HIGHLIGHTS
- Council’s total Affordable Housing production, from all funding sources including the $80M Bond, is less than 600 units per year. Despite losing more than 4,100 affordable units each year, Council policies and rezoning votes overwhelmingly produce high-profit, market rate and luxury units.
- Afternoon meeting opened with moment of silence for victims of mass shooting.
- Public comments focused on council’s community engagement failures, misleading statistics, problems with infill development, and gun violence.
- Approved $5M for 119-unit Affordable Housing
- Councilor Cox asked for resumption of regular meetings between RPD and community at community centers as used to happen with monthly CAC meetings. There was no response.
WORK SESSION – 2021-22 Affordable Housing Overview
- Council’s total Affordable Housing production, from all funding sources including the $80M Bond, is less than 600 units per year. Despite losing more than 4,100 affordable units each year, Council policies and rezoning votes overwhelmingly produce high-profit, market rate and luxury units.
- Institutional ownership of single-family rentals is hurting housing affordability
- Raleigh has lost a lot of naturally occurring affordable housing (Declined from 75% of rental housing in 2010 to 30% in 2020)
- Head of Planning says Missing Middle will be the answer to Affordable Housing (in 30-50 years)
- Councilor Melton asks them to streamline market rate housing as well as Affordable Housing because he apparently believes in the debunked trickle down theory.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Consent Agenda – see details at end of document
- Approved
Public Comment
- Lisa Hughet spoke regarding David Knight’s and Council’s criticism of CACs and Livable Raleigh, chastising the City for reducing engagement and choosing who to listen to.
- Tim Niles pointed out that, contrary to City reports, neighborhood meetings result in 35% fewer engagement opportunities than CACs did.
- Octavia Raney spoke about SB25 and about inadequacies of City’s infill development policies.
- Megan Patton asking City to take all available actions to combat gun violence.
Report and Recommendation of the Planning Commission
- Planning Commission Report
The following items are scheduled for public hearing at the City Council meeting on November 1, 2022:
- Z-80-21 – Forum Dr (District A)
- Z-21-22 – 5504 Rock Quarry Rd (District C)
- Z-25-22 – 701 Corporate Center Dr (District D)
- Z-31-22 – S Harrington St (District D)
- Z-34-33 – Hillsborough & Grand Assemblage (District D)
- Z-51-22 – 7725 Buffaloe Rd (District B)
- Z-58-22 – 7781 Alexander Town Blvd (District E)
- Comprehensive Plan Amendment CP-8-22: Sherman Oak Place – November 15 hearing date approved
- Comprehensive Plan Amendment CP-10-22: Map T-1 and Map T-5 Amendments – November 15 hearing date approved
- Rezoning Z-88-21: Colby Drive, Wake Forest Road, Hardimont Street, west of Wake Forest Road (District A) – November 15 hearing date approved
- Rezoning Z-10-22: 2501 Ratchford Drive, on its west side, 600 feet north of its intersection with Capital Boulevard (District C) – hold at table
- Rezoning Z-27-22: 5221 & 5225 Forestville Road, on its east side, one third of a mile south of its intersection with Buffaloe Road (District B) – November 15 hearing date recommended – hold at table
- Text Change to Zoning Conditions TCZ-28-22: 0 Buffaloe Road (PIN 1746411926), at the southeast corner of the intersection with Forestville Road (District B) – November 15 hearing date approved
- Rezoning Z-32-22: Millbrook Road, on the north and south sides of Millbrook Road, west of its intersection with North Hills Drive (District A) – November 15 hearing date recommended – hold at table
- Text Change to Zoning Conditions TCZ-33-22: North Hills Drive, on the west side of North Hills Drive, north of its intersection with W. Millbrook Road (District A) – November 15 hearing date recommended – hold at table
- Rezoning Z-2-22: Rock Quarry Road, at the intersection with Whitfield Road (District C) – January hearing date approved
- Rezoning Z-57-22: McLean Drive/Old Wake Forest Road Assemblage, approximately 0.2 miles northeast of the intersection of Old Wake Forest Road and Falls of the Neuse Road (District A) – December 6 hearing date approved
- 12. Rezoning Z-72-21: Lake Wheeler Road, Mercury Street, Maywood Avenue, east of Lake Wheeler Road and west of S. Saunders Street (District D) – hold at table
- 13. Rezoning Z-53-22: S Wilmington Street, Summit Avenue, Water Works Street near the intersection of Water Works Street and Summit Avenue (District D) – January 3, 2023 hearing date approved
Special Items
- Rezoning Z-29-22: E Millbrook Road, Paddock Drive, northwest of the intersection of E Millbrook and Falls of Neuse Roads (District A) – November 1 public hearing approved
- Waiver Request for 24-month Waiting Period, Rezoning Z-54-21: 5000 Louisburg Road – want to increase number of units with inclusion of 10% affordable units
- Ordinance: Enabling Authority for Reimbursement Agreements – Enables reimbursement agreements with private developers and property owners for the design and construction of municipal infrastructure
