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Help redesign two East CAC playgrounds

October 5th, 2009

The City of Raleigh will soon be renovating the playgrounds at two East CAC parks: Lions Park and the Lockwood Greenway Park along the Buckeye Greenway Trail. The Parks Department wants to hear from the East CAC about what we want to see in these parks.

We’re looking for volunteers to serve on an ad-hoc CAC committee to help guide the redesign of these parks. Wayne Shindler of the Parks Department will tell us more at our October CAC meeting but I wanted you to start thinking now about serving on this important committee.

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Election Day is tomorrow

October 5th, 2009

Election Day is Tuesday!

TOMORROW is Election Day! Here in the East CAC we have candidates for mayor and city council on the ballot. Polls open at 6:30 AM and close at 7:30 PM.

Here are the addresses of the East CAC polling places and their links in Google Maps:

Precinct 01-13
St. Matthew AME Church
1629 Bennett St.
http://tr.im/AJYM

Precinct 01-28
Powell Elementary School
1130 Marlborough Rd.
http://tr.im/AJZ7

Precinct 01-19
Poe Elementary School
400 Peyton St.
http://tr.im/AJZv

Precinct 01-40
Worthdale Community Center
1001 Cooper Rd.
http://tr.im/AJZJ
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Scammer working the neighborhoods

September 30th, 2009

A scammer with a long history of fraud is roaming East Raleigh neighborhoods, looking for unsuspecting neighbors to give him cash. Kevin Edward Ross was arrested by Raleigh Police in June 2009 for obtaining property by false pretenses and is now allegedly continuing his scam.
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East CAC signs are in!

September 25th, 2009

We now have yard signs we can use to advertise our meetings! Volunteers will plant the signs in their yards the Friday before a CAC meeting and take them down after the meeting. It should greatly increase the visibility of our CAC! If you’d like to take a sign, contact me and I’ll get one to you.

Thanks to CAC Vice-chair Van Alston for shepherding this project to completion!

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Good dog looking for a home

September 25th, 2009

Update 20 Oct 2009: Wiley is now part of a “rescue” program, so the immediate need has passed. Thanks for your interest!

From Ashlyn:

Wiley is a 4 year old female. She’s house-broken, knows a few basic commands like sit and down, and is good with other dogs. She’s very energetic, so would do best living with someone who likes to walk or run. She’s had all her shots, is heartworm-negative, and has a microchip.

I rescued her from a neighbor who had abandoned her. She’s just too energetic for my 15 year old dog with cancer.

If you are interested, call Ashlyn at 919-741-4748 or email, ashbshaw at nc dot rr dot com.

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Website updates

September 18th, 2009

I’ve updated the East CAC links page with a few more important resources. The city’s list of important phone numbers has been added. And, you can now search the city’s Code of Ordinances for city laws. Finally, you’ll also find a Firefox or Internet Explorer plugin for easily searching the city’s website. See the Links page for more information.

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East CAC online calendar

September 18th, 2009

Also, now you can keep up with East CAC events using our online calendar! If your calendar program can subscribe to online calendars (newer Outlook versions, Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple’s iCal, and some others do), you can subscribe to the East CAC calendar and our events will appear in your calendar automatically! Never miss another important East CAC Event! To use it, simply use your calendar program to subscribe to the calendar using this Calendar link.

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Seeking nominees for Neighborhood Recognition Awards

September 17th, 2009

The East CAC is now accepting nominations for the Neighborhood Recognition Awards. If you know a worthy individual, non-profit organization, institution, or group in our CAC who deserves to be recognized, please send your nominations to cac-leadership at eastraleigh.org. We’ll take nominations at Monday’s meeting as well.

See below for more information. Thanks!

Regards,
Mark
East CAC
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East CAC August 2009 draft meeting minutes

September 15th, 2009

East CAC Meeting Minutes
August 2009
Submitted by Secretary Sue Sturgis

Chair Mark Turner called the August meeting of Raleigh’s East Citizens Advisory Council to order shortly after 7 p.m. on Monday, August 17 at Lions Park Community Center. There were about 30 people in attendance throughout the evening. The July minutes were approved.

OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS: The CAC’s Outreach, Planning and Economic Development Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14 at the Lions Park center to discuss rezoning case Z-18-09 involving the Longview Grocery at 2405 Poole Road at Norwood with developer Daniel Coleman.

This involves a rezoning from Residential-6, which the city imposed on the store when it annexed the area in 1948, to Shopping Center-Conditional Use, with conditions including no convenience store, auto facility or drive-through restaurant. (For more details on the case and possible conditions, see the March minutes at http://www.eastraleigh.org/?p=147 and the June minutes at http://www.eastraleigh.org/?p=190.) A public hearing is scheduled for October 21 before a joint panel of the City Council and Planning Commission.
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East CAC meets Monday, 21 September!

September 15th, 2009

The East CAC will hold its next meeting on Monday, 21 September at 7 PM at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.

We will hear from Jay Mercer, Director of the City’s Emergency Management Center, who will talk to us about Emergency Preparedness, both from what the City does to prepare for disasters, etc. to what the citizens should do to prepare themselves. He will also bring along someone to talk about the CERT (Community Emergency Response Training) training that is available to those who may be interested.

We will also hear from our CAC’s OPED committee regarding its recommended action on Z-18-09, the rezoning of the convenience store property at Poole Road at Norwood. East CAC residents will then vote on this rezoning request.

Last but not least my term as East CAC Chair is expiring, so we’ll be taking nominations at this meeting for voting at our October meeting.

We hope to see you there!

Mark Turner
East CAC

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