the Kidzu Children’s Museum use the plaza level on top of the town’s Wallace Parking Deck for its planned museum expansion. Kidzu board chair Jonathan Mills said, “We think it’s a great win-win opportunity for the children’s museum, for the town [and] downtown. It presents a great option for our city, and we’re very excited.”

The council approved plans for the first phase of the planned Woodmont development on Barbee Chapel Road near Hwy. 54 East. The first phase of the 32-acre mixed-use development will have 91,500 square feet of office space, 88,900 square feet of residential space and 3,500 square feet of retail space, for a total of 183,900 square feet.

When all three phases are completed, Woodmont will have 427,100 square feet of office space, 150,400 square feet of residential space and 23,500 square feet of retail space, for a total of 601,000 square feet.

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