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Town of Chapel Hill · Town Council
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 6:00 pm · RM 110 | Council Chamber

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What was decided

  1. Received 7.Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) Update received and filed · This matter was received and filed.
  2. Approved 8.Out-of-Town Library Fee for Orange County Residents Who Live Outside the Chapel Hill Corporate Limits adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Council Member Nollert, seconded by Council Member Miller-Foushee, that the Council adopt R-5, adopting an out-of-town library fee for Orange…

Another 6 items passed on the consent agenda, which is a single motion covering routine business. See the list.

Read from the agenda's recorded outcomes. Where the board published minutes, those are the record — this is a pointer to them.

What's on this agenda

Chapel Hill's council takes up a $65 annual library fee on Wednesday for Orange County residents who live outside the town limits. Staff recommend adopting it, citing the 2023 Library Task Force report. The town's library has been free to county residents, and this would change that for everyone beyond the corporate limits.

The council also sees the draft Land Use Management Ordinance, the rewrite that has been in front of one board or another since a 4-4 tie sank the omnibus package in November. Staff bring a high-level summary, a reference guide and maps of greenways and of arterial and collector streets. Council is asked to receive and comment rather than vote.

On consent: a construction contract with Morgan Corp to remediate the dam at 1714 Legion Road, an updated schedule of property acquisitions for the North-South bus rapid transit line, the 2026-27 Percent for Art plan, signage naming the Cedar Falls Park community center and two greenway extensions for Bill and Peggy Britt, and twenty sets of minutes going back to a 2014 council retreat.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

Chapel Hill's council adopted an out-of-town library fee on 23 September for Orange County residents who live outside the town limits. The vote was 8-0, with Council Member Rivers absent. The update on the Land Use Management Ordinance was received and filed with no action.

The consent agenda passed 8-0 as well. It included a $1,472,400 contract with Morgan Corp. to repair the dam at 1714 Legion Road, with budget amendments to pay for it, and authority to acquire property for the NS RAPID bus line. It also approved the 2026-27 Percent for Art plan and signs honoring Bill and Peggy Britt on the Cedar Falls Park community center and along several greenways. These are the town's draft action minutes, which do not record what was said during public comment.

How the votes went

Consent agenda: approved 8-0 on a motion by Mayor Pro Tem Berry, seconded by Council Member Miller-Foushee, with Council Member Rivers absent. Out-of-town library fee (R-5): adopted 8-0 on a motion by Council Member Nollert, seconded by Council Member Miller-Foushee, Rivers absent. The LUMO update was received and filed without a vote.

From the published minutes.

Speaking at this meeting

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7 items were added after the agenda first went up

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  1. WELCOME to a COUNCIL MEETING!
  2. ROLL CALL
  3. OPENING
  4. 1.Proclamation: Entrepreneurial and Innovation Month
  5. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
  6. PUBLIC COMMENTS
  7. 2.Approve a Construction Contract to Remediate the Dam at 1714 Legion R…
  8. 3.Updated Property Acquisition for NS RAPID
  9. 4.2026-2027 Annual Percent for Art (PFA) Plan
  10. 5.Approve Signage and Naming of Community Center Building and Greenways…
  11. 6.Past Unapproved Minutes
  12. DISCUSSION
  13. 7.Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) Update
  14. 8.Out-of-Town Library Fee for Orange County Residents Who Live Outside…
  15. CLOSED SESSION (AS NEEDED)
  16. ADJOURNMENT
  17. 1.01Mayor Jessica Anderson
  18. 1.02Council Member Paris Miller-Foushee
  19. 1.03Mayor Pro Tem Camille Berry
  20. OTHER ATTENDEES
  21. Approval of the Consent Agenda

Agenda items (21)

Other · 6Consent agenda · 6Procedural · 4Discussion item · 2Proclamation or recognition · 1Ordinance · 1Closed session · 1
  1. WELCOME to a COUNCIL MEETING!
    Other
  2. ROLL CALL
    Procedural
  3. OPENING
    Other
  4. 1. Proclamation: Entrepreneurial and Innovation Month
    Proclamation or recognition
  5. ANNOUNCEMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
    Procedural
  6. PUBLIC COMMENTS
    Procedural
  1. DISCUSSION
    Discussion item
  2. 7. Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) Update
    Ordinance
    received and filed · This matter was received and filed.
  3. 8. Out-of-Town Library Fee for Orange County Residents Who Live Outside the Chapel Hill Corporate Limits
    Discussion item
    adopted · Pass · A motion was made by Council Member Nollert, seconded by Council Member Miller-Foushee, that the Council adopt R-5, adopting an out-of-town library fee for Orange County residents who live outside the Chapel Hill corporate limits.
  4. CLOSED SESSION (AS NEEDED)
    Closed session
  5. ADJOURNMENT
    Procedural
  6. 1.01 Mayor Jessica Anderson
    Other Added the day of the meeting
  7. 1.02 Council Member Paris Miller-Foushee
    Other Added the day of the meeting
  8. 1.03 Mayor Pro Tem Camille Berry
    Other Added the day of the meeting
  9. OTHER ATTENDEES
    Other Added the day of the meeting

Agenda changes

What moved between published versions of this agenda. Item numbers shift constantly as things are inserted, so only genuine additions and removals are listed.

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