Friday, May 29, 2020

City Hall Update -- Week of June 1, 2020

City Hall Update – Week of June 1, 2020


Take Action!!!

o   Comment on TC-7-20 – Mezzanines: https://publicinput.com/F5368

o   Learn more and comment on Blue Ridge Road Pedestrian Improvement:
https://raleighnc.gov/projects/blue-ridge-road-bikeped-improvements-project

o   Complete the 2020 Census form: https://my2020census.gov/

o   Request an absentee ballot for the 2020 national election: http://msweb03.co.wake.nc.us/bordelec/downloads/9forms/9formslist/AbsenteeRequestForm.pdf


Check out Livable Raleigh’s latest blog posts

o   Quick Wins for Improving Community Engagement at Council Meetings https://livableraleigh.com/quick-wins-for-improving-community-engagement-at-council-meetings/

o   On the RDU Quarry Issue, Where’s Saige?  So far, his bold campaign promises are just hot air. https://livableraleigh.com/on-the-rdu-quarry-issue-wheres-saige-so-far-his-bold-campaign-promise-is-just-hot-air/

o   Maslow or Moonshot? Sign up by Friday to weigh in at the 6/2 budget hearing https://livableraleigh.com/maslow-or-moonshot-sign-up-by-friday-to-weigh-in-at-the-6-2-budget-hearing/


City Calendar
The meetings listed below appear on the City’s Events Calendar at www.raleighnc.gov


Monday, June 1
o   4pm – City Council Budget Work Session – Virtual, agenda includes
o   Work Session Overview & Funding Options
o   Budget Note 6 - Stormwater Management Enterprise Rates
o   Budget Notes
o   Other Items Identified by City Council for Discussion

Tuesday, June 2
o   9am – Planning Commission – Virtual, agenda includes
o   TC-1(A)-20: Parking Requirements
o   Text Change: TC-16-19 Accessory Dwelling Development Option

o   1pm – City Council – Virtual, agenda includes
o   Rezoning Z-53-19: 5512 & 5514 Thornton Road, on its south side, one quarter mile east of Wild Wood Forest Drive (District B) – requesting 30-day extension
o   Comprehensive Plan Amendment CP-8-18: Rogers Farm, on the north side of New Bern Avenue, east and west of N. Rogers Lane (District B) – recommending July 7 Public Hearing
o   Text Change TC-1(B)-20: Building Height and Cottage Courts – recommending July 7 Public hearing
o   Rezoning Z-51-19: 3700 & 3800 Glenwood Avenue and 3710 Exchange Glenwood Place; multiple parcels fronting Glenwood Avenue on the west, and Exchange Glenwood Place on the west – requesting 45-day extension
o   November 2020 Affordable Housing Bond Referendum – formal vote on purpose and dollar amount; public hearing to be held July 7
o   Shared Streets for Social Distancing
o   Compassion Fund - Update
o   Small Business Relief Fund - Update
o   Racial Equity Workshops for City Council
o   Planning and Development - Community Engagement Process Development Study
o   Wake BRT System Standards and Wake BRT New Bern Avenue Final Design
o   Update - Notification of Meetings and Hearings to Renters as well as Property Owners

o   7pm – City Council – Virtual, agenda includes
o   Public Comments
o   Proposed FY2020-21 Operating and Capital Budgets
o   Downtown Municipal Service District
o   Hillsborough Street Municipal Service District
o   FY2021-25 Five-Year Consolidated Plan, Citizen Participation Plan, and 2020-21 Annual Action Plan
o   Street Closing STC-06-19: West Lenoir Street Right-of-Way
o   Comprehensive Plan Amendment CP-12-19: Kindley Street (District C)
o   Rezoning Z-28-19: 4915 Lead Mine Road. Located at the intersection of Town and Country Road and Lead Mine Road, approx. three-fourths of a mile north of Glenwood and Lead Mine Road. (District A)
o   Rezoning Z-38-19: 2108 North New Hope Road (District C)
o   Rezoning Z-41-19 Millbrook and North Hills, northwest quadrant of the Millbrook Road and North Hills Drive intersection (District A)
o   Rezoning Z-54-19: Kelley Austin Drive. At the intersection of New Bern Ave and Kelley Austin Dr, immediately to the south of the I-440 / New Bern Ave interchange (District C)
o   Rezoning Z-5-20: New Bern Avenue. On the south side of New Bern Ave at King Charles Rd, approximately 0.25 miles east of Raleigh Blvd (District C)
o   Rezoning Z-6-20: 2600, 2604 S Saunders Street, southwest of its intersection with Carolina Pines Ave (District D)

