The Shoppes at Jones Ferry

Last night the Board of Aldermen approved the Shoppes at Jones Ferry with conditions intended to address the concerns of Barnes Street residents. The following email, received this morning, speaks to that endeavor:

Dear Mayor Chilton, Board of Alderman and Town staff, I would like to say thank you for all your consideration, time and effort to help the residents of Lincoln Park remain a protected neighborhood free from the hindrance of more commercial traffic. Your graciousness in hearing all the citizens voices during the last two public hearings concerning the CUP for the “Shoppes at Jones Ferry” is well noted. In addition, I appreciate your diplomacy in trying to reach a workable solution for both the developers and the neighborhood. I hope this particular issue will bring about more dialogue between the Town of Carrboro and the residents of our neighborhood in an effort to include Barnes and the adjoining streets in much needed municipal improvements.

Thank You again,

Lindsay Griffin

Here are the three concerns presented by the neighborhood petition and how they were addressed:

1) No vehicular access to the Shoppes at Jones Ferry from Barnes St.
I suggested we consider either ingress only or emergency only and moved to re-open the public hearing to get neighbor input in ingress only. Robert Dow spoke for the neighbors and told us that ingress only would not sufficiently address their concerns. The board then agreed on emergency vehicle only access from Barnes St. and that condition was added to the permit. This may turn out to be a deal-breaker for the developer.

2) 100 % of stormwater created from site should be treated onsite.
Under our ordinance we cannot legally require this. Our updated ordinance has this requirement but it was passed after this application came in and therefore could not be applied.

3)The town agrees to address wider safety issues surrounding the project.
After the vote on the permit, I called for the board to have this discussion and Mayor Chilton asked the manager to schedule work session time for it.