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OWASA warns council of rate increase

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Staff

By Rich Fowler
Staff Writer

Chapel Hill — In a report presented at Monday night’s Chapel Hill Town Council meeting, OWASA warned the council that its next budget will require a 9.25 percent rate increase. OWASA will begin public hearings about its budget on May 27.

The council also approved a measure that will take $259,000 in interest from sidewalk and street bonds sold in 2004 and 2006 and add the money to the town’s sidewalk budget. The increase in local money will make more federal matching funds available for improvement projects. Town staff will revise the sidewalk project priority list and bring it back to the council by June.

In other council action Monday:

The next step in the neighborhood conservation district (NCD) process for the Glen Lennox area was taken when the council made appointments to the Glen Lennox NCD Development Committee.

Jamie Rohe presented the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness’ annual report to the council. In the second year of their 10-year plan, the partnership already has created 12 of 40 units of permanent supportive housing. Given that many of the chronic homeless it’s trying to help have problems with alcohol or drug addiction, the housing includes around-the-clock support to help them fight these addictions.

Jon Stone presented a petition on behalf of some 40 residents in the St. James Place neighborhood asking the council to stop construction at St. Thomas More Catholic School until the school and neighbors can settle a conflict over landscape buffers. Stone contends that the original special-use permit required that the school provide a 35-foot buffer between Carmichael Road and the neighborhood; but due to a 30-foot OWASA easement, the school can only provide a five-foot buffer.

Residents are asking for quick action because they believe the school is rushing this part of the project to completion. Once changes to the road are finished, they worry the town will be less likely to ask for changes. The council accepted the petition and agreed to have town staff look into the matter as quickly as possible.

The council also agreed to have Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos draft a town council code of ethics.

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