(1)C H A T H A M C O U N T Y C O M P R E H E N S I V E P L A N Steering Committee Meeting A G E N D A 1

C H A T H A M C O U N T Y C O M P R E H E N S I V E P L A N

Steering Committee Meeting 2/09/2017

A G E N D A

1. Welcome and Introductions (10 min)

• Comments from the Chair

• Approval of Minutes

• Review of Schedule

2. Edits Made & Comments Since Last Meeting (10 min) 3. Housing & Education (35 min)

• Presentation & Discussion

4. Transportation (50 min)

• Presentation

• Work-session

5. Other business (10 min)

• March or April SC Meeting

• Upcoming Public Meetings (February)

• Other Outreach Efforts (Feb-March)

• Advisory Committee Meetings

• Potential adoption schedule

T H E P L A N N I N G P R O C E S S

We are here

N E A R T E R M S C H E D U L E

Meeting / Milestone Date Description

Steering Committee Meeting #9 11/17 • Review intermediate findings for elements (Housing, Environment &

Open Space, Resiliency)

• Strategies work session #3

Steering Committee Meeting #10 1/19/17 • Continue discussion on plan elements + district level work-session

• Review draft public meeting materials Steering Committee Meeting #11 2/9/17 • Housing and education

• Future transportation needs

• Review draft public meeting materials Public Meetings February • Get feedback on draft recommendations Steering Committee Meeting #12 March • Review public meeting feedback

• Continue discussion on plan elements

• Action items / implementation steps Steering Committee Meeting #13 April • Discuss draft plan

CHANGES

AND

COMMENTS

DRAFT FUTURE LAND USE AND CONSERVATION PLAN

FLU MAP CHANGES

1. Employment Center added northeast of Goldston

2. Conservation Areas refined based on more detailed review of

conservation suitability and to align more with parcel lines

3. Ag area adjusted slightly 4. Minor updates to FLU

Descriptions

Before Revisions

DRAFT FUTURE LAND USE AND CONSERVATION PLAN

FLU MAP CHANGES

1. Employment Center added northeast of Goldston

2. Conservation Areas refined based on more detailed review of

conservation suitability and to align more with parcel lines

3. Ag area adjusted slightly 4. Minor updates to FLU

Descriptions

After Revisions

MEETING COMMENTS

• Steering Committee

• Support for parallel or “backage” road for 15/501

• Size/design of rural centers

• Need for job training

• Building reuse

• Landscaping and gateways

• Big Woods / CCP Meeting

• Need for incentives

• Preservation priorities

MEGASITE DISCUSSION

• Discussion regarding tenant and recruiting target mix at megasites

• Large tenant vs. many small/medium size tenants

• Potential for large tenant and supporting uses (i.e. business / industrial park) including

small/medium size tenants in the vicinity

• Additional work (small area plan) may

be needed to clarify use mix, scale,

road connections, etc.

DRAFT FUTURE LAND USE AND CONSERVATION PLAN

OUTSTANDING Qs / TASKS

1. Agricultural Area

• Show on map?

• Refine extent?

• Agricultural Advisory Board review of draft map(s) and policies

2. Defining intended scale of Centers and design

recommendations 3. Supporting

illustrations for key future land use types

After Revisions

Draft Design Recommendations By Future Land Use Category

Development Design

Recommendations Description

Future Land Uses

Major Centers

Minor Centers (Village, Crossroads)

Compact

Residential Rural Consv. Ag.

Conventional Subdivisions Lots and open space requirements per existing

zoning regulations X X X _Centers^Near

Compact Communities As defined by Compact Communities

Ordinance, dependent on utilities X X X

Urban / Suburban Low Impact Development (LID) Techniques

Pervious pavement, green roofs, cistern systems, rain barrels, rain gardens, infiltration strips, green street features (i.e. stormwater planters), stormwater retention/open space features (i.e. wet meadows)

X X X

Rural Low Impact Development (LID) Techniques

Limit development envelope, clustering to the extent practical based on soils, rural road standard (swale sections and headwater streets)

X X X

Rural Design Elements

Architectural features, reduce impacts on historical structures and landscapes, viewshed protection, integrated open space, preservation of heritage trees and mature forests

X X X X X X

Conservation Subdivision Design

50% open space, preservation of natural features as amenities

Near Sensitive

Features

X X

Near Sensitive

Features Agricultural Friendly Design Performance based criteria, very low gross

density, open space/buffers located near working farms and forests

X

HOUSING

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EDUCATION

HOUSING & EDUCATION GOAL

• Provide equitable access to high-quality education, housing and community options for all.

