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Board OKs Claremont

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Staff

By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer

With Joal Hall Broun the lone dissenter, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved the proposed Claremont Phase IV and V development on Homestead Road.

At their meeting Tuesday night at Town Hall, board members wrangled over what to do about a road connection that had become a focal point for concern among the project’s neighbors.

Broun said that she could not support the project because of plans to allow it to be exempt from the town’s connector roads policy, an option man
y other neighborhoods were not granted.

Board members acknowledged a flood of communications from residents, including some that Mayor Mark Chilton described as very “emotional” about the connector road issue.

During the course of public discussion about the specific connection between Claremont and the Wexford neighborhood, the board agreed to initiate a comprehensive review of the connector road policy.

Board members approved a compromise stipulation crafted by Chilton and Jackie Gist that would require Claremont’s developer to construct a bike and pedestrian connection with a roadway sufficient for use by a fire truck and other emergency vehicles. The roadway would be blocked with bollards to prevent other vehicles from using it.

Once built, Claremont would include 27 townhouses in four buildings and 69 single-family homes on 38.14 acres.
Chilton and others who support the connector policy said that it is very likely that as other connections open up to Homestead Road the connection at Claremont will one day be open to traffic.

In other action, the board agreed to hold a special meeting on March 31 so that board members can attend a presentation from university officials on the fiscal impacts of Carolina North.

Also on Tuesday evening, the board reviewed a draft of a proposed resolution on climate change that would reaffirm the town’s concerns about peak oil and the use of fossil fuels and set up a special sustainability advisory board. The matter was referred to the town staff for additional review and comment.

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