Report and Recommendation of the City Manager
- Convention and Performing Arts Centers – Sponsor Opportunity with Martin Marietta for 20 years at $13.9 million total or $24.6M for 30 years – public hearing authorized
- Joint Venture Rental Development Program – Gap Financing and Site Acquisition – Pines at Peach Road – 119 units with 11 units at 30% AMI and remainder at 60% AMI – $5M approved
Report and Recommendation of the Raleigh Historic Development Commission
- Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report and Annual Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2023 approved
Public Hearings
- Public Nuisance Abatement – Property Liens – approved unanimously
- Rezoning Z-62-21: 1325, 1335, & 1341 Chester Road, located approximately 0.1 miles north of the intersection of Oberlin Road and Wade Avenue. (District D) – approved 7 to 1 with Councilor Cox opposed
- Rezoning Z-11-22: Buck Jones Road, east side, between its intersections with Barclay Drive and Norman Place (District D) – item withdrawn
- Rezoning Z-15-22: Washington Street, on the south side of Washington Street, adjacent to the railroad, approximately 550 feet east of Glenwood Avenue and Fred Fletcher Park (District D) – approved unanimously
- Rezoning Z-22-22: Boylan Avenue and Hargett Street, northeast corner (District D) – approved unanimously
- Rezoning Z-23-22: 308 Bashford Road, on its south side, one quarter mile east of Strother Road (District D) – will vote at November 1 meeting
- Text Change to Zoning Conditions TCZ-26-22: Olde Birch Drive, on the east side of Olde Birch Drive across from Southeast Raleigh High School, approximately 500 feet south of Rock Quarry Road (District C) – approved unanimously
- Rezoning Z-30-22: Lane Street, on the north side of Lane Street, between Dawson and McDowell Streets (District D) – approved unanimously
- Rezoning Z-39-22: 5017 Forestville Road, at the northeast corner of its intersection with Buffaloe Road (District B) – held for 2 weeks for further discussion
- Text Change to Zoning Conditions TCZ-44-22: Tryon Road, east of the intersection of Tryon Road and Gorman Street (District D) – approved unanimously
- Rezoning Z-49-22: 4902 Memory Road, approximately 0.25 miles from the intersection of Memory Road and East Millbrook Road (District A) – approved unanimously
- Rezoning Z-56-22: 909 Rock Quarry Road, southeast corner of the intersection of Rock Quarry Road and Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard (District C) – approved unanimously
Report and Recommendation of the Economic Development and Innovation Committee
- Next meeting scheduled for 1:30pm on 10/25 but may be canceled
Report and Recommendation of the Growth and Natural Resources Committee
- Next meeting at 4pm on 10/25 to discuss Environmental Advisory Board annual report
Report and Recommendation of the Safe, Vibrant, and Healthy Community Committee
- Next meeting at 11:30am on 10/25 to discuss Midtown Municipal Service District and ARPA funding
Report and Recommendation of the Transportation and Transit Committee
- Next meeting at 3pm on 10/27 to discuss Environmental Advisory Board annual report and Six Forks transportation issues
Report from the Mayor and City Council
- Councilor Cox asked for resumption of regular meetings between RPD and community at community centers as used to happen with monthly CAC meetings. There was no response.
Consent Agenda
- Consent Agenda Process
- Raleigh Housing Authority Bond Issuance – Milner Commons
- Raleigh Housing Authority Bond Issuance – Pines at Peach Road
- Lower Neuse Basin and Neuse River Compliance Associations – Board of Directors – Assignment of Representation
- Resolution to Participate – Investment Services – North Carolina Investment Pool
- Sale of Surplus Equipment
- Office of National Drug Control and Policy – 2022 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Grant
- US Department of Justice – 2022 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program
- Easement Request: 497 Carolina Pines Avenue – Duke Energy Progress, LLC
- Contract Services – GoRaleigh 200 Ton Chiller Installation – Salisbury and Moore Construction, Inc.
- Professional Services – MSA for On Call Engineering Services – Black & Veatch Corporation – Amendment No. 1
- 6615 The Lakes Drive – Stormwater pipes
- 10 W Franklin Street – Soil Nail Wall
- Budget Transfer – Police Facilities – Renovations and Repairs
- Bid Award – Trenton Road Greenway Connector Project – Lanier Construction Company, Inc
- Bid Award – Crabtree Creek Interceptor Rehabilitation Project – Michels Corporation
- Bid Award – FY22 Traffic Signals Project – LMJ Pavement Marking LLC
- Public Bid Waiver – Replacement Parts and Repair Services for Fire Apparatus – Atlantic Emergency Solutions, Inc.
- Multi-way Stops – Milburnie Road at Chatham Lane and Milburnie Road at Culpepper Lane
- Speed Limit Reductions – Fairview Road, Granite Street, Kaplan Drive, Mangrove Drive, Oak Forest Drive, Sierra Drive, Henslowe Drive, & Virgilia Court
- Controlled Parking Residential Areas – Traffic Schedule Updates
- No Parking Zones – Thornton Road
- Parking Modifications – 100 East Davie Street