• OBJ: 100% high school graduation rate (current rate is 87.3 (2015 NC BOE)).

• OBJ: Increase number of higher education degrees (trade school, university, etc.).

• OBJ: Diversity of educational options (public, private, STEM, magnet) and support services.

• OBJ: Provide housing and community options (types, locations and prices) for all ages and incomes.

• Potential Metrics: Graduation rates. Income level. Number of affordable housing units by type.

HOUSING & EDUCATION GOAL [REV]

• Provide equitable access to high-quality education, housing and community options for all.

• Support, assist, and strengthen opportunities for all Chatham residents to access high-quality education, housing, and

community options.

• OBJ: 100% high school graduation rate (current rate is 87.3 (2015 NC BOE)).

• OBJ: Increase number of higher education degrees (trade school, university, etc.).

• OBJ: Diversity of educational options (public, private, STEM, magnet) and support services.

• OBJ: Provide housing and community options (types, locations and prices) for all ages and incomes.

• Potential Metrics: Graduation rates. Income level. Number of affordable housing units by type.

DRAFT EDUCATION RECS

• Support, assist, and strengthen opportunities for all Chatham residents to access high-quality education, housing, and

community options.

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EDUCATION Qs

• Outstanding questions:

• Should we recommend, based on the land use plan, generally where new schools should be located? –I.e. near defined centers and not in rural or agricultural areas?

• Should the county play a larger role in pre-K education?

• What more can the county do to support nutritional education and/or school or community gardens

• What senior education / lifelong learning opportunities should the county work

with partners to provide?

Three housing goals identified by BOC

• Affordability and location of rental housing

• TJCOG housing subcommittee recommendations

• Comp Plan should address workforce rentals

• Affordability of homes for home ownership

• Bulk of Comp Plan recommendations

• Emergency transitional / supportive housing

• Partnerships will be key to this

Definitions

• Affordable Housing

• A dwelling including utilities that costs its occupant (renter or owner) no more than 30% of their gross monthly household income

• Is used to refer to housing for households who make 80% or less of Area Median Income ($65,700 for MSA—used by HUD)

• Workforce Housing

• Housing provided for those who earn 80% – 120% of AMI

Definitions

Area Median

Income (AMI)

Extremely Low

Income

Very Low Income

Low-Income Moderate Income

30% 50% 80% 120%

Workforce Housing Affordable Housing

Definitions & Need

30% 60 % 80% 120%

Bus Driver in Durham- Chapel Hill MSA

57% AMI

Electrician in Durham- Chapel Hill MSA

63 % AMI

Childcare Worker in

Durham-Chapel Hill MSA

33% AMI

Law

Enforcement Worker in Chatham County

60% AMI

Teacher in Chatham County

53% AMI

Social Worker in Chatham County

71% AMI

Definitions & Need

$- $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000

Salaries by Occupation

$- $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $1,200 $1,400

Affordable Rent / Mortgage

Monthly Payment Based on 30% of Income

80% of AMI

Definitions & Need

$- $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500

Teacher Police Officer

Social Worker

Childcare Worker

Bus DriverElectrician 80% Of AMI

Average Sale Price

Affordable Rent / Mortgage

Monthly Payment Based on 30% of Income

• Average sale price of homes in Q1 of 2016 is $453,750

• Monthly mortgage payment would be ~$2,900

• Income of $116,000 is necessary to “afford” a

mortgage for the average home

80% of AMI

Lack of Appropriately Sized Rentals

2,179 (38%)

1,610 (28%) 848 (15%)

1,052 (19%)

RENTER-OCCUPIED HOUSING HOUSEHOLD SIZES

1-person household 2-person household 3-person household 4-or-more- person household

171 (3%)

666 (12%)

4,449 (78%) 404 (7%)

INVENTORY OF RENTAL UNITS

Studio

1 Bedroom

2 or 3

Bedrooms 4 or More Bedrooms

Numbers

Total Income Assistance

Needed

2016 Households in Chatham

County Cost

Burdened low income

renters

8% 2,235

Income Assisted Households

3% 932

Total Income Assistance

Needed

11% 3,167 28,902

0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000

Total Income Assistance Needed 2016 Households in Chatham County

Chatham County Households Cost Burdened low income renters Income Assited Households

