INC NEWS - May 24 INC delegate meeting

[pat carstensen]

Note that because St. Luke's is renovating, this will be the last meeting 
held there for a while.  We are looking at alternative locations.  If anyone 
wants to print copies of the agenda, please let me know.

Regards, pat

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AGENDA
InterNeighborhood Council of Durham
Monthly meeting on Tuesday May 24, 2005
7-9pm in the Comfy Room
ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH (1737 HILLANDALE ROAD, at I-85)
Directions: http://mysite.verizon.net/stlukeep/findus.shtml
Refreshments are provided

Welcome and Introductions (10 min)	    Bill Anderson, President

Yard Waste (40 min)	Tom Ayers
Mr. Ayers is Durham’s Interim Director of Solid Waste.  Plans for the yard 
waste program will be explored.



Discussion Items (15 min)
q Meeting location
q NC Senate budget items concerning public safety (see attached resolution)

Updates  (25 min)

q Minutes and Treasurer’s Report            	Pat  / Randy
q UDO Update
q CIP Update
q Neighborhood Hero Awards
q Dues Due
q Other Updates or New Business

Announcements / Events (5 min)

q Durham Hearing on Bond Referendum – June 6

For additional information, contact Bill Anderson (688-4550 or 
TheOcean1 at aol.com)
To update information on your neighborhood, neighbors at durham-cvb.com or 
680-8328

"Only in the continuous encounter with other persons, does the person become 
and remain a person.
The place of this encounter is the community"
www.durhaminc.org


St. Luke’s is remodeling; we will elsewhere in June.

Whereas

The North Carolina Senate’s budget proposal not only ignores these proposals 
but also reduces or eliminates  funding for Drug Treatment Court, Family 
Court and Dispute Settlement Centers, important tools for fighting crime, 
such as the drug court.

Durham has an impressive list of committed individuals and groups that have 
been working to reduce crime.  For example, the Durham Roundtable has 
identified a number of concrete steps that can be done to make Durham safer 
and has been rallying support to pay for these steps.  Together we have made 
great progress at the grass roots level.

If we do not address the crisis in our judicial system, in spite of the 
valiant efforts of our community and law enforcement, we will continue to 
lose significant ground and our neighborhoods will continue to be victimized 
by habitual criminals.

The InterNeighborhood Council of Durham passed a resolution in January 
asking the Durham delegation to help to secure funding to add three 
permanent assistant district attorney positions, one magistrate position, 
two clerk positions, and funds to operate the Youth Treatment Court.

Therefore
We, The InterNeighborhood Council of Durham, urge Durham’s delegation to 
find ways to restore funding for Drug Treatment Court, Family Court and 
Dispute Settlement Centers, as well as implement the changes we asked for 
earlier.