INC NEWS - Meeting reminder -- tomorrow night

[pat carstensen]

Agenda includes a resolution on panhandling and a presentation on energy 
efficiency

AGENDA
InterNeighborhood Council of Durham
Monthly meeting on Tuesday February 28, 2006
7-9pm in the Community Room
HERALD-SUN Building (2828 Pickett Road)
Directions: http://www.durhamINC.org/meetings.html
Refreshments are provided

Welcome and Introductions (10 min)	    Mike Woodard, President

Discussion Items / Presentations
q Clean Energy (30 minutes)	Judy Kincaid
Ideas for energy efficiency in Durham
q Roadside Solicitation (20 minutes)
See Appendix A for text
q By-laws Change (10 min)
See Appendix B

Updates  (20 min)

q Minutes and Treasurer’s Report
q Public Access to Police Databases
q New Members
q Yard Waste
q Call Tree Volunteers
q Immigrant Needs Video
q Other Updates or New Business

Announcements / Events (5 min)

q Sierra Club Hike in West Durham – March 18, 
www.nc.sierraclub.org/headwaters
q Rain Garden Design Workshop – March 4, Museum of Life and Science
q Conjuring Bearden – March 5, Nasher Museum of Art

For additional information, contact Mike Woodard at ????
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
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Appendix A

Whereas, panhandling and solicitation in the public right of way endangers 
public safety;

Whereas, panhandlers and roadside solicitors often are in need of physical 
and mental health services;

Whereas, undocumented cash donations often reduce donations to legitimate 
charities;

Whereas, many undocumented cash donations are used to purchase drugs and/or 
alcohol thereby promoting addiction and unhealthy habits;

And

Whereas, roadside solicitation and panhandling is a public nuisance and 
commonly know as "blight";

Therefore,

The Inter-Neighborhood Council of Durham supports ordinances making begging, 
solicitation campaigns, and sales within the right-of-way unlawful 
throughout the City and County of Durham, NC.

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Appendix B
From:
The fiscal year shall run from October 1st through September 30th, and dues 
for the upcoming year shall be due within 90 days of the annual meeting.

To:
The fiscal year shall run from January 1st through December 31st, and dues 
for the upcoming year shall be paid by April 1.