The Chapel Hill weekly., 1963-05-05
Town Board
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to bring them together again"
8 We need d capital improve
mentS program in the Town bud
get We are hoping to have
capital improvements appro-
priation in the forthcoming town
budget
4. We need a sidewalk i'm
provement policy"
There are also, Mr.. Giduz con-
tinued, three major continuing
interests in town government;
/. Traffic. The Town is now
in its tenth year of working on
the Thoroughfare Plan We
are practically ready to approve
ii finally 1t will mean say
ingS of hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars for all citizens"
?. Taxes. In recent years the
Town has gotten less and less
a proportion Of its income from
property taxes.
3. Property values should be
increased
Il am interested in more con-
strQctiVe planning for Chapel
Hill. " SAID Mr.. NagelSchmidt in
his opening statement. He said
he did not want a repetition of
the EaStgate blunder, which will
take years to correct He said
he encouraged citizens groups in
terested in improving Chapel
HillA by helping TO improve its
government Specific improve
ments in the town itself, he said.
ought to be made in traffic and
in reducing special interest law
making that IavorS the few and
not the many -
Mr.. NagelSchmidt concluded
that he believed in governmental
leadership debate, and Alder
men doing their homework"
and paying attention to Alder
mems affairs.
Il am not running for the
Board, " Joe Page began his
statement. Il want to remain on
the Board During the last two
years the Board has accomplish
ed many things One of the most
important of these is zoning
There have repercuSsions from
this when Zonin9 laws are
first enforced some are penallzed,
but most benefit. There are no
bJlboards on the approaches to
Chapel Hill. as a result of the
new z0ning ordinance. The Town
went to court over blllbOardsl
and won. A regional commercial
zone has been established. We
have a Thoroughiare Plan,
though there are still a few de
tails to be ironed out with the
Hig hWay Department. The
ThorOughfare Plan was not haStf-
~ drawn up
Other accomplishments in
Town government Mr.. Page.
mentioned were the new fire sta
ton now being built, the estab-
lishment OF a Public Housing
Authority, the doubling of UNC
payments for Town services,
and no increase in taxes.
Mr.. StroWd said that in the
past eight years he has been on
the Board, he had tried sim
cerely to help the town expand
in an orderly manner. Chapel
Hill is in sound finPncial posi-
ton, he said, and despite the fact
that the Tow budget had dOubl
ed in eight years, taxes had not
increased.
He expressed his particular in
terest in continued Improvement
of the Chapel He'll Public Ii
brary, passage of the recreation
tax, and further cemetery i'm
proyements. y
Questions followed the School
Board candidates statements:
Question, directed to all the
aldermanic candidates: What
is your position on strict en-
forcement of the zoning laws?'
Mr.. 2Giduz: I'VE must have
sensible zoning and enforce it
strictly: There are few things
more Important
Mr.. Page: Il agree, but some
times we have to amend the zon-
ing law to fit the situation. "
Mr.. Nagelschmidt: Il am
astonished to learn that there
aren't the laws Mr.. Giduz speaks
of, and also at the special privi-
leges some people get. E"
applause.
Mr.. Strowd: Il am interested
in both zoning laws and in having
laws that are enforceable"