[Durham INC] New "City Hall This Week" Begins Tonight on DTV8

[Blalock, Amy]

For Immediate Release: May 11, 2012

 

New "City Hall This Week" Begins Tonight

New Episode Begins Airing Friday, May 11 on DTV8 and

"On Demand" on Monday, May 14 on the City's DTV8 Website and YouTube
Channel

 

DURHAM, N.C. - The following highlights from the May 7, 2012 Durham City
Council meetings and other topics of interest will be featured in this
episode of "City Hall This Week." The show begins airing on Friday, May
11 at 8 p.m. on DTV8 (Time Warner Cable channel 8) and will also be
available to watch on demand on Monday, May 14 at 
www.DurhamNC.gov/DTV8/CityHallThisWeek.cfm and 
www.YouTube.com/CityofDurhamNC.

 

City Council Adopts Water and Sewer Rate Increase

Durham's water and sewer rates will be increasing in moderate increments
based on the City's tiered consumption levels. The increases are
expected to raise nearly $2 million in revenue that will be used for
short and long-term improvements to the City's water and sewer system.
Water Management Department Director Don Greeley explains what some of
those improvements are and what the increases will mean for average
customers in this episode of "City Hall This Week."

 

Residents to Pay More for Petitioned Sidewalk Improvements

The price of building new resident-petitioned sidewalks is going up for
the residents who request they be built.  The City Council adopted a
resolution increasing the assessment rate and pay period for petitioned
sidewalk improvements. The previous rate residents had to pay for
sidewalk construction was $5 per linear foot. The new rate is $35 per
linear foot. Engineering and Stormwater Services Assistant Manager
Robert Joyner with the City's Public Works Department explains why the
change was needed in this episode of "City Hall This Week."

 

Financial Hardship Criteria Established for Harvard Avenue Special
Assessments

Residents on Harvard Avenue will have a little longer than is normal to
pay the City back for recent improvements made to their street. The City
Council adopted a resolution establishing Financial Hardship Criteria
for the Harvard Avenue Special Assessments. The assessments were levied
after a number of improvements were made from South Benjamine Street to
Miami Boulevard.  Engineering and Stormwater Services Manager Ed Venable
with the City's Public Works Department explains what the criteria are
and why they were established in this episode of "City Hall This Week."

 

Other interviews featured in this episode of "City Hall This Week":

*         Master Officer Erwin C. Baker, community liaison officer for
the Durham Police Department - Explains what the Police Athletic League
is and how it's working to expand.

*         Durham Parks and Recreation Public Affairs Specialist Cynthia
Booth - Offers a preview of this year's Bimbe Cultural Arts Festival.

*         Public Works Department Director Marvin Williams - Explains
what the City is doing to increase resident satisfaction with Durham's
streets as part of the new series "What Durham Is Saying".

 

"City Hall This Week" is a news program dedicated to informing Durham
residents about what is going on inside Durham's City Hall. Each edition
is taped on the first and third Tuesday of the month - the day after
City Council meetings. It airs three times a day on DTV8 (Time Warner
Cable channel 8) through the week of the next City Council meeting. 

 

For more information, call the City's Office of Public Affairs at (919)
560-4123, visit DTV8's Webpage at www.DurhamNC.gov/DTV8, "like" DTV8's
Facebook page at www.Facebook/DurhamTV8, follow DTV8's Twitter feed at 
www.Twitter.com/DTV8, or visit DTV8's YouTube page at 
www.YouTube.com/CityofDurhamNC.

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