17 Feb
2010
17 Feb
'10
7:57 p.m.
Hello All,
It's all about communication and subscribing to the right channels.
I suggest all chairs, subscribe to the City's Waste and
Recycle Announcement e-list
Back in Dec/Jan, I communicated the City's survey to my CAC district for
input about possible recycling changes
http://www.mordecaicac.org/news/changefrom18gallonrecyclingbinstorolloutrec…
email, linda.leighton(a)ci.raleigh.nc.us , to be added to
further communications about Garbage, Recycling and Yardwaste
thanks,
Reid Serozi, Mordecai CAC
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Ana Duncan Pardo <acpardo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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Reid Serozi
(919) 807-1878
http://www.serozi.com/reid
Linda and Justin,
Thanks for bringing up these issues. Can you bring recommendations for
how
you'd like to address them during the chair roundtable discussion at the
meeting tonight?
Ana
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Justin Fisher <colfisher(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
> I too am concerned that this new recycling program seemed to "fly under
the radar." Just as the proposed public safety building wasn't
"sold" to
the citizens through publicity, public comment and sound justification, so
this new program seems to have been slipped in by a an administration too
busy to seek citizen involvement.
>
> Here in my townhouse neighborhood we will have difficulty finding room
for two
large carts. I suppose that some folks in the inner units will
simply leave them outside. How many current recyclers will simply scrap the
new carts and start putting everything in the garbage cart? Certainly
nobody from the city asked our HOA if this was going to work for us!
>
> Frankly, I have similar concerns about the new building code process
which
seems to be geared mainly to make Planning Dept. workers' jobs easier
rather then attempting to also address the need for adequate citizen input
to zoning activities. By this time next year, it appears that we will have
two options: 1) Let the planners decide what to allow, or 2) Send the
question to the Board of Adjustment who will make a quasi-judicial decision
which allows for very little flexibility.
>
> Justin Fisher
> 3026 Lion Ridge Court
> Raleigh, NC 27612-4235
> colfisher(a)yahoo.com
> 256-656-5162
>
> --- On Wed, 2/17/10, Linda Watson <linda(a)lindawatson.com> wrote:
>
> From: Linda Watson <linda(a)lindawatson.com>
> Subject: [RCAC] citizen/RCAC input for new recycling program? [update]
> To: "RCAC" <rcac(a)eastraleigh.org>
> Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 12:51 PM
>
> Our wonderful Glenwood CAC Secretary Margaret Link tells me that this
> program was mentioned at our CAC meeting but there was no discussion
> about it. I'm sorry to say that I didn't grasp the implications at the
time.
So at least the Glenwood CAC was informed. My other questions still
stand: what was the level of citizen involvement in this and is it the
right direction?
... Linda
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original note:
I was surprised and disappointed to see in the paper today that Raleigh
will be using big new plastic recycling containers and decreasing the
number of city employees (no layoffs, but a net loss of jobs).
We had a presentation about recycling at a recent Glenwood CAC meeting,
but I don't recall any mention of this new plan. [...]
Sincerely yours,
Linda Watson
Glenwood CAC chair
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