Fw: HB150 - urgent info from Mayor McFarlane

***** F.Y.I. ***** Please read the message from our Mayor>>>>>   Ms. Deborah Ford ECAC Co-chair--RCAC 2nd. Vice-chair (919) 835-3566 ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Willard, Charlene" <Charlene.Willard(a)raleighnc.gov> To: "cac-chair-emrys(a)eastraleigh.org" <cac-chair-emrys(a)eastraleigh.org>rg>; "dialmeupford3(a)ymail.com" <dialmeupford3(a)ymail.com>om>; "Ginger Deason (cac-secretary(a)eastraleigh.org)" <cac-secretary(a)eastraleigh.org> Cc: Philip W Poe <pwpoe(a)att.net>et>; "Benson Kirkman (benson.kirkman(a)att.net)" <benson.kirkman(a)att.net>et>; "Jim (jopaumier(a)earthlink.net)" <jopaumier(a)earthlink.net>et>; "normancamp(a)bellsouth.net" <normancamp(a)bellsouth.net> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 8:18 AM Subject: FW: HB150 - urgent info from Mayor McFarlane Read below for Mayor McFarlane's concern. Charlene Holmes Willard Community Specialist City of Raleigh Community Services Dept. PO Box 590 Raleigh, NC  27602 Phone:  919.996.5718 Fax:  919.831.6123 charlene.willard(a)raleighnc.gov The Official City of Raleigh Portal - Community Services Department -----Original Message----- From: ddna(a)googlegroups.com [mailto:ddna@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Crowder Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 11:35 PM To: District D Neighborhood Alliance Subject: [DDNA] Fwd: HB150 See the Mayors e-mail below and contact our Wake County Legislators immediately. Thank you for acting to protect Raleigh Neighborhoods! Thomas G Crowder -------- Original Message -------- Subject: HB150 From: Nancy McFarlane <nancymcfarlane(a)mac.com> To: Joe Boisvert <xcjag(a)yahoo.com>,Thomas Crowder <tcrowder(a)architekturpa.com>,Russ Stephenson <russ(a)russstephenson.com>,Elizabeth Byrd <elizabeth.t.byrd(a)gmail.com>,Bill Padgett <bill(a)billpadgett.com>,Bob Mulder <mulders(a)mindspring.com>,Will Allen <will(a)allenheuer.com> CC: Eric Braun <ebraun2(a)mac.com>,Mack Paul <mpaul(a)morningstarlawgroup.com>,Lou Jurkowski <lou(a)bjac.com>,Gene Davis <gene(a)genedavislaw.com>,Brad Thompson <bttsr(a)aol.com> Hi everyone and sorry for this short notice, HB150 has sailed thru committee and is likely to be voted on in the House on Tuesday. This is the bill that will take away the ability of the city to have any say on aesthetics in residential zoning. There is also a part of the bill that states that the city cannot have any say on the interior placements of rooms. This bill will have many affects on us. With regards to the interior layout of rooms, this opens the door to infill that permits the construction of a house with multiple bedrooms and connected bathrooms and opens the door for the construction of boarding houses in single family neighborhoods. It also take away the citizens ability to interact with the city and developers when new construction is being build adjacent to their neighborhoods. We have just spent years on the development of our UDO and we did it with YOUR input. This legislature is telling us that citizen input about the character of their community is not important. We have asked the General Assembly to work with us (The Wake County Mayors and the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition) to come up with some compromise language that will allow us to continue to work with our citizens to develop out cities. PLEASE,  contact the members of the Wake Delegation and let them know that you do not want to see this bill rushed thru without further conversation with the cities. This bill was introduced by Nelson Dollar, from the Wake County Delegation. The Wake County Mayors have passed a resolution opposing the bill. I have attached the Wake Delegation's contact information. Thanks, Nancy There may be a press event Monday to address this at 5:30.  I will contact you all as soon as I know more about this. -- -- DDNA meets on the 3rd Saturday of every month You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "District D Neighborhood Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to ddna(a)googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ddna+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at  http://groups.google.com/group/ddna?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "District D Neighborhood Alliance" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ddna+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. “E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized City or Law Enforcement official.”