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Carrboro Connects Comprehensive Plan Implementation & Other Priorities Status Report
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to provide the Town Council with an update on the status of the implementation of the Carrboro Connects Comprehensive Plan 2022-2042 and other priorities.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Trish McGuire, Planning Director, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov, 919-918-7327
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
Carrboro Connects, Town of Carrboro Comprehensive Plan 2022-2042, was adopted on June 7, 2022.
N.C. General Statues, Chapter 160D, Article 5 requires that local governments have a reasonably maintained comprehensive or land-use plan in order to retain authority to adopt and enforce zoning regulations. Adoption of Carrboro Connects satisfies this requirement.
Carrboro Connects is rooted in advancing racial equity and climate action. 175 strategies and projects are included, 35 of which were identified for prioritization in the first five years because of their ability to advance multiple community interests and objectives. Racial Equity Pocket questions are included as Attachment C.
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INFORMATION:
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On June 7, 2022, the Carrboro Town Council adopted Carrboro Connects Comprehensive Plan 2022-2042 ("Carrboro Connects") and concluded an approximately two-year planning process of community engagement with thousands of residents, community groups, organizations and businesses. Carrboro Connects describes the type of community that Carrboro wants to be in the future (20 years) and includes an implementation schedule to achieve that vision. Built on a long history of the Town's values for community building, economic sustainability, and environmental stewardship, the plan also forged new territory in its explicit and extensive foundational commitment to advancin...
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