Cost-Burdened Renter Households

Data from the 2010-2014 Census Bureau’s American Community Survey

Income Based Apartments

76

144 144

96

2 6 3 4

1 year (2016-2017)

2-8 years (2018-2025)

9-15 years (2026 -2032)

16 years & more (2033 -) 0

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Expiring Affordability

Number of Units Number of Buildings

Affordable Housing Providers

• Non-profit developers

• Habitat for Humanity, CASA

• For-profit developers

• Bellemont, Pittsboro Village

• Chatham Housing Authority

• Vouchers

• VASH Mobile Homes

• Supportive housing providers

• The Arc, Tiny Homes at Penny Lane

• Crisis or transitional housing organizations

208

166 144

126 114

88 79 76 67

52 49 42 42 38 37 32

23 22 20 20 0

50 100 150 200 250

2012 2013 2014 2015 1Q2016 Sum

TOP 20 HOMEBUILDERS IN CHATHAM (PAST 5 YEARS)

Important Impacts

Local Economy

Every 100 typical Low Income Housing Tax Credit apartments will generate an estimated

• $7.9 million in local income in the first year, $2.4 million annually

• 122 local jobs in the first year, 30 jobs a year, ongoing

• $827,000 in taxes in the first year,

$441,000 annually

• Taxes = local government revenue from all sources: taxes, fees, fines, revenue from gov’t-owned

enterprises

Draft Housing Policy Recommendations

• Process

• Places

• Product

• Partnerships

Draft Housing Policy Recommendations

Process

• Encourage the incorporation of affordable and workforce housing in new developments.

• Update ordinances to include zoning provisions for affordable housing with contribution options (i.e. land, fee in lieu)

• Updates to Compact Communities Ordinance and other districts/development that meet certain criteria (i.e. tied to voluntary CCO/PUD, rezoning or conditional use)

• Flexibility for developers to match target demographic

• Locational parameters

• Pricing / rates / delivery parameters/ timing

• Establish a fund for affordable housing with housing type targets and location parameters. This could work in tandem with fee in lieu provisions. May need to be joint effort with municipalities or non-profit (i.e. Arlington, VA).

• Encourage developers to partner with Habitat and other nonprofit builders.

Draft Housing Policy Recommendations

Places

• Accommodate a mix of housing types where appropriate.

• Transportation access, future transit, access to utilities, schools and parks

• Towns (incl. Cary), 15-501, Moncure and other villages

• Incentivize affordable and workforce for sale product

• Evaluate fee reduction and density bonus provisions to encourage affordable housing in well located sites

(coordination with towns needed).

• Increase workforce housing

• i.e. West Virginia Teacher Village Case Study

• Increase availability of quality senior housing

• Support and allow Accessory Dwelling Units

• Consider revisions to CCO—should ADUs count for ½ unit?

• Pocket neighborhoods, co-housing and other forms of housing that appeal to seniors may be appropriate near Centers.

A Teacher Village will be constructed in downtown Welch, WV with 30 units to accommodate

teachers in rural McDowell County.

Draft Housing Policy Recommendations

Product

• Encourage affordable housing in a context sensitive manner.

• Prototypes

• Mini-PUD

• Location: Appropriate in Towns and near Centers, in Compact Residential Areas

• Size & Product types

• 60+ units, Ideally 2 or 3 product types

• MF – In Town jurisdiction, Attached, Detached

(cottage/patio or zero lot line), Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)

• Rural

• Location: Rural and Agricultural Areas, in areas without utilities

• Size & Product types

• 1-12 units

• SF Homes, duets, ADUs

Mini-PUD Precedents

Vermont Davidson

CalAtlantic Homes Prototypes

Andover Floorplan

3 Bed, 2.5 Bath 1,527 SF

Dorchester Floorplan

2 Bed, 2.5 Bath 1,412 SF

Rural Precedents

Metal Prefab Serenbe

Affordable Housing

Prototypes

MiniPUDs

• Centers and Compact Res

• Small lot

• Attached

• Dependent on utilities

Rural

• ADUs

• Innovative types that fit rural character

Draft Housing Policy Recommendations

Partnerships

• Partner with municipalities, non-profits, and

private entities to increase affordable and workforce housing as well as emergency/transitional and

supportive housing.

