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Public Hearing on Carrboro Connects Comprehensive Plan
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to hold a public hearing and receive public comment on a draft comprehensive plan, Carrboro Connects 2022-2042.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327; pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org, Ben Berolzheimer, Associate Planner, 919-918-7330; bberolzheimer@townofcarrboro.org
INFORMATION: Carrboro Connects, the Town's Comprehensive Planning process underway since June 2020, continues to move forward with community engagement and plan development.
A public hearing draft plan, Carrboro Connects 2022-2042, is ready for review and is attached (Attachment B) and available at the project's interactive project website, CarrboroConnects.org.
Carrboro Connects 2022-2042 includes the following chapters: Introduction, Engagement, Affordable Housing, Economic Sustainability, Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Resources, Environment and Climate Action, Land Use, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Water, and Energy, Transportation and Mobility.
The draft also includes a new Implementation chapter, with recommendations and more detailed timelines for projects identified as priorities for actions in the first five years. These priorities were selected for the potential to have the greatest impact on advancing racial equity, climate action implementation, and overall community benefit.
A summary of the changes from the preliminary draft reviewed in September and October, to the public hearing draft, is included as Attachment C.
What is a comprehensive plan? Comprehensive plans seek to describe current conditions, evaluate trends, issues, and opportunities and engage with community members on their expectations, hopes, and vision for the future. What will be needed to bring those interests to reality? How, when, why, and for whom will the Town commit its resources of time to actu...
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