Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the June twenty second meeting of the Chapel Hill Town Council.

We are glad to have you join us.

Um, as a note to the clerk this evening, um, council members, uh McMahon, um Fushi, and Knollert are not going to be with us.

Am I missing anybody else?

Oh, Miller Fushi, did I not say that?

I might be wrong.

Well, we'll go with it.

Um tonight we have one item on our agenda, and we will have an abbreviated agenda with just a proclamation, announcements, and discussion of the land use management ordinance for a limo rewrite.

Um, this was continued from our June 17th council meeting.

Um, before we begin tonight, we wanted to extend our heartfelt condolences to the entire Bedford family on the sudden passing of County Commissioner Jamesetta Bedford.

Jamesetta dedicated um decades of service to the Orange County community, serving in many roles and touching countless lives along the way.

Um, to many, she was a respected leader and public servant.

To those of us who had the privilege of working alongside her, she was also a valued colleague in front.

She was a beloved mother, grandmother, mentor, and tireless champion for persons with disabilities.

She was a steadfast advocate for inclusion and worked tirelessly to ensure that every member of our community was treated with dignity, respect, and fairness.

Even before we learned of her passing, we had planned to present tonight's Disability Pride Month proclamation, recognizing the importance of supporting and empowering people with disabilities.

In light of this loss, the proclamation serves as an especially meaningful tribute to a cause that was so close to G Mizetta's heart and a legacy she helped build throughout Orange County.

With that, I will try and keep it together, and I would like to invite individuals from the B3 community to join me up front.

Tonight we are pleased to proclaim July 2026 as Disability Pride Month in the town of Chapel Hill.

Disability Pride Month is observed each July to commemorate the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was signed into law on July 26, 1990.

This landmark legislation helped expand rights, opportunities, and access for people with disabilities and affirmed the importance of full participation in community life.

Tonight we celebrate disability as a valued part of human diversity and recognize the many contributions that people with disabilities make to our community every day.

As neighbors, advocates, students, educators, public servants, artists, and leaders.

This proclamation also reflects Chapel Hill's commitment to inclusion, belonging, accessibility, and respect.

Disability Pride Month reminds us that creating a welcoming community requires not only celebrating achievements, but also continuing to remove barriers and expand opportunities for all residents to participate fully in civic life.

Throughout this month and year round, we encourage our community to join us in recognizing and celebrating the contributions, experiences, and leadership of people with disabilities.

And thank you very much, Jacqueline, for making sure that we did this proclamation before we broke for the summer.

Okay, great.

All right, if you want to look over here.

Thank you.

Ready?

Thank you.

Thank you all for being here tonight.

We are very excited to hear about your new space on Rosemary Street and hope you will continue to engage with the town and congratulations.

I have one quick announcement to share in case folks missed it.

This Thursday, June 25th, the town is inviting everyone to help construct our own community poem reflecting on the United States of America as it celebrates its 250th birthday.

Chapel Hill Poet Laureate Dr.

Donovan Livingston, along with Chapel Hill City School's poet laureate Owen Russell, will be facilitating this workshop.

And if you're available, please come join in.

Council members, does anyone have anything else to share?

Councilmember Ryan.

Yeah, thank you.

So I know we're talking about the LUMO tonight, but since the focus will be on the alignment memo, I'd like us to address some process issues separately.

We've agreed that complete community is the vision for our town, and it's our job to make sure that the LUMO rewrite represents it.

Complete community is based on recognizing that a good place to live for everyone builds a community with multiple good things.

It means that as the elected officials, the decisions we make represent all our values, not just emphasizing some.

The draft LUMO is outlined in the alignment memo represents staff's best first shot at representing that balance.

Some of them a significant departure for the town.

Now it's time for council to have the chance to discuss the major policy points represented here and make sure we're striking the right balance for Chapel Hill.

A majority of council is asked repeatedly for this process.

I'd like to propose that tonight, as we go through Taz's presentation, we work to identify the high-level policies where council needs to debate the balance that's being proposed, and that we develop a timeline for those debates to take place in the fall.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Mayor Pro Tember.

Thank you.

I want to thank the staff and community members who helped to make Friday's celebration of Juneteenth another wonderful jubilation.

Jubilee, it was so needed.

The laughing, the dancing, the um fellowship.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to that.

On a separate note, I appreciate my colleagues' comments.