Agenda - 03-10-20; 8-a - Minutes

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7 1 Mayor Hemminger said the environmental assessment and school site will inform the 2 connectivity piece. She said the MMC can discuss these items and share back out with the 3 various boards. 4 Mayor Hemminger said the MMC did agree that the local partners do not want to be the 5 developers. 6 Chair Rich said the MOU will guide the boards on how to move forward in the process 7 with the partners. She said discussions about actual development are far off. 8 Chapel Hill Council Member Bin said the MOU will layout the decision process and 9 resolution of disputes. 10 Chair Rich said yes, the MOU takes all the partners and guides them on how everyone 11 moves forward. 12 Chapel Hill Council Member Ryan said the time schedule notes that in August there will 13 be a time for refining goals and preservation, and she would like for the public to weigh in 14 before it gets back to the MMC. She said ideally it would be good to have public engagement in 15 June. 16 Travis Myren said points #2 and #3 are from staff's perspective, signaling what work 17 needs to be done before staff can make sense out of any development proposal. 18 Chapel Hill Council Member Ryan said as long as it happens in a way that allows public 19 engagement on the earlier end. 20 Carrboro Council Member Seils said #2 and #3 are separate activities from the process 21 of developing the MOU and beginning the environmental assessment. He said the MOU needs 22 to be in place first, and he appreciates the intent of staying focused on the most pressing items 23 first. He said he would like to consider what other approaches there may be, and asked 24 Commissioner Dorosin to expand on his previous thought. 25 Commissioner Dorosin said he thought the boards could do some brain-storming and 26 see what alternatives exist. He said there are inefficiencies in the unanimous consent 27 requirement, but some may think this is the best way. He said SWAG voting was done by 28 entity, and voting by percentages of ownership is another option. He said the MOU will define 29 how this project gets done; and it is important to consider how to proceed if agreement cannot 30 be reached. 31 Carrboro Council Member Seils said it sounds like the draft MOU will go to the MMC, but 32 asked if it will then back to the individual boards for discussion. 33 Commissioner Dorosin said the boards are here to give feedback tonight. He said he 34 personally does not want to adopt an MOU that requires unanimous agreement. 35 Chapel Hill Council Member Stegman said the MMC process has been frustrating in the 36 past, but has improved with the recent changes of facilitation and notes coming back to the 37 boards. She said it would be helpful to know the agendas are ahead of time, as well as set 38 meeting and check in times. She said unanimity is not working, and she would be interested to 39 hear more about other options. 40 Commissioner Marcoplos said right now the focus is the environmental assessment, the 41 school site, and the MOU, and there will not be much further progress without agreement on 42 those three items. He said once those are completed, further items could come down to a 43 majority vote. 44 Commissioner Dorosin said everyone has agreed upon the environmental assessment, 45 and the MOU and the school site are the next topics for discussion. He said he does not think 46 unanimous agreement on these matters will come easily. 47 Commissioner Marcoplos said he does not think it will be easy either, but if there is one 48 party that does not agree to the MOU, then further discussions will fail as well. 49 Mayor Lavelle said it really does not make a difference if it is one vote each or a 50 percentage.