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• Tonight’s discussion is to consider if, due to the reduced area of the JPA and associated reduction in residential population, the JPA representation on the Chapel Hill Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment should be amended. Population Estimates • The estimated 2013 population of the Town of Chapel Hill, is 59,635. This represents population within Chapel Hill’s corporate limits in both Orange and Durham County. While there is no formal population estimate for the planning areas outside the corporate limits (ETJ and JPA), it is possible to extrapolate a population in the ETJ/JPA based on the number of dwelling units in those areas (According to the 2010 Census, there are approximately 2.38 people per household in Chapel Hill). • The chart below reflects the 2013 corporate limits population and the extrapolated population for the new ETJ boundary and reduced JPA area. Chapel Hill Area Population Estimate % of Population Town Limits 59,635 93.3% Extraterritorial Jurisdiction 4,020 6.3% Joint Planning Area 297 0.4% Total 63,952 100% Options for Consideration Chapel Hill Planning Commission Recommendation (Option A) • The Chapel Hill Planning Commission recommended amending the Joint Planning Area agreement to replace the Joint Planning Area member on the Planning Commission and the Board of Adjustment with a Chapel Hill Resident. • The Chapel Hill Planning Commission based their recommendation on the fact that the current ETJ/JPA population percentage (6.7%) is less that the representative percentage (22%) of 2 seats on the Planning Commission. The Commission noted that with one ETJ/JPA seat on the Planning Commission, there is still almost double the population representation (11% vs.6.7%) on the Planning Commission. 46