• Partner to maintain expiring affordable units

• Promotion and education on needs, trends, and opportunities

• Plan for redevelopment of existing mobile home parks [preserve affordability of housing for future uses]

• Mobile home parks account for 1,250 acres (515 acres in ETJs, 340 acres in the northeast, the remainder near

crossroads communities)

• Many will be redeveloped over the next 30 years

• Example: Love Creek area in Siler City

• 250 acres, partially undeveloped

TRANSPORTATION

Existing Conditions Review

Commuting

• The majority of residents who are employed work

outside of Chatham County.

• Three quarters of Chatham residents drive alone to

work; a further 11% carpool.

• Chatham County has two fixed-route transit routes, one of which connects

Pittsboro and Chapel Hill (the other connects Pittsboro and Siler City).

Destination Count Percent Chapel Hill 3,717 14.3%

Raleigh 2,826 10.9%

Durham 2,365 9.1%

Cary 1,219 4.7%

Greensboro 746 2.9%

Top Out-of-County Destinations

TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND GROWTH

• Traffic volumes are concentrated on major US and NC routes and around Siler City and

Pittsboro

• Growth in traffic has mostly been in the east

• Traffic volumes have

fallen in the western

part of the county

SAFETY

• Vehicle crashes are concentrated along major corridors

• Pedestrian and bicycle crashes cluster around cities

Pedestrian and Bicycle Conditions

• Bicycle

infrastructure is generally lacking, but signed routes and statewide

routes are

important for

recreational cyclists

• Public pedestrian facilities are mostly only in Pittsboro, Siler City, and

Goldston

Transit

• Chatham Transit Network (CTN)

• Demand-response service county- wide

• Two fixed-routes:

• 64 Route (Siler City to Pittsboro)

• Pittsboro Express (Pittsboro to UNC)

• Plans to add trips and stops to

Pittsboro Express route, build park- and-ride in Briar Creek, and work with Chatham Park on including transit

Year System Total

Demand-

Response PX Route 64 Route

FY 2013 63,672 61,814 1,491 367

FY 2014 68,881 66,372 2,134 375

FY 2015 71,882 69,547 1,991 344

FY 2016 88,096 73,001 13,588 1,507

CTN Ridership Growth

Rail and Freight

• Three rail lines with low train volumes

• Eighty-two at-grade crossings

• Amtrak runs along CSX line but no stops in

county

• US routes are the primary trucking routes

• Megasites have rail and

road access

Future Conditions Review

MODEL DATA

• Triangle Regional Model (TRM)

covers about half of Chatham County (along with Orange, Durham, and

Wake counties).

• High-level simulation of regional traffic flows

• Allows comparison of existing (2015) and future (2040) traffic

• Not refined enough to accurately model intersection-level effects, but a good tool for understanding

capacity needs on roads

TRAVEL TIME CHANGES

2015

2040

Draft Recommendations

TRANSPORTATION RECS

• Provide safe and convenient access

• Promote active transportation

• Preserve or improve network capacity and other

conditions to reduce or redistribute traffic volumes to address congestion

• For better air quality, promote transportation options that lead to reduced emissions

• Plan to continue to grow transit options with improved local service and express connections to the Triangle

• Reduce impervious pavement, and promote LID for better stormwater management

ROADWAY RECOMMENDATIONS

• Preserve rural character

• Future Land Use types: Rural, Agriculture, Village, Crossroads

• Begin to incorporate more urban/suburban designs

• Future Land Use types: Town Center, Employment Center, Community Center, Neighborhood Center, Compact Residential

• Access management on US Routes

• Gradual incorporation of superstreet designs on 15-501

• Add secondary road connections and backage roads along 15-501

• New streets associated with Chatham Park will be important

• NC 751 widening and eventual interchange with US 64

• Targeted at-grade rail crossing closures or grade separations

• Safety audits on NC 42 and around Bennett

ROADWAY RECOMMENDATIONS

• Upgrades to major facilities to expressway standards

• Access management

• Interchanges

• Widen NC 751

• Upgrades to NC 87and

several secondary roads to meet standards current design standards

• Many currently 10-foot lanes with no shoulder

• Standard cross section

would be 12-foot lanes with paved shoulders

PRESERVE RURAL TRANSPORTATION CHARACTER

• Appropriate for the majority of the county to reinforce rural character and land uses

