8:30 a.m. - Upper Parking Lot (Driving Tour of Potential Priority Properties)

10:00 – Meeting Room A

Meeting Agenda

1.        Opening

a.        Roll Call

b.        Approval of Agenda

2.        Driving Tour of Potential Priority Properties

Action Item: Load passenger van for a driving tour of Town properties that have been identified as potential priority properties. Those properties and approximate order in the driving tour are as follows:

1. Parks and Recreation Department Office, 200 Plant Rd. (Map Ref. #7)
2. Fire Station #3, 1615 E. Franklin St. at intersection with Elliott Road (Map Ref. #6)
3. Open space known as the Dry Creek properties south of I-40 and on both sides of Erwin Road (Map Ref. #5) (Side trip: Cedar Falls Park)
4. Eubanks Road Park and Ride Lot, 200 Eubanks Rd. (Map Ref. #2)
5. Millhouse Road Parcels adjacent to and across the Town Operation Center (6850 Millhouse Rd.) and Chapel Hill Transit Center (6900 Millhouse Rd.) (Map Ref. #1)
6. Fire Station #4, 101 Weaver Dairy Rd. Ext. at intersection with Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (Map Ref. #3)
7. 2200 Homestead Rd. (vacant building and open space) (Map Ref. #4) (Side Trip: Homestead Park)
8. Police Center, 828 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (Map Ref. #8)
9. Open space in the Northside area east of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, south of Village Drive and east and south of Jay Street (Map Ref. #11)
10. Parking Lot – 604 N. Rosemary St. (managed jointly with the Town of Carrboro) (Map Ref. #12)
11. Parking Lot – 127 W. Rosemary St. (Map Ref. #16)
12. Parking Lot – 100 E. Rosemary St. at intersection with Columbia Street (Map Ref. #18)
13. Wallace Parking Deck, 150 E. Rosemary St. (Map Ref. #19)
14. Old Post Office, 179 E. Franklin St. (Map Ref. #20)
15. Parking Lot – 415 W. Franklin St. (east of Basnight Lane) (Map Ref. #14)
16. Parking Lot – 108 Graham St. (Map Ref. #13)
17. Open Space near the intersection of Bennett Road and Mt. Carmel Church Road (adjacent to Fire Station #5, 100 Bennett Rd.) (Map Ref. #9) (Side Trip: Southern Community Park)
18. Open Space, 1610 US 15-501 South (west side of US 15-501 south of Southern Community Park) (Map Ref. #10)

Weather-permitting, the group may choose to walk around some properties.

Following the driving tour, the Task Force will convene in Meeting Room A at the Library.

3.        Public Comment (10:00 a.m., Library Meeting Room A)

4.        Business

a.        Approval of minutes

           Action Item: Approve minutes of the February 10, 2017 meeting.

b.        Discuss potential priority properties

Action Item: Receive feedback from Task Force members about the properties visited during the driving tour.

c.        Receive meeting schedule

Action Item: Receive Task Force Work Plan with meeting dates and locations through September 2017.

d.        Other Task Force Discussion

5.         Public Comment

6.         Adjournment

Action Item: The next meeting will be Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. in Meeting Room A at Chapel Hill Public Library.

Meeting Materials

• Approved Minutes of February 10, 2017 Meeting
• Potential Priority Properties Comment Worksheet
• Town Properties Task Force Work Plan (revised February 23, 2017)
• Map – Proposed Priority Properties, version February 27, 2017
• Map – Proposed Priority Properties – Downtown Areas, version February 27, 2017

Goal: Develop an overall strategic framework and initial ideas for specific sites, including those located in the Downtown area, for Council review in June 2017 and Council action in September 2017.

Resources:

• Project Web Page: Under Construction
• Board Web Page: http://www.townofchapelhill.org/town-hall/government/boards-commissions (Scroll down to Town Properties Task Force)