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<br />LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL - 2006
<br />Leadership Advisory Committee Draft Principles, and Orange County response
<br />General — Sustainable development, balancing social, economic and environmental at a local and
<br />County scale over the long -term.
<br />a. Sustainable Community — Affordable housing and "meaningful jobs ", as they were
<br />characterized by the Chamber of Commerce, scratch the surface of the notion of a
<br />sustainable human community, Carolina North should have sufficient and affordable
<br />housing for all of its workers, students and faculty, The University should also consider
<br />addressing the shortage of beds on the main campus, and thus the adverse effect on the
<br />local market of off - campus housing of students, by providing residential options that
<br />would accommodate more than the population of Carolina North, Workers at Carolina
<br />North should be guaranteed a living wage and adequate health care. Given crucial
<br />shortages in the community at- large, Carolina North should provide adequate childcare
<br />for its workers and students. UNC currently contributes approximately $200,000 annually
<br />for childcare subsidies, but with 75 of its employees requiring assistance and an average
<br />subsidy of $6,000 per client, this falls far short of addressing the University's current
<br />impact on community resources. The University should consider providing senior
<br />services to its faculty and workers at Carolina North, as well as sufficient recreational
<br />opportunities, in order to promote the health of its staff and students.
<br />b. County -wide Impact — Carolina North is a project whose public service impacts will be
<br />experienced throughout the County. Stress will be placed on many County programs and
<br />services, as well as on transportation infrastructure that extends beyond the Chapel Hill -
<br />Carrboro urban area. Primary emphasis should be placed on servicing Carolina North
<br />via public transportation, with direct, robust connections to Hillsborough to serve the
<br />central and northern parts of Orange County. Multi -modal connections should be created
<br />with the main campus of the University.
<br />c. Inteqrated into Larger Community — Carolina North should be integrated into the fabric of
<br />the surrounding community physically, so people may walk, bike, run on and off the
<br />campus, and conceptually, While the focus of other efforts has rightly focused on
<br />protecting existing neighborhoods, retail, recreational, and other facilities at Carolina
<br />North should also be accessible to outsiders to the greatest extent possible.
<br />Development Management — High performance building standards and Smart Growth design
<br />attributes; Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED).
<br />Fiscal Equity — A variety of County impacts must be considered in calculating fiscal equity,
<br />especially sales tax revenues and the cost of a wide variety of services, not the least of which is the
<br />provision of schools. With 6 million square feet of Institutional /Research space, 2 million square
<br />feet of Residential, and 300,000 square feet of Service /Retail, the impacts are significant.
<br />Depending on the final mix of housing types, there could be between 1,500 to 2,000 new units or
<br />more if it includes dormitories, The local school impacts of the specific area, again depending if
<br />housing type has a strong family orientation, could generate over 700 students, which is greater
<br />than the size of one elementary school. However, the amount of indirect impacts, off -site, with over
<br />6,000 new employees that are part of the Carolina North work force could triple the impact county-
<br />wide,
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