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DocuSign Envelope ID:79E7E065-C620-41EB-8AD8-976C333559A7 <br /> New Business/ Roundtable <br /> • Mayor Lydia Lavelle—Town of Carrboro <br /> Anthony Carey thanked and said goodbye to Lydia as Mayor of Carrboro and a long-standing <br /> member of this board. "The Mayor that I've always known for Carrboro. What great work you <br /> have done. It has been a lot of fun getting to know you and watching Carrboro grow and <br /> evolve. As you step away and become a private citizen and enjoy the community that you <br /> helped grow and develop, what are your hopes and dreams for Carrboro?" <br /> Lydia—"One biggie is getting the 203 Project off the ground. I think that is going to bring a lot <br /> of extra vitality and help bring back Carrboro. Really, I tell folks,when you serve in an elected <br /> office, it is kind of like being on a train, the train is moving and you jump on it for a while and do <br /> what you can, and you jump off and someone else takes it onward. We have a great Council, <br /> wonderful staff and great advisory boards. I imagine we will carry on the way we usually have. <br /> I am happy I have been a part of making Carrboro grow. I will still be around. You will see me <br /> riding my bike around and eating and drinking and spending as much as I can around town. <br /> • Mayor Pam Hemminger—Town of Chapel Hill <br /> - There is nothing really going on right now. It is really calm and quiet in Chapel Hill. <br /> - Tonight we have our Council meeting and then we have our organizing meeting in December. <br /> Tonight we have some last night votes we are taking and we have a work session in there too. <br /> Looking forward to a little down time from meetings so that we can get our three new council <br /> members oriented and hit the ground running in January. <br /> - On tonight's agenda is the new extended stay hotel in downtown. There were very positive <br /> comments at last week's meeting. I am expecting it to pass which, if it does,we will have <br /> another hotel with a rooftop amenity and green space in Chapel Hill. <br /> - Also on the agenda is the 150 E. Rosemary Street Project that we refer to as the "Wet Lab". It <br /> has some things that the Council is concerned about but we are looking for a path forward. That <br /> may continue on until January but the goal is to make it fit within the community better. <br /> - We are going to have construction downtown for quite a while,just to give you all a heads up. <br /> We are trying to figure out how to change the situation on E. Franklin to help with the traffic <br /> delays we are experiencing. <br /> - I had the privilege of going to an UNC basketball game last week and people are coming back in <br /> droves. The stadium filled up pretty well. We are feeling like people are getting back to normal: <br /> The new version of normal. Everyone was wearing masks and celebrating and having a good <br /> time. <br /> - We had a hiccup with the downtown holiday parade. We won't be having it this year. It is <br /> unfortunate but the Jaycees decided to opt-out but we didn't get enough warning to pull <br /> something else together. I'm sad to share that with you. We will try to do some other smaller <br /> events and figure that out. <br /> - Sunday we are trying a new thing, a Food Truck Rodeo, over,though, at American Legion Park. <br /> There will be twelve food trucks, lots of non-profits, activities for families and kids, and other <br /> folks too. This is programming that we have been doing in smaller batches rather than having a <br /> large festival like FestiFall. We have been having smaller activities to pull folks together and <br /> gaging the interest and, so far, it has been very well received. <br /> - Matt is going to share with us all the great and interesting things going on downtown. <br /> 4 Page CHOCVB BOD Meeting November 17 , 2021 <br />