• TOP NEWS: Condensed Results of The Most Recent Board of Aldermen Meeting

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen is currently on its summer break. The next scheduled meeting of the Board will be held on Tuesday, August 25, 2009.

1. PULIC WORKS PRESS RELEASE - July 4th Holiday Collection
2. Orange County Animal Services is Moving
3. Notice: Long Range Transportation Plan (2035 LRTP) and the Air Quality Analysis and Conformity Determination Report
4. CAROLINA NORTH -
   • Fiscal Impact Analysis: Phase I of Carolina North
   • Level Of Service / Cost & Revenue Assumptions
5. Cardboard Recycling Program - As of March 1, corrugated cardboard, must be separated from garbage for recycling.
6. Chapel Hill Transit Announcements
• Summer 2009 Schedule Announcements
• Memorial Day and July 4th Schedules
7. Greenway Planning Public Workshops
• Bolin Creek Greenway Public Workshop May 20
  • Provide your input through online survey
• Morgan Creek Greenway Public workshop June 15
8. PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED - TEXT AMENDMENT TO LAND USE ORDINANCE: Modifying provisions related to Water Quality Buffers
9. Help A Family In Need - Taste of Hope Customer Assistance Program for OWASA customers
10. Hurricane Season is here now: Prepare now for emergencies - Prepárese para las emergencias ahora
11. Water Conservation Information
    1. OWASA water conservation information
    2. NC Drought Management Council website
12. Click here for the Carrboro Fire-Rescue Department’s free smoke alarm and child car seat installation programs
13. The Town of Carrboro is seeking applicants for membership on the following advisory boards
14. Public Works Major Projects Timeline Update
15. Shared Ride Transit Services
16. Sidewalk Bond Projects
17. List of Official Town Holidays

New Location and New Standard Hours for Animal Services Beginning June 1st

The new state-of-the-art Animal Services Center, located at 1601 Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill, is set to open at noon on June 1st, 2009.  Its spacious and modern design will house the Animal Shelter, Animal Control and Administrative staff under one roof for the first time since the department’s creation in 2005. 

Also beginning June 1st, the hours that the new Center will be open to the public will be the same for both Animal Control and Sheltering Operations.  Those hours are as follows:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 12 –  6 pm
Tuesday, Thursday: 12 – 7:30 pm
Saturday: 12 – 5
Sunday: Closed

For more information on the facility or the Animal Services Department, please visit http://www.co.orange.nc.us/animalservices.

The Board of Aldermen of the Town of Carrboro opened a public hearing on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 on amendments to the Carrboro Land Use Ordinance to repeal existing stream buffer provisions and replace them with comprehensive water quality buffer requirements that include zoned buffers, an extensive and detailed table of exempt and allowed activities, diffuse flow limitations, and the establishment of a mitigation program.  The public hearing was continued to Tuesday, January 27, 2009 and again to March 24th, at which time the Board of Aldermen will receive public comment and decide whether or not to adopt the proposed amendments.

Substantial changes in the proposed amendment and to the Carrboro Land Use Ordinance may be made following the receipt of comments made at the public hearing.  The full text of the proposed amendment and a map depicting the Town’s geographic mapping of the revised buffers is available in the Planning Department.  For additional information, please contact the Planning Department at 918-7327.

• Maps showing current and proposed buffers and buildings affected by changes
• AN ORDINANCE REVISING ARTICLE XVI OF THE CARRBORO LAND USE ORDINANCE DEALING WITH FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, AND WATERSHED PROTECTION

The Town of Carrboro is seeking applicants for membership on the following advisory boards:

• Board of Adjustment
• Planning Board
• Appearance Commission
• Transportation Advisory Board
• Recreation and Parks Commission
• Human Services Commission
• Economic Sustainability Commission
• Environmental Advisory Board
• Northern Transition Area Advisory Committee
• Arts Committee

Interested persons should contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 918-7309 or at swilliamson@townofcarrboro.org for application forms. Or for online forms, go HERE.

Prepare now for emergencies:
http://www.co.orange.nc.us/ems/Emergencypreparedness.asp
http://www.readync.org
www.ready.gov

Prepárese para las emergencias ahora:
http://www.listonc.org
Semana de Preparación de Temporada Invernal

The Town of Carrboro works with Chapel Hill Transit to provide Shared Ride on-demand transit services to areas of Carrboro that do not have fixed-route bus service.

Click here for more information - http://www.ci.chapel-hill.nc.us/index.asp?nid=403

Two types of Shared Ride services will be provided in Carrboro: Feeder Service and Evening/Sunday Service.

• Feeder Service, which is provided at no charge between 6:45 am and 6:15 pm on weekdays, provides trips between designated bus stops in the “feeder” zones and the nearest bus route or to another “feeder” zone.
• Evening/Sunday Service is provided to areas that do not have regular evening, Saturday, and Sunday bus service and requires that users pay with Chapel Hill Transit bus tickets (tickets can be purchased at Carrboro Town Hall and other locations).
  

Funding for the enhanced transit services are being provided through federal Congestion Mitigation / Air Quality (CMAQ) funds and a 50 percent local match from the Town of Carrboro.

To view the map of Carrboro feeder zones and transfer points, click HERE.

For more information, please contact Carrboro Planning at at 918-7324.

The Town of Carrboro has identified the Phase 1 sidewalks to be funded from the bond referendum approved by voters on November 4, 2003.

• For more information, please click HERE.
• For a map showing the location of the Phase 1 Sidewalk Bond Projects, please click HERE.