Highlights of July 7 Raleigh City Council meeting
Missing Middle is the 21st Century equivalent of Trickle-Down Economics
Our housing crisis is not going to be solved by the wonton demolition of naturally existing affordable housing to turn it over to luxury housing. Our public transportation goals are not going to be supported by creation of more luxury housing with large off-street parking pads and two or three car garages occupying the first floor.
Growth should pay for growth!
Growth should not become a blank check for developers or a tax burden for existing residents. We must respect neighborhood voices. Public input should not be treated as an obstacle. It should be part of better planning.
A ZONING SCAM
Some might say we want density on the bus line. But that is a joke!! Nobody who is paying half a million dollars for a condo will ever set foot on the bus! They will get in their car, which is parked in the parking garage in the building! I’ll bet even the people in the two tiny units making 60K a year won’t ride the bus. The City is using the excuse of a bus line to allow developers to knock down our neighborhoods.
June 16 City Council Meetings
Highlights of June 16 work session and afternoon session
City Council Bends the Rules
Litchford Forest zoning case Z-43-25 was scheduled for its public hearing to occur June 2. Due to inadequate public notice in the N&O, the hearing could not take place. Council did NOT follow the normal process. Instead they did a HUGE favor for the applicant and sent the case back to the Planning Commission to allow new conditions to be added despite the applicant missing the deadline to add conditions. This is just one more example of the City Council bending over backwards for developers while putting neighbors through the gauntlet an additional time.
June 8 & 9 City Council Meetings
FY2027 Budget passed and highlights from June 9 Work Session and Public Comments
Protect our Residential Neighborhoods, Preserve NCODs
The City Planning Staff advocates on behalf of individual development interests. When was the last time Planning acknowledged any negative impact in their review of a zoning change request? Where is the advocacy for the people and for the plan they devised and adopted with stakeholder input?
June 1 & 2 City Council Meetings
Highlights from June 1 Budget Work Session and June 2 Afternoon & Evening Council meetings
May 19 City Council Meeting
Highlights from May 19 Raleigh City Council meeting, including information about a 1.7 cent property tax increase as well as various fee increases.