As I listened to the debate, during the Town Council’s last business meeting on June 21, over guidelines vs. standards pertaining to the Planning Commission’s request for clarification on how to proceed with the section on shelters in the Land Use Management Ordinance, something Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt tossed off caught my attention. At the start […]
Just don’t tell
Posted by Nancy Oates on July 7, 2010
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/07/07/just-dont-tell/
We’re back
I wish we had some cover-up to explain our nearly two-week silence. But it was much more plebeian than that – we needed money. Rental property I needed to refurbish before new tenants moved in; a course Don needed to take to further his career; our regular freelance assignments that allow us to pay our […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on July 5, 2010
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/07/05/were-back/
Another extension
We ask your forbearance. Don is immersed in a course on Chaucer, and he communicates only in Middle English these days. I’m refurbishing a house by day and shifting my full-time work to hours I would normally sleep. We will try to delve into all that happened at Monday’s Town Council meeting by early next […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 23, 2010
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/06/23/another-extension/
To be continued …
Last night’s council meeting was full and long, a good part of it devoted to the issue of shelter guidelines. Though the meeting ended before midnight (barely), today is a day of deadlines for us. Give us a day to unpack what went on. We’ll have a report tomorrow. — Don Evans and Nancy Oates
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 22, 2010
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/06/22/to-be-continued/
Pound foolish
If only Traci Davenport, executive director of the Chapel Hill Museum, had asked for $16 million instead of $49,000, the Town Council might have approved her funding request. Instead of asking for $34,250 for additional operating expenses plus an extra $15,000 to take care of some maintenance projects that had been deferred, perhaps Davenport should […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 21, 2010
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/06/21/pound-foolish/
Aydan Court
I stayed up late last night to see whether the planets had aligned, or at least be awake to see what would happen next after Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt and council member Matt Czajkowski appeared to be on the same side of a growth and development issue. Zinn Design Build presented a preliminary plan for Aydan […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 17, 2010
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/06/17/aydan-court/
The Courtyard
Much was made, when Walgreen proposed building a drugstore at one of Chapel Hill’s most prominent intersections, of preserving the charm of our fair village. And the Walgreen team did a beautiful job – two stories, skylights, green features, trees to hide the loading docks. So why, then, has The Courtyard renovation team gone to […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 15, 2010
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/06/15/the-courtyard/
Shifting gears on bike space
No sooner did we learn that Parking Lot #5 will continue to serve our automobile parking needs for at least another three months than the problem of bicycle parking appears on the Town Council agenda. At its upcoming business meeting Wednesday night, council members will discuss proposed changes to the number of bicycle parking spaces […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 14, 2010
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/06/14/shifting-gears-on-bike-space/
Plot twist
The discussion at the Town Council business meeting last Monday night about the proposed homeless shelter revealed a plot twist worthy of a John Grisham novel. After many months of public comments from those who live closest to the proposed site airing their fears about the undesirable element that a shelter would draw, a couple […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 11, 2010
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/06/11/plot-twist/
Hope is not a method
For more than a year, our refrigerator has not kept food adequately cold. We compensate by making daily trips to the grocery store, because we don’t trust food that’s been in the refrigerator for more than a day. With hefty tuition bills, we didn’t want to make the financial outlay of buying a new refrigerator. […]
Posted by Nancy Oates on June 9, 2010
http://chapelhillwatch.com/2010/06/09/hope-is-not-a-method/