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Receipt of Public Comments on Concept Plan Options for Possible Design Options for Development of the 203 South Greensboro Street Property Including Contemplated Orange County Southern Branch Library
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is to provide the Board of Aldermen with an opportunity to receive public comment on additional concept plan options for the Town's 203 S. Greensboro Street property in follow-up to the June 27th public hearing on this topic.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning and Manager's Office
CONTACT INFORMATION: Trish McGuire, pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org, 919-918-7327; David Andrews, dandrews@townofcarrboro.org, 919-918-7308
INFORMATION: On June 20th, the Board of Aldermen received a presentation on the concept plan for the 203 S. Greensboro Street property. Agenda materials are available at this link. On June 27th, the Board of Aldermen received public comments on the concept plan. Agenda materials and minutes are available at https://carrboro.legistar.com/DepartmentDetail.aspx?ID=20277&GUID=2CC72A69-CFDE-4143-92E2-BC02C8A0FC9A&Mode=MainBody.
Eleven citizens provided comments to the Board of Aldermen on the concept, which provided for possible co-location of several principle uses including Town offices (specifically those needed for the Recreation and Parks Department), The ArtsCenter, and contemplated Orange County Southern Branch Library. Additional supplemental and related potential uses include a Virtual Justice Center, an initiative of North Carolina Central University School of Law (http://law.nccu.edu/technology/virtual-justice-project-2/virtual-justice-project/ ), a seed library (http://seedlibrarian.com/), WCOM radio (http://wcomfm.org/ ), and a teen center. A parking deck containing between 280 and 300 spaces was included in the concept plan to provide for the parking generated by the new uses on the property, and to replace and augment the existing surface spaces provided on this property.
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