Wednesday, June 3
o   7:45am – RHDC Research Committee

Thursday, June 4
o   10am – CAMPO Technical Coordinating Committee

o   4pm – Art, Education, and Collections Committee

o   6pm – Parks Committee

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Surveys

o   Public Comments for GoRaleigh Route 20 & 21:  https://publicinput.com/routes20_21

o   Dix Park Conservancy:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/survey-taken/?sm=TbIMokllDRp3rJV6sJ0dlim_2BWn7Y_2FSMKUWRs6IjH4UxXn34Hx68epo8fBiy4_2Bbe_2B9mrEQPeRcLI0Zv9USDvc_2BxVhjikCTUNp_2Fz_2FH_2BuC21xg_3D


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Please stay safe and follow official government guidelines during this public health crisis.

Your best sources of reliable information during the COVID-19 public health crisis are official government websites.

COVID-19 information from Wake County: http://www.wakegov.com/covid19/Pages/default.aspx

COVID-19 information from the City of Raleigh: https://raleighnc.gov/news/covid-19-information

Resources for people experiencing homelessness or a housing crisis:  https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NCRALEIGH/bulletins/2821263

Link to City Manager’s Weekly Report: https://raleighnc.gov/services/government/city-managers-weekly-report

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Friday, May 22, 2020

City Hall Update – Week of May 25, 2020

Take Action!!!





  • Apply by Friday, May 29 to be a member of the Police Advisory Board 





Check out Livable Raleigh’s latest blog posts

  • Patrick Buffkin – Missing in Action

  • Baldwin’s PC purge continues:  Planning Commission Chair Edie Jeffreys is targeted for removal

News you can use
  • At the May 19 Council meeting, it was announced that Council will continue to meet virtually through the end of June and that Council committees will start meeting again at the end of June.

  • There will be a public hearing on July 7 on the Affordable Housing Bond.

City Calendar
The meetings listed below appear on the City’s Events Calendar at www.raleighnc.gov

Monday, May 25 – Memorial Day Holiday

Tuesday, May 26
  • 9am – Planning Commission – Virtual Meeting

  • 4:30pm – Public Art & Design Board – TBD

Wednesday, May 27
  • 5:30pm – Historic Resources and Museum Advisory Board – TBD

Thursday, May 28
  • 3:30pm – Raleigh Transit Authority – Virtual Special Meeting

  • 4pm – Planning Commission Committee of the Whole – TBD 

  • 5pm – Certificate of Appropriateness Committee – Virtual Meeting, agenda includes
  • COA-0020-2020: 403 Edenton Street
  • COA-0027-2020: 219 N East Street
  • COA-0029-2020: 333 Fayetteville Street
  • COA-0030-2020: 509 N Boundary Street
  • COA-0031-2020: 410 Cutler Street
  • COA-0032-2020: 617 Wills Forest Street

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Please stay safe and follow official government guidelines during this public health crisis.

Your best sources of reliable information during the COVID-19 public health crisis are official government websites.

COVID-19 information from Wake County: http://www.wakegov.com/covid19/Pages/default.aspx

COVID-19 information from the City of Raleigh: https://raleighnc.gov/news/covid-19-information

Resources for people experiencing homelessness or a housing crisis:  https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NCRALEIGH/bulletins/2821263


