2011 Chapel Hill Municipal Elections

Mayor
Kleinschmidt
Sookram

Wolff

Town Council
Baker
Bell
Cho
Czajkowski
Dale
Dehart
Schuler
Storrow
Ward

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

 

 

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1.) If elected, will you support expanding the funding for and capacity of the Chapel Hill Office of Economic Development?

Chapel Hill Mayor

Chapel Hill Town Council

Kleinschmidt

Sookram

Wolff

Baker

Bell
Cho
Czajkowski
Dale
Dehart
Schuler

Storrow

Ward

Y

U
 

Y

Y

Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y

Y

 

2.) Do you support passing the proposed 1/4-cent sales tax that will fund economic development and public schools?

Chapel Hill Mayor

Chapel Hill Town Council

Kleinschmidt

Sookram

Wolff

Baker

Bell
Cho
Czajkowski
Dale
Dehart
Schuler

Storrow

Ward

Y

N
 

Y

Y

Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y

Y

 

3.) Do you support OWASA's recommendation to permanently secure Orange County's Jordan Lake water allocation?

Chapel Hill Mayor

Chapel Hill Town Council

Kleinschmidt

Sookram

Wolff

Baker

Bell
Cho
Czajkowski
Dale
Dehart
Schuler

Storrow

Ward

Y

U
 

N

Y

Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y

Y

 

4.) Is growing the commercial tax base and recruiting new retail and commercial tenants one of your top priorities?

Chapel Hill Mayor

Chapel Hill Town Council

Kleinschmidt

Sookram

Wolff

Baker

Bell
Cho
Czajkowski
Dale
Dehart
Schuler

Storrow

Ward

Y

Y
 

Y

Y

Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y

Y

 

5.) Do you think the option of making a payment in lieu for affordable housing is preferable to requiring all developments to provide affordable housing on site?

Chapel Hill Mayor

Chapel Hill Town Council

Kleinschmidt

Sookram

Wolff

Baker

Bell
Cho
Czajkowski
Dale
Dehart
Schuler

Storrow

Ward

U

N
 

Y

Y

Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N

N

 

6.) Do you think Chapel Hill needs to do more to make sure its committees and taskforces include more representation from the business community?

Chapel Hill Mayor

Chapel Hill Town Council

Kleinschmidt

Sookram

Wolff

Baker

Bell
Cho
Czajkowski
Dale
Dehart
Schuler

Storrow

Ward

U

N
 

Y

U

Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N

U

 

7.) Do you support making additional improvements to the sign ordinance to make it simpler and improve business access to customers?

Chapel Hill Mayor

Chapel Hill Town Council

Kleinschmidt

Sookram

Wolff

Baker

Bell
Cho
Czajkowski
Dale
Dehart
Schuler

Storrow

Ward

U

Y
 

Y

U

Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y

Y

 

8.) Do you support making all on-street and west-end parking lot enforcement consistently end at 6pm or earlier?

Chapel Hill Mayor

Chapel Hill Town Council

Kleinschmidt

Sookram

Wolff

Baker

Bell
Cho
Czajkowski
Dale
Dehart
Schuler

Storrow

Ward

U

Y
 

Y

Y

Y
U
Y
Y
Y
Y

Y

 

9.) Will you support the extension of the prohibition on panhandling to include 25 feet from outdoor dining, parking pay stations, children's museums and day cares?

Chapel Hill Mayor

Chapel Hill Town Council

Kleinschmidt

Sookram

Wolff

Baker

Bell
Cho
Czajkowski
Dale
Dehart
Schuler

Storrow

Ward

U

U
 

N

U

Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
N

U

 

10.) Will you support making permanent the joint committee application review process that Chapel Hill has been exploring?

Chapel Hill Mayor

Chapel Hill Town Council

Kleinschmidt

Sookram

Wolff

Baker

Bell
Cho
Czajkowski
Dale
Dehart
Schuler

Storrow

Ward

U

U
 

Y

U

U
Y
Y
Y
Y
U

Y

 

11.) What grade would you give the Chapel Hill Town Council's efforts to help local enterprise grow and thrive?

Chapel Hill Mayor

Chapel Hill Town Council

Kleinschmidt

Sookram

Wolff

Baker

Bell
Cho
Czajkowski
Dale
Dehart
Schuler

Storrow

Ward

B+

F
 

B

A

C-
B
 
C
B
B

B

 

12.) List up to three specific things you would do to make Chapel Hill a better place to start and grow a business.

1. Partner with UNC and Chamber to identify business that are growing and making sure an option for growth exists in Chapel Hill or Orange County

2. Continue to provide infrastructure improvements like fiber optic.

3. Small Business Loan fund for new entrepreneurs who might not have access to traditional loan sources.