I never thought I’d say this, but I miss those all-nighter council meetings. Town Council had a rich agenda for its Oct. 21 public hearing – a discussion of whether to add large swaths of land north of Chapel Hill, which included the Historic Rogers Road neighborhood, to the ETJ; Central West’s controversial proposal; and […]
All posts for the month October, 2013
Limits on listening
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 28, 2013
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2013/10/28/limits-on-listening/
Buybacks
Tell me I’m not the only person to have donated something to the PTA Thrift Shop, then a month later bought it back. Town Council members know the feeling. They are asked to give away affordable housing as they vote to approve redevelopment projects, then scrounge for town resources to buy affordable housing somewhere else […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 21, 2013
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2013/10/21/buybacks/
ETJ and trust
At its Oct. 21 meeting, Town Council will preside over a public hearing to consider expanding the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction north of town. The proposed plan would incorporate the historic Rogers Road area, the old landfill, Northwood and a large chunk north of Eubanks Road into the ETJ. Accepting this proposal would allow the town to […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 13, 2013
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2013/10/13/etj-and-trust/
Price tag on the gift
Head and heart – they can coexist. We desperately want them to in Town Council members. At a council work session last week, DHIC, a housing nonprofit in Raleigh, proposed building 140 apartments – 60 reserved for senior citizens and 80 for low-income families – on 10 acres of what is now part of Chapel […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on October 7, 2013
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2013/10/07/price-tag-on-the-gift/