The East CAC will hold its July 2011 meeting Monday at 7 PM at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.
Many folks have questions about St. Augustine’s proposed 5,000 seat stadium. This month Marc Newman from St. Augustine’s College will return to discuss the school’s proposal and answer questions. We’ll also hear from Deidre McCullers from the Family Resource Center, who’ll be talking about foster care recruitment.
Below is the full agenda. Hope to see you there!
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East CAC Meeting Minutes
June 2011
Submitted by Secretary Sue Sturgis
Raleigh’s East Citizens Advisory Council held its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 20, 2011 at Lions Park Community Center. About 30 people attended, with about five there for the first time. Chairman Mark Turner recorded the meeting, with video available at www.eastraleigh.org.
Secretary Sue Sturgis reported that a change was made to the draft minutes from the May meeting in the section about the discussion on tornado recovery; the final version posted on the website will reflect those edits. The minutes were approved without any additional changes.
NEIGHBORHOOD REPORTS: Mark reported that Belvidere Park and Woodcrest held a community potluck at Lions Park over the weekend. There was a good turnout, and Mark encouraged other neighborhoods to hold similar events. (more…)
A meeting with the city’s Planning Staff will be held at the Tarboro Road Community Center (121 N. Tarboro Rd) on Tuesday, June 28th at 7 PM to discuss the hearing process and how citizens can properly weigh in. Eric Hodge, will present the special use permit process and provide some handouts as to how the quasi-judicial process works.
St. Augustine’s College has proposed building a 5,000 seat stadium on its property, seeking Council approval. In 2004, the college was granted a Special Use Permit for a much smaller facility but has opted recently to pursue a larger one. Residents in the surrounding neighborhoods have concerns about the impact such a stadium will have on the community.
Here is a link to the special use permit, SU-1-2011. Here is a Draft Traffic Impact Analysis report [PDF]. You can also read the track update sent out yesterday by St. Augustine’s president, Dr. Suber.
Update: The documents from the previous special use permit are here.
Update 29 June: Here are the figures that were omitted from the draft TIA report.
I have created a Google Maps map of community assets in Raleigh’s East CAC area. You may view it here:
View East CAC assets in a larger map
If you would like access to add assets to this map, please email me at cac-chair at eastraleigh dot org. The full map on Google can be found here.
East CAC Meeting Minutes
May 2011
Submitted by Secretary Sue Sturgis
Raleigh’s East Citizens Advisory Council held its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 16, 2011 at Lions Park Community Center. About 35 people were there, with about six attending for the first time; Charlene Willard with the city’s Community Services Department handed out bags with information about the CAC and the city to newcomers. The April minutes were approved without changes. Chairman Mark Turner recorded the meeting, with video available at www.eastraleigh.org.
SUCCESS REPORTS: The entrance sign to the Belvidere Park neighborhood is finished, and the bench delivered and installed. The project was three years in the making. Thanks to local stonemason Joe Valles and everyone else who helped with the project. Longview Gardens is now moving forward with their grant to build a neighborhood sign.
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The East CAC will hold its June 2011 meeting on Monday, June 20th at 7 PM at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.
This month we have three presentations. Amy Sins from Capital Area Friends of Transit will discuss the region’s transit plan and its impact on our quality of life. Also, Regina Petteway from Wake County Human Services will discuss her department’s tornado relief efforts. Finally, Allison Marsh from the city’s Parks and Recreation department, will discuss the Corporate Leisure Services available for corporate functions.
Below is our full agenda. Hope to see you there!
The audio from last night’s East CAC meeting has been posted. You may listen to it here:
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East CAC Meeting Minutes
April 2011
Submitted by Secretary Sue Sturgis
Raleigh’s East Citizens Advisory Council held its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 19, 2011 at the Lions Park Community Center. About 30 people were there, with about a half-dozen attending for the first time. Chairman Mark Turner recorded the meeting, with video available at www.eastraleigh.org. The March 2011 minutes were approved without changes.
Mark noted that the community was dealing with the aftermath of the April 16 tornado that caused significant destruction in the ECAC area behind the Food Lion shopping center on Raleigh Boulevard, hitting especially hard in the Lockwood neighborhood that encompasses North King Charles, Marlborough, Millbank, Euston and Brighton.
SUCCESS REPORTS: Mark reported driving down Milburnie Road today and seeing that a lot of fallen trees have already been cleaned up. It’s clear that crews have been working hard.
Charlene Willard, Raleigh Community Services Department’s liaison to the ECAC, reported that her department would coordinate a volunteer relief effort to help with storm cleanup once Parks & Recreation finished assessing conditions. There’s an online volunteer signup available at www.raleighnc.gov/stormhelp; within a few hours of the site’s launch, 275 people had registered to help.
In other good news from the ECAC, Mark was invited to talk about his work as a blogger to participants in Raleigh Digital Connectors. A partnership between the city and One Economy, a global nonprofit that works to bring technology to underserved communities, the Digital Connectors program offers technology training for youth from diverse backgrounds between the ages of 14 through 21.
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The East CAC will hold its May 2011 meeting on Monday, May 16th at 7 PM at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.
Raleigh was just named most sustainable mid-size city by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. We’ll have John Burns and Benson Kirkman, members of Raleigh’s Environmental Advisory Board, here to discuss Raleigh’s sustainability efforts.
We’ll also set some time aside at our meeting to discuss last month’s
devastating tornado and how it affected our neighborhoods. Share your stories about where you were, how you were affected, and how you are faring now. We’ll have a group of N.C. architects, including some with expertise in post-disaster recovery, present to discuss the aftermath of last month’s tornado. They will be available to listen to residents’ concerns and offer advice on issues including working with contractors, tapping into available resources, and community preservation.
As usual, our meeting will be streamed online at http://www.eastraleigh.org/stream.html
Below is our full agenda. See you there!
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