INC NEWS - PAC II issues

[Richard Mullinax]

A great post! Several people have begun to step forward in PAC II to 
lead different initiatives. As PAC II participation grows my goal is to 
hold a space for people to work on issues like the one you mentioned and 
bring it to the PAC II floor when a resolution is needed. I am very 
happy to see that PAC II is getting to the place that the 
co-facilitators do just that, facilitate, keep the discussion open, and 
that others do the work of bringing each item to fruition. This way none 
of us risk burnout.

This said there are several people working on the cars in front yards 
issue, not the least of these is our City Manager Patrick Baker. We are 
all anxiously awaiting his presentation to INC later this month. From 
that we will begin to focus on the education tool and any other tools 
that are suggested. I welcome your input and look forward to the 
volunteer effort you create for yourself as a PAC II participant. I plan 
to contact you directly about this issue because I get many concerns 
about this and have taken this on as well. Frank Duke, I do not want to 
put words in your mouth, but I guess that you and your staff will 
welcome volunteer help like what has been offered. I am excited about 
our continued citizen/staff partnerships.

Richard Mullinax
PAC II co-chair



Marlene Hankins wrote:

> There was a lot of activity and concern surrounding several issues 
> recently on the PAC2 listserve, particularly the 'parking in yard' 
> situation.  With the hopes of finding some sort of resolve to this 
> eyesore of a problem, I was hoping to find some sort of volunteer 
> program that I could be part of to spearhead this issue and possibly 
> find some remedy to it.  (I do realize that Frank Duke and staff are 
> doing their best to uphold the city's ordinances, but I'm hoping that 
> we as concerned citizens, through a volunteer program, could do 
> something to educate property owners and tenants about the city's 
> ordinances).  Could this be part of the Keep Durham Beautiful program 
> or would this be another extension of Partners Against Crime working 
> with the City of Durham Housing Department?  Or is there something 
> else that I'm not aware of? 
>  
> Is there a list compiled of all of the volunteer programs available 
> for both Durham City and County?  And if so, where can it be found and 
> does this list include which department, association or 
> organization the volunteer program is attached to?  (For example:  The 
> COP program is part of the Durham Police Department). 
>  
> Thanks in advance for any information you can forward to the 
> listserve!!!  See you on Monday.
>