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APPROVED 5/20/2014 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL <br /> JOINT MEETING <br /> March 27, 2014 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met with the Town of Chapel Hill for a <br /> Joint Meeting on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel <br /> Hill. N.C. (following the Joint Planning Meeting at 7:OOpm) <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Mark <br /> Dorosin, Alice M. Gordon, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Annette Moore <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Michael Talbert, Assistant County <br /> Managers Cheryl Young and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be <br /> identified appropriately below) <br /> CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, Donna <br /> Bell, George Cianciolo, Sally Greene, Ed Harrison, Maria Palmer, Lee Storrow and Jim Ward <br /> CHAPEL HILLTOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Matt Czajkowski <br /> CHAPEL HILL STAFF PRESENT: Town Manager Roger Stancil <br /> Welcome and Opening Remarks (Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt and Chair Barry Jacobs) <br /> Mayor Kleinschmidt said many items are on tonight's agenda to help bring the Board of <br /> County Commissioners up to date on some development, review and planning processes <br /> within the Town of Chapel Hill. <br /> 1. Ephesus Road Development Project <br /> Roger Stancil said the town would like to brief everyone on the design to re-develop <br /> and transform this challenged suburban commercial area into a vibrant urban walkable area. <br /> He said this area has been plagued with traffic congestion issues and storm water problems. <br /> He said the town would like to share this plan and then to invite the County's investment in this <br /> tax increment financing project. He said the request will be for the County to contribute a <br /> portion of the tax revenue gained from this project to help support the public improvements in <br /> the area. <br /> He reviewed a series of PowerPoint slides of maps and drawings of the Ephesus <br /> Fordham area. <br /> Roger Stancil said the idea of the project is based on a re-zoning that would foster the <br /> re-development of this commercial area, and that re-development would produce the tax <br /> revenue to fund the public improvements that the community has been struggling to fund. He <br /> said this plan is based on the three tenets of the Chapel Hill 2020 plan, which are connections, <br /> choices, and community. He said the community survey showed that the two biggest issues of <br /> concern are the congestion on 15-501 and the lack of available shopping in the area. He said <br /> this is intended to create a walkable, connected district. <br /> Dwight Bassett, Economic Development Officer gave a general outline of the project <br /> using PowerPoint maps and drawings. He said the town council adopted a goal in February <br />