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Friday, May 15, 2020

City Hall Update -- Week of May 18, 2020

City Hall Update – Week of May 18, 2020 Take Action o Sign up to speak by 5pm Friday, May 15, at the May 19, 1pm Council meeting: https://raleighnc.gov/services/government/petition-address-city-council or send in written comments by 12noon on Tuesday, May 19 o Submit comments and questions about TC-16-19 (Accessory Dwelling Units) and TC-1-20 (Parking Requirements, Building Height, and Cottage Courts via Engagement Portal for Proposed Text Changes https://publicinput.com/F5368 o Apply to be a member of the Police Advisory Board https://raleighnc.gov/police-advisory-board Check out Livable Raleigh’s latest blog posts: o City Council finds new and novel ways to do nothing about the RDU Airport Quarry https://livableraleigh.com/city-council-finds-new-and-novel-ways-to-do-nothing-about-the-rdu-airport-quarry/ o Nicole Stewart, your hypocrisy is showing https://livableraleigh.com/nicole-stewart-your-hypocrisy-is-showing/ o Raleigh, we have a problem: Our “Affordable Housing MoonShot” is way off course https://livableraleigh.com/raleigh-we-have-a-problem-our-affordable-housing-moonshot-is-way-off-course/ o Why did they kill our Citizen Advisory Councils? (the secret video) https://livableraleigh.com/why-did-they-kill-our-citizen-advisory-councils-the-secret-video/ o Wanda Gilbert-Coker: We Are Sick and Tired of City Council’s White Privilege https://livableraleigh.com/wanda-gilbert-coker-we-are-sick-and-tired-of-city-councils-white-privilege/ News you can use o Tuesday’s Council meeting will include the proposed budget for next fiscal year and a report from the Affordable Housing Bond Advisory Committee o Limited Curbside Yard Waste Collection Resumes May 19: https://raleighnc.gov/news/2020-05-07-city-raleigh-begin-limited-curbside-yard-waste-collection-may-19 o Summer camps cancelled through at least June 26: https://raleighnc.gov/SupportPages/parks-covid-19-information Calendar The meetings listed below appear on the City’s Events Calendar at www.raleighnc.gov Tuesday, May 19 o 11:30am – City Council Work Session – Virtual Meeting, no agenda items listed o 1pm – City Council Meeting – Virtual Meeting, agenda includes -- Planning Commission Report -- Text Change: TC-17-19 Design Alternates – recommend setting July 7 public hearing date -- Rezoning Z-6-20: 2600, 2604 S Saunders Street, southwest of its intersection with Carolina Pines Ave (District D) – recommend setting June 2 public hearing date -- Shared Streets for Social Distancing Accommodations -- Memorandum of Agreement - Dorothea Dix Park Conservancy -- Extraterritorial Jurisdiction - Process to Relinquish -- Comprehensive Plan Amendment CP-1-20: Swift Creek Watershed (District D) COVID-19 Situation Update -- Proposed Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2020 -- Tax Credit Application Funding Recommendations -- Report and Recommendation of the Affordable Housing Bond Advisory Committee - November Bond Referendum -- Public Comment -- Public Hearing: Petition annexation- Contiguous- Inside ETJ -- Public Hearing: Petition annexation- Contiguous Satellite- Inside ETJ -- Public Hearing: Debt Financing for Critical Public Safety Facilities o 4pm – Planning Commission Text Change Committee – TBD o 5:30pm – Arts Commission – TBD Wednesday, May 20 o 12n – CAMPO Executive Board Meeting – TBD o 12:30pm – Fair Housing Hearing Board – TBD Thursday, May 21 o 9am – Civil Service Commission – TBD o 9am – Planning Commission Strategic Planning Committee – TBD o 12n – Mayor’s Committee for Persons with Disabilities – TBD o 4:30pm – Appearance Commission – TBD o 6pm – Parks, Recreation, and Greenway Advisory Board – TBD # Please stay safe and follow official government guidelines during this public health crisis. Your best sources of reliable information during the COVID-19 public health crisis are official government websites. COVID-19 information from Wake County: http://www.wakegov.com/covid19/Pages/default.aspx COVID-19 information from the City of Raleigh: https://raleighnc.gov/news/covid-19-information Resources for people experiencing homelessness or a housing crisis: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NCRALEIGH/bulletins/2821263 Link to City Manager’s Weekly Report: https://raleighnc.gov/services/government/city-managers-weekly-report #
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Friday, May 8, 2020

