Reminder: Community Conversations III tonight

The Economic Benefits of Community Character

Donovan Rypkema, Place Economics, Inc.
and
Pratt Cassity, University of Georgia Center for Urban Design and Preservation


Please join us for the third event in the Community Conversations series.

Our community character (the physical, natural, social and cultural elements of our city and its neighborhoods) and the strength of our economy are what consistently make Raleigh one of the ten best places to live in the country. Don Rypkema and Pratt Cassity, both national experts in urban design, historic preservation and economics, will discuss how our priorities for community design and preservation affect our city's economic future.

Continue the conversation with your friends and neighbors over coffee and dessert after the lecture.


Monday, September 22, 2008
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Long View Center
118 S. Person Street, Raleigh


Lecture is free and open to the public. Invite your friends to come along!


Sponsored by the Raleigh Historic Districts Commission,
in partnership with Preservation North Carolina and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Of interest this week Sept 15-19

From the N&O:

VOTES COMING UP ON RALEIGH PROPOSALS

Two historic areas in Raleigh are the subjects of votes this week.

Today, residents of the Glenwood-Brooklyn neighborhood across from Fletcher Park near downtown will be watching how Wake County commissioners vote on the George's Mews apartment proposal. Many residents oppose an effort to convert the 26-unit complex into low-income housing, including eight units for people with physical and mental disabilities. The $2.14 million project is to be funded by the city, Wake County and state agencies.

On Tuesday, the Raleigh City Council will consider the Wake schools' plan to make a parking lot out of the front lawn of 79-year-old Broughton High School. This is an appeal of the Planning Commission's 6-3 rejection of the school's plan last week.

Community Conversations III - 9/22/08 - 7:30 PM

Two not-to-be-missed nationally recognized speakers together in one unique event!


The Economic Benefits of Community Character

Donovan Rypkema, Place Economics, Inc.
and
Pratt Cassity, University of Georgia Center for Urban Design and Preservation


Please join us for the third event in the Community Conversations series.

Our community character (the physical, natural, social and cultural elements of our city and its neighborhoods) and the strength of our economy are what consistently make Raleigh one of the ten best places to live in the country. Don Rypkema and Pratt Cassity, both national experts in urban design, historic preservation and economics, will discuss how our priorities for community design and preservation affect our city's economic future.

Continue the conversation with your friends and neighbors over coffee and dessert after the lecture.


Monday, September 22, 2008
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Long View Center
118 S. Person Street, Raleigh


Lecture is free and open to the public. Invite your friends to come along!


Sponsored by the Raleigh Historic Districts Commission,
in partnership with Preservation North Carolina and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Fragile Neighborhoods on CPC Agenda 08/13/9AM

The following agenda is supplied by the City of Raleigh.

Raleigh SCALE is invited and encouraged to attend.

COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE AGENDA

The Comprehensive Planning Committee will meet on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.

Location: Room 201, City Council Chambers, Raleigh Municipal Building, 222 West Hargett Street, Avery C. Upchurch Government Complex, Raleigh, North Carolina. For information call 890-3040 (City Clerk’s office) or 516-2626 (Planning Department).


All the following items are pending in Committee; however, only those items that are shown in bold print will be discussed during this meeting.

II. 03-29 Development Standards - Fragile Neighborhoods (6/1/04)
03-79 TC-10-05 – Surfacing Requirements of Existing Front Yard Parking for Single Family Detached and Duplex Dwellings (4/19/05)
III. 05-41 Pawn Shops – Regulations for Location (10/3/06)
05-42 Sustainable Urban Landscapes and Hillsides (11/21/06)
07-02 TC-5-07 – O&I Districts/FAR/Density Limitations (12/4/07)
07-03 Text Change – Prohibit Industrial Facilities in Residential Areas (12/4/07)
07-10 Tree Conservation Ordinance – Proposed Text Changes (1/22/08)
07-15 TC-1-08 – Building Lot Coverage Within O&I Districts (4/1/08)
07-25 Paula Street Night Clubs – Problems/Violations (7/15/08)

The following items were referred from the August 5, 2008 City Council meeting:

I. 07-26 TC-11-08 – Open Space Requirements – DOD/PBOD (8/5/08)


***Council Chamber is Assistive Listening System equipped. Deaf and hearing impaired individuals needing interpreter services should provide 48-hour notice by calling 890-3100 (voice) or 890-3107 (TDD).***

Taste of Downtown Raleigh -- by Preservation NC

We’ll be celebrating the “70s” – the relocation and renovation of the 1874 All Saints Chapel and the start of Myrick Howard’s career at PNC in 1978! Enjoy a reception at the newly restored All Saints Chapel. Afterwards, enjoy dinner downtown at one of our sponsoring restaurants listed below, offering a buy one entrée, get one free opportunity. (At the event you’ll receive a voucher to use at the restaurant of your choice.) Reservations are recommended.

JOIN US
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
All Saints Chapel
110 South East Street
Raleigh

Raleigh SCALE Neighborhood Meeting / Tues July 22

IMPORTANT:

Community SCALE of Raleigh is holding an all neighborhoods meeting to kick off our action plan and get neighbors up to date on city events. See the end of this memo for the agenda.

Meeting overview:
The expedited NCOD process has been approved by City Council, and Travis Crane of Planning will get us up to date on that. Community SCALE's message document is complete, and we will discuss its use. Elizabeth Sappenfield of Preservation NC will address the topic of preservation strategies.

Call to Action: We will form our action teams and hit the ground running.

AGENDA

Raleigh SCALE Neighborhood Meeting
Cameron Village Regional Library, Room 201
July 22, 2008
7:00 - 8:45 pm

Welcome and Introductions

NCOD Text Amendments Report – Travis Crane, Senior Planner, City of Raleigh
Summary of Changes / Application Overview

SCALE "Message" Presentation - Purpose and Use

NCOD Strategies – Elizabeth Sappenfield, Director of Urban Affairs,
Preservation North Carolina

Call to Action: Ways to Plug-in

NCOD VOTE at City Council: July 1, 1:00 pm

SCALE supports this NCOD. Notes to the City Council and Mayor, and/or attendance at the meeting, are needed.

A. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING COMMITTEE
1. TC-4-08 - Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District
The Committee recommends upholding the Planning Commission's recommendation for approval of TC-4-08 as outlined in CR #11209 with the following changes:
a. In paragraph (2)b. on page 5 of the ordinance, removed the underlined language so as to reflect the original proposal as presented at the March 18 public hearing. (To not require immediate notification to all property owners if the Council initiates a neighborhood analysis, at the applicant's expense.)
b. In paragraph (2)f. on page 6 of the ordinance, revise the text to reflect the original proposal as presented at the March 18 public hearing. (To not require the property owners of an existing NCOD to file a new rezoning if the neighborhood built environmental regulations are revised or amended.)
A copy of the revised ordinance is included in the agenda packet.