RCAC February 2011

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by Linda Watson

Thanks to all of you who provided comments on the first draft of the RCAC guide. I've attached an updated draft with a section on the planning committee organization from Elizabeth Byrd and a paragraph on NCSU's volunteer day, plus some minor corrections. Please look through your email before the retreat see what lists you subscribe to that would be helpful to other CAC leaders. For example, how does one find out in advance about major and long-term street closures? Looking forward to seeing you Saturday! I'll be there as soon as I can make it after teaching my class at Whole Foods. ... Linda

14 years, 9 months

ALERT - regarding administrative approval fo certain site plans

by Southralcap＠aol.com

Dear CAC Chairs, SWCAC last week accidentally learned that we have a group housing project known as Lineberry Student Housing (GH-1-11) that requires only administrative approval (thanks to a mayor who served in the late 80's). The negatives about the project are: 1. on one side is Lennox Chase - home to people who are trying to get their acts together - including some people who are registered sex offenders, 2. the nursing home across the street is a "post-acute care" facility that also house Alzheimer's patients who do not need the late night noise levels that come with many/most student housing complexes, 3. the parking issues that come with student housing because there never are enough parking spaces for residents and their guests (so we can expect their vehicles to spill over into the nursing home parking lot and on Lineberry Street, Lake Wheeler Road and other streets in the neighborhood) and 4. they are so far from NCSU and other colleges and universities that they can create serious traffic problems in our single-family neighborhoods and on two-lane Lake Wheeler Road that already is overwhelmed mornings and evenings with commuter traffic. We have nothing against students, but this is not the best location for student housing. Because of "administrative approval," it will be built and then we will have the problems/issues listed above. My request to all of you who will be having a UDO presentation is to help all parts of future Raleigh development by asking that "student housing" never be located adjacent to or near nursing homes or facilities such as Lennox Chase AND that any group housing project must have City Council approval, not just "administrative approval" and that the developer of any group housing project attend the appropriate CAC meeting to explain their project and get CAC input and approval. Thanks for reading this email. I hope you will help improve the group housing approval process with your input into the UDO. Mary Belle Pate 2nd vice-chair and former chair SWCAC

14 years, 9 months

Streetlight repair (or lack thereof)

by Mark Turner

Hey CACers, Anyone else noticing VERY slow response from Progress Energy in repairing streetlights? It's been several weeks since I reported a number of lights out and all but one have been ignored. If action is not taken soon, I intend to bring up to Council that the city is paying for streetlights that are not functioning. Cheers, Mark East CAC

14 years, 9 months

Re: [RCAC] Central/Southwest/West CAC Boundary Project update?

by Southralcap＠aol.com

Everyone, Lonnette and I agreed to change the New Hope Cemetery and Washington School area (with Prospect Avenue being the southern boundary between the two CAC's) as well as the area east of Hammond Road from the SWCAC to the Central CAC. Right, Lonnette? I am so looking forward to the final settlement of boundary issues at this time. Hopefully all chairs made decisions that will bring more citizens to the various CAC meetings. As Raleigh continues to grow, there again will be the need to make changes. Hopefully then the process will be more efficiently and quickly done. As a member of the committee that began this process, I want to thank all CAC chairs for their help in making the CACs and RCAC better. I forever will believe that RCAC and the individual CACs are a most important component of making Raleigh a wonderful place to live and work. Thank you. Mary Belle

14 years, 10 months

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RCAC February 2011