• Rural cross-section

• ditch and swale

• paved shoulder

• limited sections of

• Sidewalk

• street lighting

• bike infrastructure

• Off-road greenways for ped/bike infrastructure

• Demand-response transit

Source:

http://www.clrp.cornell.edu/images/newsletter/articles/2013/bike1.jpg Source: Chatham County Bike Signage Plan Materials

Source: Chatham Transit Network Source: http://www.ncrailtrails.org/sites/default/files/ATT%202006_09.jpg

RURAL ROAD CHARACTER

Yield Road Paved Shoulders

URBAN / SUBURBAN TRANSPORTATION CHARACTER

• Appropriate for cities, towns, and northern US 15-501

• More urban amenities

• Street lighting

• Sidewalks in places

• Bike lanes possible

• Curb and gutter possible

• Greenways, on-road bike facilities, and sidewalks for ped/bike infrastructure

• Demand-response and some fixed-route transit

Source: VHB, taken in Creedmoor Source: VHB, taken in Town of Cary

Source: Chatham Transit Network Source: VHB, taken in Creedmoor

15-501 CONNECTIONS

Between Jack Bennett and Smith Level (3.3 miles):

• 17 Dead end streets

• 44 Driveways 18 curb cuts/mile

Fearrington Briar

Chapel

Old Lystra

Mann’s Chapel

Lystra

Briar Chapel

Jack Bennett

Andrews Store

Morris Village

SAFETY AUDITS

• Review of crash history

• Geometric examination of roadway to identify

deficiencies

• Safety-targeted upgrades to the road

• Shoulders

• Changes to horizontal / vertical curvature

• Lane width improvements

• Median treatments, turn lanes, or traffic calming all possible

PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE RECOMMENDATIONS

• Off-road bicycle facilities (greenways) ideal for most of the county

• Many challenges to widespread expansion of on-street facilities

• Supports environmental objectives and natural feeling

• Provide long-distance routes

• Target on-road facility upgrades to some key routes that are available for upgrades to meet standards

• If NCDOT is planning improvements, work to include appropriate bike facilities

• On-street improvements in rural parts of the county are likely cost- prohibitive without major upgrades to the full roadway

• Seek to increase pedestrian facilities in Siler City, Goldston, and Pittsboro

• Work with developers to encourage them to build sidewalks and use road designs that meet NCDOT standards

PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE RECS

• A combination of paved greenways and natural surface trails

• Scenic byways should include bike facilities

TRANSIT RECOMMENDATIONS

• Demand-response will continue to serve the whole county

• Increased frequency, stops, and park-and-ride along 15-501

• As Chatham Park comes online, express service along US 64 should be explored

• Uber / Lyft – type services

FREIGHT AND RAIL RECOMMENDATIONS

• Seek upgrades to rail crossing control devices

• Selective closures and grade- separations over time

• Upgrades to road network into two megasites leading to US 421 and US 64

• Truck bypass of Pittsboro can

come through Chatham Park and long-term to the west of

Pittsboro

• Access management and

intersection upgrades on US 421 and US 64

RESILIENCY

Reduce per capita transportation emissions from transportation

• Recruit jobs and increase access to broadband reduce rate of out-commuting

• Increase walking, biking and transit trips

• Density and design of development

• Improved transit stops

• Bike racks

• Expanded transit service

• Complete Streets in key areas

• Encourage electric vehicles

• Invest in public EV infrastructure

• Encourage EV infrastructure in new development

Next Steps

Other Outreach Efforts (Feb- March)

• Advisory Committee Meetings

• Planning Board

• EDC

• Transportation Advisory Board

• ERAC

• Ag Advisory Board

• Parks and Rec

• Climate Change

• Board of Health

• Council on Aging

Potential adoption schedule

• Draft Plan in April

• April or May: Commissioners

Meeting / Public Hearing (4/17 or 5/15)

• Planning Board

• February: Begin discussions

• April: Review draft plan

• May or June: Planning Board to recommend approval (5/2 or 6/6)

• Board of Commissioners

• June or July: Plan Approval (6/19 or 7/12)