
{"id":4618,"date":"2009-01-15T08:27:59","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T16:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=4618"},"modified":"2009-01-15T08:31:05","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T16:31:05","slug":"university-town-hashing-out-differences-on-carolina-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2009\/01\/15\/university-town-hashing-out-differences-on-carolina-north\/","title":{"rendered":"University, town hashing out differences on Carolina North"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By <strong>Kirk Ross<\/strong><br \/>\nStaff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chapel Hill  \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Housing, transportation and stormwater fees were among the topics discussed at a weekend Carolina North retreat by the Chapel Hill Town Council and town planners.<\/p>\n<p>During the four-hour briefing and policy discussion at the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Operations Center Saturday, council members reviewed negotiations with university planners and officials, fleshing out concerns as the two sides continue to hammer out a development plan for the roughly 630 acres in Chapel Hill\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s jurisdiction. (A joint meeting on the plans was due to begin Wednesday night as The Citizen went to press.)<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIn its discussions on the next phase of negotiations, council members discussed how to draft an ordinance to handle as much as three million square feet of new buildings on the site. The two sides are scheduled to have a development agreement before the council by summer.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights from the discussions included:<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Housing \u00e2\u20ac\u201d After reviewing housing plans, council members explored but ultimately rejected a proposal by council member Matt Czajkowski to ask the university to consider undergraduate housing at Carolina North. Council member Jim Ward said housing for employees, including service employees, should be included.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Land preservation \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Council members discussed requiring that certain key natural areas be put under preservation or that permitted uses for those lands be very limited.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Energy \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Council members wanted to see more information from the university on building standards, how energy would be generated and where utility lines would run. Czajkowski said the university\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plans to use methane from the landfill should be encouraged. Ward and others said they want to make sure that the university doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t convert a power generation station to coal once that source runs out.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Transportation \u00e2\u20ac\u201d The council agreed to insist that no northern access road be built on the site. University officials have said they may want to reserve a route for a northern connection with Weaver Dairy Road Extension.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Stormwater \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Council member Bill Strom said the university should pay fees into the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stormwater utility just as any other developer would. <\/p>\n<p>In an interview Wednesday, UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees chair Roger Perry said he does not think UNC should participate in the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stormwater program for the main campus since it is mostly downstream of the town\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stormwater system. But he agreed that some participation, including paying fees, should be worked out for Carolina North.<\/p>\n<p>Perry also said that he agrees that housing at Carolina North should not include undergraduates. Housing, he said, should be focused on graduate students and researchers, as well as junior faculty and employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kirk Ross Staff Writer Chapel Hill \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Housing, transportation and stormwater fees were among the topics discussed at a weekend Carolina North retreat by the Chapel Hill Town Council and town planners. 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