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~~ <br />Health. He pointed out that if the NIH "takes a hit," then Chapel Hill could go into <br />recession. <br />Mr. Capowski expressed concern about 17,000 parking spaces. The transportation goals <br />were excellent, he said, but their implementation was going in the wrong direction. It <br />was crucial to minimize parking, to keep the neighborhood impact low, and to enable the <br />success of mass transit, Mr. Capowski stated. He advised Counci] members to get sound <br />.justification for 17,000 spaces or reduce it substantially, Mr, Capowski asked the Town <br />Council to use its negotiating skills and regulatory position to cut the parking in half. <br />Patrick McDonough, a Carrboro resident and a transit service planner with TTA, noted <br />that the proposed parking would he higher than on UNC's main campus. Mr. <br />McDonough recommended that the Town immediately seek a new funding source for <br />fixed guideway transit in Orange County. I-Ie also suggested that the Town and Orange <br />County adopt a resolution in support of establishing a new regional funding source. The <br />Town should then seek support from all in the region to get to Phase II and to connect <br />that up to Carolina North using the existing rail corridor, Mr, McDonough said, He <br />encouraged the Council to change one lane each way on Airport Road into bus only <br />]apes. "L.ook at park and ride opportunities near rail corridors so that later on they can <br />become rai] stations," Mr. McDonough said. "L,ook at Oxford, England's transit system." <br />Diane VandenBroek, a Horace Williams Committee member, expressed concern about <br />the proposal to move the section of Carolina North that would be east of Sewell School <br />Road northward. Doing that moves it away form the Northhaven neighborhood but <br />creates anon-continuous nahiral area, she said.. Ms. VandenBroek noted that the <br />proposed main road from Weaver Dairy Road L^xtension would cut the natural area in <br />two. UNC would be putting more natural area inside the development, she said, but it <br />would be better to leave it on the outside where it would be more continuous for animals <br />and people to use, she said.. <br />COUNCIL, MEMBER STROM MOVED, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER <br />HILL, TO RECENE AND REFER COMMENTS TO THE MANAGER AND <br />ATTORNEY. THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY (9-0). <br />The meeting adjourned at 10:35 p.m. <br />