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Update on Plans for Assessing the Town's Planning Functions and Systems.
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March 6, 2022
Dear Members of the Chapel Hill Town Council,
In response to interest from the Town Council, we are writing to update you on plans for conducting an assessment of the Town's planning functions and systems for the purpose of improving efficiency and achieving better outcomes for our community.
Because this work will inform the next phase of the Town's Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) rewrite process, we plan to move forward expeditiously, with the assessment beginning in the next two months and lasting for about four months.
To that end, we will be taking the following steps in the coming weeks:
1) Pausing work on the LUMO Rewrite process by SOM while allowing Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) planning to continue, as needed
2) Forming a Mayor's Steering Committee consisting of the Mayor, Town Manager, Planning Director, Economic Development Officer, and two to three council members
3) Hiring a consultant to work with the Town to identify ways that our planning processes can be more efficient and produce better outcomes
The Steering Committee will be responsible for outlining a project scope and desired outputs, choosing the consultant, monitoring progress, and facilitating communication with the entire Council.
An initial list of interests and goals for this work is attached.
We appreciate your support for this initiative and will keep you informed as we move forward with these steps.
Sincerely,
Pam Hemminger, Mayor
Maurice Jones, Town Manager
Attachments:
* Initial list of interests and goals
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Initial list of interests and goals
Before Chapel Hill continues next steps in our Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) rewrite process, the members of the Chapel Hill Town Council have expressed an interest in engaging with our Town Manager, Planning Director and an outside consultant in undertaking a comprehensive assessment of ...
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