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28 <br /> 1 • No minimum ratios, maximums <br /> 2 • Disconnect parking from buildings, manage by district <br /> 3 <br /> 4 6. Public Leadership <br /> 5 • Focus on implementation <br /> 6 • Nurture progressive developers <br /> 7 • Plans + Capital Budgets align <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Ben Hitchings, Chapel Hill Planning Director, presented this portion of the PowerPoint: <br /> 10 <br /> 11 February 2017: Listening, Creating Concepts <br /> 12 <br /> 13 June 2017: Check-In with Town Council <br /> 14 Key Questions: <br /> 15 • Was early work on the right track? <br /> 16 • Would Council support detailed work with advisory boards to move towards zoning <br /> 17 concepts? <br /> 18 <br /> 19 July 2017: Market Study Deliverable Complete <br /> 20 Assesses Capacity of D-O LRT Corridor* <br /> 21 • Office — 10 to 15 million square feet <br /> 22 • Retail —3 to 4.5 million square feet <br /> 23 • Hotel — 5,100 to 7,800 rooms <br /> 24 • Residential —20,400 to 30,700 units <br /> 25 <br /> 26 October 2017: Advisory Board Review <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Commissioner Rich asked if there is a plan to keep Orange County informed at each of <br /> 29 these steps. <br /> 30 Bonnie Hammersley said there is a disconnect, and there should be a representative <br /> 31 from each funding source at every meeting. She said she will be talking with Jeff Mann <br /> 32 tomorrow. <br /> 33 Commissioner Rich said that sounds like a good idea. <br /> 34 Bonnie Hammersley said that representative will be responsible for keeping the Board <br /> 35 informed. <br /> 36 Commissioner Jacobs said he would hope that person would be a participant in the <br /> 37 meetings, and not just an observer. He said part of the negotiation with Durham was to move <br /> 38 the Gateway project further into Orange County, as well as building affordable housing near the <br /> 39 stations. <br /> 40 Commissioner Jacobs said he thought the consultants would come back to speak to all <br /> 41 elected officials in January, who could get some background materials ahead of time. <br /> 42 Patrick McDonough said he was unsure how much information to bring this evening, and <br /> 43 he is happy to provide more detail. He said it would be beneficial to have the elected officials <br /> 44 together in January. He said there is a tentative plan to have a day long summit about Durham <br /> 45 Orange Light Rail and station area neighborhood planning on February 6th <br /> 46 Commissioner McKee said he is an employee of Summit Engineering, who may be <br /> 47 working on this project at some future point. He said he and his division has no connection to <br /> 48 this project, but he wants to be clear and offer full disclosure. <br /> 49 Commissioner McKee asked to go back to the slide of the Gateway station. He said it <br /> 50 would be helpful to see the County line on the map, as it appears that only a sliver of this <br />