INC NEWS - DRAFT INC Agenda - May

[Deanna Crossman]

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Herald Sun
7-9pm

Welcome and Introductions (10 min)

Environmental Protection Ordinances (30 min)    Steve Medlin

Progress and Plans for Alston Widening (30 min)    Wally Bowman

Updates  (20 min)

•    Updates from Other Organizations
•    Minutes and Treasurer's Report
•    Substance Abuse Report
•    Foreclosure Workshop – June 21st
•    Resolution to allow neighborhoods to hold meetings at city facilities
(on back)
•    County ordinance to ban continuous chaining of dogs
•    Other updates and new business


Announcements  (10 min)

•    Big Thanks for the INC Candidate Forum



Resolution

WHEREAS, neighborhood associations and associated neighborhood watch
programs are a crucial element in crime prevention, and

WHEREAS, regular neighborhood meetings are the foundation of these
neighborhood associations, and

WHEREAS, many neighborhood associations lack both space for regular meetings
and the funds to rent meeting space according to the current schedule of
fees at the City of Durham Parks & Recreation, and

WHEREAS, neighborhood associations are organizations formally recognized and
encouraged by the City of Durham, and

WHEREAS, neighborhood associations are an integral part of successful
government in the City of Durham for the following reasons:

   1. they play a central role in the Durham Planning Department's
Organization Notification Directory Program,
   2. they are an key vehicle for neighborhood engagement by the Department
of Neighborhood Improvement Services' Community Relations Coordinators and
   3. they provide focused and consistent feedback on a range of issues to
the elected officials and staff of the City of Durham;

 NOW THEREFORE, the Durham INC requests that the City of Durham provide
public meeting space to all neighborhood associations at no charge and
requiring no deposit for the use of these facilities.  Specifically ...

    * "Neighborhood associations" includes those either registered with the
Durham Planning Department or working with this department to organize as a
neighborhood association.
    * This meeting space should be made available for the purposes of
regular business meetings of the neighborhood association.

    * Meeting space may be provided at any appropriate City of Durham owned
facility including but not limited to Parks & Recreation facilities.

    * The facility made available to any particular neighborhood association
should be the City owned facility with public meeting space that is as close
as possible to the neighborhood's boundaries (ideally no more than 2-3
blocks from the neighborhood wherever possible).
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