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2/15/1979
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~~ e <br />On January 30, without prior consultation, the Mayor of Chapel Hill <br />presented a three-part proposal to the Chapel Hill Town Council: 1) approval of <br />a Southern By-Pass, 2) withdrawal from the I-40 lawsuit, and 3) a request to <br />the General Assembly to increase the Town's planning 3urisdiction beyond that <br />agreed to by the County. After linking the planning extension to the two highway <br />matters, the Mayor suggested that the Department of Transportation's important <br />leverage in the General Assembly could help get this additional planning jurisdiction <br />for the Town. <br />The Commissioners agreed, on short notice, to a late afternoon meeting with <br />the Town Council on February 6th. The meeting produced a sub-committee with two <br />members from each Board and a very general assignment to discuss these. issues and <br />bring reports and recommendations back to the Boards. <br />However, Chapel Hi11's Council has scheduled a February I9th meeting to make <br />a decision about requesting the planning extension from the General Assembly. IL <br />has been suggested by several members of the Town Council that while the sub- <br />committee discussions are going on, the Town could also request the legislation, <br />as added insurance, and that such an act should not be interpreted as antagonistic. <br />Regardless of the intent, the practical result of such an action would be the same - <br />it would place the Town and the County in adverse positions. <br />If there is any doubt whether the Board of Commissioners would oppose such <br />legislation, let all doubt be removed now. The Orange County Commissioners are <br />unanimously apposed to the North Carolina General Assembly overriding a carefully <br />considered planning decision made by this Board under the authority given to it, <br />and to the County Board of Commissioners throughout the State, by the General <br />Assembly in 1971 (G. S. 160A 360). We believe that state legislators will <br />-2- <br /> <br />
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