City Hall Update – Week of May 11, 2020

City Hall Update – Week of May 11, 2020 Check out Livable Raleigh’s latest blog posts: o Council to hear from developers, not the public, on rezonings https://livableraleigh.com/council-to-hear-from-developers-not-the-public-on-rezonings/ o Mayor Baldwin shows disdain for the public yet again https://livableraleigh.com/mayor-baldwin-shows-disdain-for-the-public-yet-again/ o Affordable Housing Bond Project lacks civic engagement https://livableraleigh.com/affordable-housing-bond-process-lacks-civic-engagement/ News you can use o Update on Raleigh Parks: https://raleighnc.gov/SupportPages/parks-covid-19-information o Changes to yard waste pickup: https://raleighnc.gov/sws-COVID-19 o Important issues on the agenda for Tuesday’s 4pm City Council meeting, including budget updates and updates on Police Advisory Board and on Hispanic and Immigrant Affairs Advisory Board Calendar The meetings listed below appear on the City’s Events Calendar at www.raleighnc.gov Monday, May 11 o Board of Adjustment virtual meeting. The meeting will be broadcast live on RTN 11, on the City’s website at https://raleighnc.gov/services/communication-and-outreach/watch-city-council-and-select-meetings-live, and on the City’s Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofraleigh/live. The meeting can also be listened to by telephone. For instructions on how to listen by phone, please contact Keegan McDonald via email or 919-996-4630. For more information about the remote meeting, including information about participation in an evidentiary hearing scheduled to be heard at the May 11 meeting, please visit the Board of Adjustment webpage. Agenda includes BOA-0073-2019: 200 W Lane St A-5-20: 200 W Lane St A-6-20: 200 W Lane St BOA-0006-2020: 1924 Capital Boulevard BOA-0009-2020: 3402 Leonard St BOA-0010-2020: 3609 Brook Drive BOA-0012-2020: 4121 Commodity Parkway BOA-0014-2020: 1516 Bethel Road A-10-20: 3700 Lake Wheeler Rd o 4pm – Greenway and Urban Trees Committee – TBD Tuesday, May 12 o 9am – Planning Commission virtual meeting. The meeting will be broadcast live on RTN 11, on the City’s website at https://raleighnc.gov/services/communication-and-outreach/watch-city-council-and-select-meetings-live, and on the City’s Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofraleigh/live, Agenda includes -- Text Change: TC-17-19 Design Alternates -- CP-8-18 Rogers Farm, on the north side of New Bern Avenue, east and west of N. Rogers Lane (District B) -- Rezoning Z-6-20: 2600, 2604 S Saunders Street, southwest of its intersection with Carolina Pines Ave (District D) -- Rezoning Z-12-20: Prince Drive. On the west side of Prince Dr, approximately 0.35 miles from the intersection of Tryon Rd and Jones Franklin Rd (District D) o 12n – Raleigh Convention Center Commission – TBD o 1pm – Raleigh Civil Service Commission virtual meeting to review proposed amendments to the City of Raleigh Employee Pay Policy o 4pm – RHDC Nominations Committee – TBD o 4pm – Raleigh City Council Virtual Meeting, agenda includes -- Hispanic and Immigrant Affairs Board Update -- Police Advisory Board Update -- Raleigh Water Enterprise -- Solid Waste Services Enterprise -- Stormwater Management Enterprise -- Other Enterprise Funds Update -- Other items: Resident Budget Survey Results, MSD RFP Update, Budget Note Requests o 4pm – Arts Commission – TBD o 5pm – Bicycle Planning Committee – TBD Wednesday, May 13 o 12n – Substance Use Advisory Committee – TBD Thursday, May 14 o 1pm – Pedestrian Planning Committee – TBD o 4pm – Planning Commission Transportation Committee – TBD o 5pm – Environmental Advisory Board – TBD o 6pm – Human Relations Commission – TBD o 7pm – Councilor David Cox remote listening session. Contact david.cox@raleighnc.gov for details Friday, May 15 o 11:30am – Affordable Housing Bond Advisory Committee Conference Call, 800-719-7514 (code: 963878) # Surveys Please provide input to the City of Raleigh’s affordable housing bond survey: https://publicinput.com/housing-bond-2020 # Please stay safe and follow official government guidelines during this public health crisis. Your best sources of reliable information during the COVID-19 public health crisis are official government websites. COVID-19 information from Wake County: http://www.wakegov.com/covid19/Pages/default.aspx COVID-19 information from the City of Raleigh: https://raleighnc.gov/news/covid-19-information Resources for people experiencing homelessness or a housing crisis: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NCRALEIGH/bulletins/2821263 Link to City Manager’s Weekly Report: https://raleighnc.gov/services/government/city-managers-weekly-report #
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