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* Approve Changes to the Amity Station Development Agreement Subcommittee.
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Staff:
Department:
Ben Hitchings, Planning Director
Planning and Development Services
Judy Johnson, Interim Operations Manager
Overview: The Council Subcommittee, appointed by the Town Council to negotiate the Amity Station Development Agreement, recommends increasing its membership from three to four.
Recommendation:
That the Council adopt the attached resolution increasing the Facilitated Council Subcommittee from three members with an alternate to four members
Background:
* The Council adopted a Resolution on October 11, 2017 initiating negotiations on the Amity Station Development Agreement by a Council committee comprising Council Members Donna Bell, Nancy Oates and Michael Parker, with Mayor Pro Tem Jessica Anderson as an alternate.
* The committee is subject to the Open Meetings Law and with three members, two would constitute a quorum. This would not allow any two members to discuss the matter outside of the public meetings.
* With four members, and a quorum of three, two members could discuss the project privately to facilitate Town negotiations.
* The committee recommends the change in membership to allow a conversation among two Council Members outside the Committee Meeting
Fiscal Impact/Resources: Fiscal impact not determined at this time.
Council Goals:
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Create a Place for Everyone
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Develop Good Places,
New Spaces
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Support
Community Prosperity
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Nurture Our Community
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Facilitate Getting Around
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Grow Town
and Gown Collaboration
Attachments:
* Resolution
A RESOLUTION TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR AMITY STATION (2018-01-24/R-7)
WHEREAS, a Development Agreement has been identified as a regulatory tool between the Town and developers to guide future development; and
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2017, the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill authorized the Town Manager and Town Attorney t...
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