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MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Comprehensive Plan Work Group <br />I FROM: Roger S. Waldon, Planning -7 Director <br />SUBJECT: Population Projections <br />DATE: March 23, 1999 <br />This memorandum discusses several issues related to projecting the population of Chapel <br />Hill in the year 2025, the horizon year for the Comprehensive Plan Revision. <br />BACKGROUND <br />In January we published a Data Book for Chapel Hill. Among many other data sets, the <br />document contained projections of population and dwelling units. It also included a tally <br />of existing land use. <br />We have noted to the Work Group that, in a related and coordinated project, OWASA is <br />preparing population projections for its planning, horizon, (2050).' We have'w(orked with <br />OWASA staff to assure that our assumptions and data bases are consistent, and have <br />reported to the Work Group that we believe the draft OWASA projections are reasonable <br />and consistent with our projections. <br />At a recent meeting of the Work Group, Members Alan Rimer and Kimberly Brewer <br />separately raised questions about our projections and land use figures. The memoranda <br />from Mr. Rimer and Ms. Brewer are attached. <br />This memorandum offers our latest and best thoughts and observations about these issues. <br />