HIGHLIGHTS Once again a last minute change from in-person to virtual meeting due to Covid outbreak among staff. All public hearings will be continued to May 10 at 4pm except for Floodplain Maps which is referred to Planning Commission with recommendations needed in...
On April 26 WRAL-TV featured a story about a proposed North Hills Rezoning case (Z-67-21) that took place at the Planning Commission meeting earlier that day. WRAL’s coverage was effectively a promotion for the project, as compared to an accounting of what actually...
HIGHLIGHTS April 12 work session cancelled; budget work session to be held on April 11.Missing Middle Text Change (TC-20-21) public hearing scheduled for May 3.Approved refinements to Neighborhood Traffic Management Program.Approved Highwoods Property Owners...
March 28, 2022 To Raleigh City Council & Raleigh Planning Commission Re: Eliminating parking minimums WRAL Reporter Matt Talhelm came over on March 25, 2022 to interview me about this issue. Unfortunately, my substantive comments were not included, and the one...
District A Councilor Patrick Buffkin hosted a virtual meeting on March 10. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein was to make comments at the beginning of the meeting, but had a conflict, so he sent in a video. His presentation was only a few minutes long,...
Tim Niles, a founding member of Livable Raleigh, delivered the following remarks to City Council during Public Comments on March 1, 2022:When this council defunded the CACs, you promised a new, REVOLUTIONARY, engagement system. Last Friday's Planning Commission...
Highlights TC-12-21 regarding Accessory Commercial Units has been referred back to Economic Development & Innovation Committee and they hope to report back to Council in April/May timeframe Mayor Baldwin wants to reinstate the requirement for both public comment...
Lisa Hughet recently sent the following email to Raleigh City Council. Lisa has lived in Raleigh for nearly 30 years and says "my activism really kicked into high gear during the pandemic. Ironically, coinciding with a new City Council who appears not to have the...
Cailin Peterson is a long-time environmental justice activist recently gone professional as a Field Organizer at Climate Action NC. She is also a recent NC State Microbiology grad, cat mom, half-marathon runner, and guitar player! Her favorite NC brewery is...
Livable Raleigh held an “Open Mic” night on Tuesday, February 15. Sixty plus Raleigh community members joined us to discuss topics ranging from Affordable Housing to Zoning, the Environment to CACs, and upcoming elections to the undue influence of developers on the...