Highlights from July 2 Council meeting and public comments
JUNE 4, 2024 COUNCIL MEETING
Highlights from June 4 Council Meeting
May 7, 2024 City Council Meetings
Highlights from May 7 Afternoon and Evening council meetings.
April 8 and 9 City Council Meetings
Highlights from April 8 Budget work session, April 9 Afternoon Work Session, and April 9 Evening Public Comments Session
April 2, 2024 City Council Meetings
Highlights from April 2, 2024 City Council Meeting
City Council takes the right first steps for New Bern Ave corridor
With this decision, Council has aimed to make the New Bern corridor more transit-friendly, but without displacing the residents of the historic neighborhoods along the corridor.
City Council Meetings March 5, 2024
Highlights from March 5 Afternoon and Evening City Council Meetings.
It’s time to Wake UP to facts.
Tim Niles submitted a Letter to the Editor of the N&O in response to an Op-Ed from the Director of WakeUP Wake County on the topic of the New Bern Avenue upzoning proposal. The LTE wasn’t published so we are printing it.
Token gestures of affordability are not good enough
This is the 3rd TOD case that has come before you with a token gesture of affordability. I have no doubt developers will continue to find ways around providing affordable units needed for BRT to be successful. By far, the most troubling statement in the staff report that you need to pay attention to is, “by adding the TOD, the site will have increased residential entitlement WITHOUT having to incorporate affordability measures.” However you crunch the numbers on the affordable housing condition that’s been provided, it doesn’t add up to a good decision. If you approve this rezoning, you will grant MORE entitlement than the current zoning WITHOUT the affordability requirement.
Meaningful support required before massive upzoning
I think there is a lot of good we can do here. But, I also do want to take abundant caution when it comes to the upzoning pieces.