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Close the Legislative Hearing and Consider Adopting the Connected Roads Plan as an Amendment to the Town's Comprehensive Plan, Chapel Hill 2020.
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Staff:
Department:
Britany Waddell, Planning Director
Planning
Bergen Watterson, Transportation Planning Manager
Josh Mayo, Transportation Planner
Overview: In November 2022, the Town contracted with Stantec Consulting Services Inc. to draft a Connected Roads Plan and provide policy recommendations. Town staff and Stantec staff worked over the last 7 months to draft a plan, collect feedback, and respond to concerns. The final plan includes 34 proposed roadway connections and 12 proposed bicycle and pedestrian connections. The final Connected Roads Plan document describes the benefits of a connected roadway network, outlines the outreach process and key takeaways, details the screening and evaluation process undertaken to develop the final list of proposed connections, and provides policy considerations for inclusion in the upcoming Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) rewrite.
Since the legislative hearing was opened on May 10, 2023 staff received significant input from the Town's stormwater division and omitted several proposed roadways and altered several proposed alignments to avoid stream crossings, Resource Conservation District (RCD) incursions, and wildlife habitat impacts.
The final online survey was also closed, which received 11 comments from 5 respondents.
Recommendation(s):
That the Council close the legislative hearing and adopt the Connected Roads Plan as an amendment to the Town's Comprehensive Plan, Chapel Hill 2020.
Key Issues:
* The Connected Roads Plan primarily targets the Town's Focus Areas and development opportunity sites.
* The Plan will be used by developers as a guide for infrastructure improvements and to set expectations for existing residents.
* The proposed road connections are not expected to be constructed by the Town, but rather by developers as part of the deve...
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