Highlights from October 8 2024 Work Session and Public Comment session
Noise, Light and Saving the Raleigh We Love
I am a resident of Raleigh NC and live in an established neighborhood surrounded by rapid in-fill growth. My ability to enjoy my property has diminished immensely over the past several years due to increased noise and light pollution.
Measuring Community Character
Weighing the impacts of growth on community character is not subjective. Instead, it is a key function of planning practice.
Dear Ned
When elections finally occurred in 2022, Knight was ousted by the voters, and 4 new members of Council were elected, each with Livable Raleigh’s support.
CITY COUNCIL RETREAT – JANUARY 26 & 27, 2024
HIGHLIGHTS Typical issues with transparency. Meeting start time initially reported at 1pm, then 12noon, then livestream was supposed to start at 12:40. It actually started at 1:18pm. Apparently a panel discussion occurred when they weren’t filming and no details were...
Former Planning Director Mitch Silver is back – now as a lobbyist paid to undercut Raleigh’s planning rules.
Speaking before Council Tuesday, Nov 7, Mitchell Silver repeated a false claim he previously made at the Planning Commission – that the Glenwood-Brooklyn neighborhood cannot have Transition Area protection from 30-40 story buildings without first completing an expensive city-mandated Area Plan. But when a Councilor asked city staff if Silver’s Area Plan requirement was true, the simple answer was ‘No’.
Population Growth & Housing Deficits
In response to the 17,000 unit deficit I noted that between Dec 2019 and Mar 2023 Raleigh’s City Council approved zoning cases for over 70,000 residential units. Over 4 times the reported deficit. Unless those cases were speculative and only to raise the property values for resale purposes, Raleigh is NOT lacking the entitlement to build residential units.
City Council Work Session – June 13, 2023
Survey results from biennial survey were presented.