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Follow-up Report of Advisory Boards' Technical Review of Carrboro Vision2020
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is to provide the Board of Aldermen with an update on the Advisory Boards' second review of the Carrboro Vision2020 document.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon - 919-918-7325; Patricia McGuire - 919-918-7327
INFORMATION: At the February 2, 2016 regular meeting, the Board received a presentation from Jack Haggerty, representing Planning Board, on the results of a technical review of Carrboro Vision2020. Noting the fifteen anniversary of the adoption of Carrboro Vision2020, the Town's principle guiding document, the Planning Board saw an opportunity to use the expertise of the various advisory boards to review the document and offer an initial evaluation of the Town's progress on the goals described within. The effort took the place of the National Community Planning Month forum series that the Planning Board has held in October for the past few years.
After receiving the February presentation, Board members noted that a few advisory boards had not fully participated in the effort and directed staff refer the document back to the advisory boards for a second opportunity to comment on all provisions of the text. As was the case in the first review, advisory boards were invited to comment on any of the provisions in the document. In addition, as part of this second review, advisory boards could add to comments submitted by other boards and/or modify their own previously submitted comments in order to add clarity or further refinement.
In late February 2016, staff distributed an updated memorandum to staff liaisons requesting that the second Vision2020 review be included in March-April agendas. Input from the advisory boards in the initial technical review was compiled and inserted into the Vision2020 text in black boldface italics; language inserted as part of the second technical re...
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