2007 Chapel Hill-Orange County Elections

2007 Chapel Hill Municipal Elections

Town Council
Matt Czajkowski
Sally Greene
Cam Hill
Will Raymond
Penny Rich
Bill Strom
Jim Ward

Kevin Wolff
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Legend:
Y = Yes, N = No, U = Undecided

1.) Is increasing the commercial tax base an important priority for you?
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council							Chamber Position
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward	Chamber Position
Y	U	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y

2.) Do you support shortening the time it takes to have a project approved or denied in Chapel Hill if the quality of the development and level of citizen input remained high?
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council							Chamber Position
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward	Chamber Position
Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y

3.) Would you support creating a set of criteria for desirable development projects and then expediting the approval process for projects that meet those established criteria?
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council							Chamber Position
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward	Chamber Position
Y	Y	Y	U	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

4.) Will you vote to set a lease expiration date or a deadline for the Homeless Shelter to vacate the old municiple building downtown?
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council							Chamber Position
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward	Chamber Position
N	N	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	U	Y

5.) Do you support land use regulations and regulatory practices that promote the construction of office, retail and workforce housing along transportation corridors?
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council							Chamber Position
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward	Chamber Position
Y	U	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

6.) Do you generally support the concept of developing the Horace Williams Tract into a mixed use research park (Carolina North)?
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council							Chamber Position
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward	Chamber Position
U	Y	Y	U	U	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

7.) Do you think a healthy growing economy is an equally important component of community sustainability as environmental protection and social equity?
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council							Chamber Position
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward	Chamber Position
Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y

8.) Will you vote to implement the additional recommendations made by the Chapel Hill Parking Committee within the first six months of your term?
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council							Chamber Position
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward	Chamber Position
U	U	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	U	Y

9.) Will you make economic development and redevelopment efforts a priority for you during your term in office?
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council							Chamber Position
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward	Chamber Position
Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

10.) Do you believe the town should provide incentives for its employees not to drive to work?
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council							Chamber Position
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward	Chamber Position
Y	U	U	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

11.) Do you support modifying the town’s panhandling ordinance to be more restrictive of the locations where people may panhandle in the downtown?
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council							Chamber Position
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward	Chamber Position
Y	U	Y	N	U	N	Y	Y	U	Y

12.) Do you think the town needs to do more to make sure its committees and taskforces include more representation from the business community where there is currently very little?
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council							Chamber Position
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward	Chamber Position
U	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	U	Y

13.) List up to three specific things you would do to make Chapel Hill a better place to do business.
Chapel Hill Mayor		Chapel Hill Town Council
Foy	Wolff	Czajkowski	Greene	Hill	Raymond	Rich	Strom	Ward

Chamber Commentary:

Kevin Wolff is an attorney running for mayor of Chapel Hill. Mr. Wolff is supportive of some Chamber goals including the development of Carolina North. He would like to see the town and university work more collaboratively on Carolina North to ensure timely development of the project. Before committing to expanding the commercial tax base, Mr. Wolff says he would like to closely review the town budget as he believes it is not being managed efficiently. Beyond this, Mr. Wolff does not support the Chamber’s objective of expanding commercial nodes outside of downtown as he believes this kind of development is deterring residents from shopping on Franklin Street. The Chamber found Mr. Wolff’s stance on transit-oriented development to be conflictive with the town’s given that he would like to see larger setbacks and less density in projects such as East 54. In the aggregate, we find Mr. Wolff interested in Chamber objectives, though we wish that he was more supportive of transit-oriented development and commercial projects outside of the downtown.