The Central West Small Area Plan and Appendices were adopted by the Town Council on November 26, 2013. For more information and for a copy of the adopted Central West Small Area Plan, visit http://www.townofchapelhill.org/town-hall/departments-services/chapel-hill-2020/future-focus-areas/central-west-small-area-plan

The following materials were provided to the Central West Focus Area Steering Committee members during the Steering Committee meetings. 

December 19, 2012 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda and Proposed Schedule
• Draft Committee Ground Rules
• Steering Committee Charge
• Council Resolution from 10-24-2012
• Central West Focus Area Boundary Map
• Chapel Hill 2020 Land Use Map
• Information about Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA)
• Constraints and Opportunities Map 
• Aerial Map 
• Parcels and Owners Map   
• Action Minutes from the meeting

January 29, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Proposed schedule
• Small Area Plan PowerPoint presentation
• Video of Small Area Plan and Process Presentation (By: Mary Jane Nirdlinger and Megan Wooley)
• Advisory Board Basics
• Link to 2012 Advisory Board Training Session Information: Click here
• Mason's Ten Principles of Parliamentary Law for Citizen Advisory Committee
• Open Meetings and Public Records Quiz with answers
• Action Minutes from the meeting  

 February 4, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda and Proposed Work Plan/Schedule for Milestone 1
• Action Minutes from the meeting

February 12, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Data Resource Package (Part 1 of 4)
• Data Resource Package (Part 2 of 4)
• Data Resource Package (Part 3 of 4)
• Data Resource Package (Part 4 of 4)
• Preliminary Community Workshops Format
• Revised Schedule for Steering Committee Meetings
• Action Minutes from the meeting

February 26, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Rhodeside & Harwell Contract
• Rhodeside & Harwell Contract Addendum
• Data Resource Package 
  • Part 1 of 7
  • Part 2 of 7
  • Part 3 of 7
  • Part 4 of 7
  • Part 5 of 7
  • Part 6 of 7
  • Part 7 of 7 
• Action minutes from the meeting 

March 1, 2013 Walking Tour and Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Walking Tour Map
• Action minutes from the meeting 

March 2, 2013 Community Workshop

• Agenda
• Handout about the Central West Focus Area process
• The Central West Area Today Presentation
• Shaping Places Presentation 

March 12, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Draft Work Plan for Milestone 2
• Glen Lennox Guiding Principles
• Photo Montage - Part 1
• Photo Montage - Part 2
• World Cloud
• Opportunities Map - Raw Findings
• Opportunities Map
• Conditions and Challenges Map
• Action minutes from the meeting

March 21, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Themes and Small Group Committee Members
• Revised Draft Work Plan for Milestone 2
• Framework for Small Group Discussions 
• Examples of Principles from Other Small Area Plans
  • Glen Lennox Guiding Principles
  • Arlington Pentagon Centre Site
  • Lexington East End Small Area Plan
  • North Potomac Yard Small Area Plan
  • Transportation Guiding Planning Principles
• Summary of Vision Statements from Neighborhood Residents
• Small Group Notes from the March 21st meeting
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety and Connectivity
  • Community Character
  • Future Land Use
  • Traffic and Transit
• Action minutes from the meeting

 April 4, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Feedback from Rhodeside and Harwell team about the principles
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety and Connectivity
  • Community Character
  • Future Land Use
  • Traffic and Transit
• Committee comments about the small group notes 
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety and Connectivity
  • Community Character
  • Future Land Use
  • Traffic and Transit
• Small Group Notes from the April 4th meeting
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety and Connectivity
  • Community Character
  • Future Land Use
  • Traffic and Transit
• Action minutes from the meeting

April 9, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Planning Principles from the Small Group Discussions
• Rhodeside and Harwell's Presentation
• Action minutes from the meeting

