City Hall Update – Weeks of June 22 and June 29, 2020
Table of Contents
o News you can use
o Take Action
o Livable Raleigh’s latest blog posts
o City Calendar
o Covid-19 info
News You Can Use
o In an effort to curtail the spread of COVID-19, the City of Raleigh’s State of Emergency now includes the mandatory use of face coverings within the City. More details at https://raleighnc.gov/masks
o The Hillsborough-Wade CAC is meeting by Zoom for the first time on Monday, June 22 (see below). Please share your CAC meeting info with LivableRaleigh@gmail.com to be included on our calendar listing.
Take Action!!!
o Help stop the RDU Quarry – Sign up by noon on Tuesday, 6/23, to speak at the 6pm June 23 public hearing at https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=3IF2etC5mkSFw-zCbNftGeTQwlSeD1RIhOMcQI6ad6VUQjVROFJNNE9BMVlJM0I0RjdEVUtWUzRSQi4u&fbclid=IwAR0bKViHIqh4R8fTYTdCEdX53OqMDphrzq_-zzmyylECSKdWH7mLkIgVoTI Email info@umsteadcoalition.org to let the Umstead Coalition know you’ve signed up to speak, and they will reach out to you before the hearing date to work with you on what you will be saying on the big day.
o Sign up to speak at the July 7 evening Council meeting by 5pm Friday, July 3 (sign up available starting Friday, June 26) https://raleighnc.gov/services/government/petition-address-city-council
o With election season coming up, the Sierra Club’s Capital Group is looking for volunteers to help, especially on the political committee. You must be a member of the Sierra Club in order to join the political committee. Dues are fairly nominal. For more information, email capitalgroupsnc@gmail.com
o Provide Feedback by July 17 on the first draft of the stormwater design manual at https://raleighnc.gov/projects/content/PWksStormwater/Articles/StormwaterDesignManual.html
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 Whenever Mary-Ann Baldwin calls for “flexibility,” she always wants a backroom deal: https://livableraleigh.com/when-mary-ann-baldwin-calls-for-flexibility-she-always-wants-a-backroom-deal/
o Raleigh’s Affordable Housing Bond: No Commitments = No Accountability: https://livableraleigh.com/raleighs-affordable-housing-bond-no-commitments-no-accountability/
City Calendar
o Virtual meetings are broadcast live on RTN11, on the City’s website at https://raleighnc.gov/services/communication-and-outreach/rtn-channel-11-and-video-services, or at the City’s Youtube channel at https://raleighnc.gov/services/communication-and-outreach/watch-city-council-and-select-meetings-live#paragraph--260826
Monday, June 22
o 6pm – Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, agenda includes
o Capital Boulevard North Study
o New Bern Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Implementation
o Lumley/Westgate/Ebenezer Church Project Update
o Work Zone Closures
o 2020 Resurfacing
o 7pm – Hillsborough-Wade CAC Zoom meeting, Join Zoom Meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83699579977, Meeting ID: 836 9957 9977, One tap mobile +16465588656,,83699579977# US (New York), agenda includes
o Update and Farewell for Officer Barbie Upchurch
o Affordable Housing Bond Presentation
o Open Discussion
Tuesday, June 23
o 9am – Planning Commission (Virtual), agenda includes
o Rezoning Z-17-19 Capital Blvd, southeast of its intersection with Peace Street (District C)
o Rezoning Z-47-19 4800 Duraleigh Road, east side, south of Crabtree Creek (Northwest CAC)
o 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
o Rezoning Z-53-19: 5512 & 5514 Thornton Road, on its south side, one quarter mile east of Wild Wood Forest Drive (District B)
o Rezoning Z-8-20: 510 Carolina Avenue, approximately 300 feet south of the intersection of Carolina Avenue and Western Boulevard (District D)
o 11:30am – Safe, Vibrant & Healthy Community Committee (Virtual), agenda includes
o 19-04: Strategic Plan Review – Safe, Vibrant and Healthy Community Key Focus Area
o 19-01 Equality NC Recommendations – Municipal Equality Index Score
o 1:30pm – Economic Development & Innovation Committee (Virtual), agenda includes 19-01 Strategic Plan Review – Arts & Cultural Resources/Economic Development & Innovation Key Focus Areas
o 4pm – Growth & Natural Resources Committee (Virtual), agenda includes
o 19-03 Guidelines for Commercial Hillside Development
o 19-06: Strategic Plan Review - Growth and Natural Resources Key Focus Area
o 5:30pm – Arts Commission (Virtual)
Thursday, June 25
o 3pm – Transportation & Transit Committee (Virtual), agenda includes
o 19-03: Strategic Plan Review – Transportation and Transit Key Focus Area
o 19-01 Micromobility/Scooters
o 4pm – Planning Commission Committee of the Whole
o 5pm – Certificate of Appropriateness Committee (Virtual), agenda includes
o COA-0018-2020: 1023 W South Street
o COA-0040-2020: 620 N East Street
o COA-0042-2020: 418 S Boylan Avenue
o COA-0030-2020: 509 N Boundary Street
o COA-0015-2020: 1102 W Lenoir Street
o COA-0047-2020: 3108 Hillmer Drive
o COA-0048-2020: 206 E Franklin Street
o COA-0049-2020: 1010 W Cabarrus Street
Tuesday, June 30
o 9am – Planning Commission (Virtual)
o 4:30pm – Public Art & Design Board (Virtual)
Wednesday, July 1
o 7:45am – RHDC Research Committee
Thursday, July 2
o 3pm – Stormwater Management Advisory Commission
o 4pm – Art, Education, and Collections Committee
o 6pm – Parks Committee
Friday, July 3 – Independence Day Holiday
o 5pm – deadline to sign up to speak at July 7 Council meeting
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