April 18, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Draft Planning Principles
• Preliminary Concepts, Map Series:
  • Map 1: Current Intentions
  • Map 2: Conceptual Land Use Scheme A: Residential Focus
  • Map 3: Conceptual Land Use Scheme B: Office & Residential Focus
  • Map 4: Conceptual Land Use Scheme C: Mixed Use Focus
  • Map 5: Open Space & Trails
  • Map 6: Pedestrian & Bicycle Network
  • Map 7: Preliminary Vehicular Circulation Ideas
• Committee and community comments regarding the Planning Principles
• Committee and community comments regarding the Planning Concepts
• Action minutes from the meeting 

April 25, 2013 Community Drop-By Session

• Comments on Boards from Community Members
• Photographs of the Boards

April 30, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Planning Principles and Objectives
• Revised Planning Principles as discussed during the April 30th meeting
• Objectives Assignment
• Draft Planning Concepts
• Action minutes from the meeting 

May 7, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Draft Planning Concepts
• Draft East-West Bicycle & Pedestrian Access
• Draft Objectives from the Committee - Raw data
• Revised Principles from the April 30th and May 7th meetings
• Action minutes from the meeting 

May 17, 2013 Steering Committee - Informal Community Workshop Preview

• Agenda
• Action Minutes

May 18, 2013 Community Workshop

• Agenda
• Community Workshop Flyers
  • Color
  • Black and White
• Draft Principles and Objectives
• Community Workshop Presentation
• Planning Tools Images
• Draft Concept Plans
• Draft Transportation Options
• Comment Sheet
• Objectives Exercise Data from Workshop
• Planning Tools Exercise Data from Workshop

May 30, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Notes from the Principles and Objectives
• Meeting Summary from the Co-Chairs
• Action Minutes from the meeting

June 4, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Summary of Workshop Findings from the May 18th Community Workshop
• Concept Plans Presentation by Rhodeside and Harwell
• Citizens Concept Presentation, Map, and Photographs - Presented by Alex Pfaff and Theresa Raphael-Grimm
• Transcribed Notes from the Community Comments
• Transcribed Notes from the Steering Committee Tables
• Meeting Summary from the Co-Chairs
• Action Minutes 

June 11, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Draft Work Plan for Milestone 3
• Proposed Principle #13 - To be discussed by the Steering Committee
• Concepts Presentation
• Meeting Summary from the Co-Chairs
• Action minutes 

June 24, 2013 Council Meeting - Process Update

• Presentation to the Council by the Co-Chairs
• Staff Memorandum - "Central West Focus Area - Process Update"
• Video of the presentation and Council discussion

July 1, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda 
• Activity Assignment
• Activity - Base Map
• Activity - Raw Data from Responses
• Activity - Synthesized Data from Responses
• Presentation
• Approved Work Plan
• Notes from July 1st Steering Committee Discussion
• Meeting Summary from the Co-Chairs
• Action minutes 

July 9, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Presentation
• Draft agenda for July 22nd meeting
• Proposal for Processing Community Input
• Whit Rummel's Crossroads Center Information
  • Crossroads Center - Ideas for Consideration
  • Crossroads Center Image
• Summary of Steering Committee's Decisions from the July 9th Meeting
• Meeting summary from the Co-Chairs 
• Notes from July 9th Steering Committee Discussion
• Action minutes 

July 22, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Transportation Handout
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• Meeting Presentation
• Transportation Presentation 
• Alternatives Analysis Presentation
• Alternatives Analysis Handout
• Updated Transit Services Map for the Data Resource Package
• Meeting summary from the Co-Chairs
• Action minutes

July 30, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Access Diagrams
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Network Diagrams
• Summary of the Steering Committee's Decisions from the July 9th and 30th Meetings
• Meeting summary from the Co-Chairs
• Action minutes

August 7, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Handout of Summary of Decisions and Responses from July 1st Activity
• Co-Chair Meeting Summary
• Action minutes and meeting notes

August 19, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Draft Outline of the Central West Small Area Plan document
• Draft Revised Work Plan for August to November 2013
• Draft Planning Principles and Objectives
• Analysis/Testing
  • Information to be analyzed
  • Concepts to be analyzed
• Action minutes from the meeting

August 29, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Matrix
• Key to Density Calculations
• Traffic Analysis
  • Presentation and Information
  • Traffic Analysis Chart - Trips by Type and Mode
  • Maps: Residential Daily Trips by Mode, Residential Units by Scenario, and Non-Residential Square Footage  
• Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Analysis
  • Presentation
  • Handout
• Presentation: Developer Thoughts on Concept Plans 
• Analysis of Concepts and Chapel Hill 2020 comprehensive plan Themes and Goals
• Analysis of Concepts and Central West Principles
• Action minutes from the meeting 

September 3, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda 
• Stormwater Presentation
• Transportation Packet
• Revised Transportation Packet from August 29th
• Dot Exercise Results from the August 29th meeting
• Community Session Overview
• Action minutes from the meeting 

September 10, 2013 Community Session

• Input received at the Community Session (transcribed from the large paper)
• Pictures of Concept Posters (A1, A2, B1, and B2) 

September 19, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Presentation: Overview of the Community Session and Survey Responses
• Summary of Survey Responses
• Raw Data from the Survey
• Map developed from the conversations with the Steering Committee members
• Response to Community Concerns Handout
• Framework for Plan Development/Concept Handout
• Alternate Vision Plan
• Action minutes from the meeting

September 24, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• "General Trend of Ideas" Map and Bicycle/Pedestrian Amenities
• Action minutes from the meeting

October 1, 2013 Planning Board Meeting

• Central West Memorandum to the Planning Board
• Draft Recommendations for the Concept Plan and Bicycle and Pedestrian Amenities
• Staff Presentation
• Co-Chairs Presentation
• Planning Board Comments

October 3, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Staff PowerPoint
• Recommendations Handout
• Draft Stormwater Language
• Draft Vision Language
• Draft Streetscape Vision and Matrix
• Action minutes from the meeting

October 8, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Staff Presentation
• Draft Transportation Language
• Draft Stormwater Language
• Draft Central West Concept Plan - To download the plan, please click on the following links:
  • Initial Pages (Includes Title Page, Table of Contents, Credits, List of Figures, and Vision Statement)
  • Chapters 1 (Introduction and Planning Process), 2 (Existing Conditions), & 3 (Planning Principles and Objectives)
  • Chapters 4 (Concept Plan), 5 (Transportation), 6 (Environmental Conservation), 7 (Streetscapes), 8 (Implementation), & 9 (Concept Plan, Principles, & Chapel Hill 2020 Themes)
• Action minutes from the meeting

October 18, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Traffic Analysis Information
• Traffic Analysis/Density Numbers
• Action minutes from the meeting 

October 21, 2013 "Meet the Draft Plan!" Meetings

• Presentation

October 21, 2013 Public Hearing

• Draft Central West Small Area Plan - Public Hearing Item
• Staff Presentation
• Co-Chairs Presentation 

October 22, 2013 Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board Meeting

• Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board's Recommendation

October 23, 2013 Greenways Commission Meeting

• Greenways Commission's Recommendation

October 24, 2013 Transportation Board Meeting

• Transportation Board's Recommendation 

October 29, 2013 Planning Board Meeting

• Staff Memorandum and Attachments
• Staff Presentation
• Co-Chairs Presentation 
• Planning Board's Comments 

November 7, 2013 Steering Committee Meeting

• Agenda
• Comments and Possible Revisions Document
• Draft Glossary
• Draft Topography Map
• Revisions to the Draft Plan - To be reviewed by the Steering Committee - To download the draft plan, click here
• Revisions and Amendments to the Draft Plan - Approved by the Steering Committee
• Action minutes for the meeting

November 19, 2013 Planning Board Meeting

• Staff Memorandum and Attachments
• Additional Information (Including: Annotated Planning Board comments; Fiscal Analysis; Comments from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools)
• Staff Presentation
• Planning Board's Recommendation

November 20, 2013 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting

• Parks and Recreation Commission's Recommendation

November 26, 2013 Council Business Meeting

• Staff Memorandum and Attachments

Additional Materials

• Co-Chair Report on Lessons Learned from the Central West Planning Process