INC NEWS - Need for Webpages to educate Durham residents wrtrezoning/development process

[RW Pickle]

Maybe we can get our tax dollars to work for us and the City/County can
set this up. It would be to their advantage to spearhead this since it is
their system, rules, and regulations.

RWP
27 Beverly


> This is probably a good issue to bring up at the next INC meeting with
> both
> David Harris (President) and Ken Gasch (President Elect) as this probably
> would take several months to tackle.
>
> Criagie Sanders has been instrumental in representing INC at many of the
> Planning meetings along with others, but I believe he has a unique
> perspective (because he's sat on both sides of this issue) over the past
> several years.
>
> I'm not sure if he could do it alone but maybe if more people who are
> interested (but not necessarily all INC folks) can help,  maybe he'd be
> willing to coordinate it?
>
> It might be a good idea to see if other members of organizations like the
> Partners Against Crime(I to V) might like to participate?
>
> It'd be worthwhile to ask the memberships of the Friends of Durham,
> Peoples
> Alliance and the Committee to have opportunities to contribute making it
> an
> inclusive and in the end have a much better 'product' as they're also very
> interested in representing their constituents in matters like these.
>
>
>
>
> mike shiflett
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Melissa Rooney" <mmr121570 at yahoo.com>
> To: <inc-list at durhaminc.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 3:28 PM
> Subject: INC NEWS - Need for Webpages to educate Durham residents
> wrtrezoning/development process
>
>
>> Hello again. I have been discussing with the Joint
>> City County Planning Commission the need to educate
>> and encourage Durham residents'/neighbors' involvement
>> in the planning process. A specific suggestion I made
>> was for a 'planning for dummies' type webpage on the
>> planning department section of the city website,
>> clearly showing the typical, chronological time-line
>> of all meetings/departments/boards/committees involved
>> from start to finish (rezoning to development to
>> completion of construction).
>>
>> City Councilman and 2006 INC president, Mike Woodard,
>> suggested that this would be a good initiative for the
>> INC.
>>
>> I personally, do not have the time to commit to this
>> type of thing, aside from emailing
>> suggestions/comments/reviews/etc. from home. I am
>> already overextended with my neighborhood board of
>> directors and 2 neighborhood committees, not to
>> mention my increasing involvement with South Durham
>> development issues. (I hope that things will calm down
>> eventually in my neck of the woods, so that I can
>> devote more to INC initiatives in the future (touch
>> wood).
>>
>> At any rate, please forgive my rambling and read the
>> emails below. If anyone else thinks this is a good
>> idea for INC, can we please discuss it at the May INC
>> (or a future) meeting?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Melissa
>>
>> Melissa Rooney
>> Fairfield INC Rep
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________
>>
>> Melissa:
>>
>> I've had this website bookmarked for sometime.
>> However, if you click around it, you will see that it
>> is seriously out of date...approximately two years out
>> of date.
>>
>> Rather than have the Planning Department link to this,
>> I think this would be a great task for INC to take on
>> and maintain.
>>
>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
>> Mike Woodard
>> Durham City Council
>> Email: mike.woodard at durhamnc.gov
>> Phone: 919.560.4396, x276
>> Web Site: www.durhamnc.gov
>>
>> E-mail correspondence to and from this sender may be
>> subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and
>> may be disclosed to third parties.
>>
>> From: Melissa Rooney [mailto:mmr121570 at yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Thu 5/3/2007 2:43 PM
>> To: Cole-McFadden, Cora; Catotti, Diane;
>> bmheron at durhamcountync.gov; Woodard, Mike;
>> ereckhow at aol.com
>> Subject: swdurham.org -- webpages dealing with
>> rezoning/development process on the web :)
>>
>> Hi again. I found the following websites which have
>> some valuable information for citizens about the
>> rezoning/development process. Perhaps you can put a
>> link to this on the planning page...? If there is
>> already a link, I didn't see it, so maybe it could be
>> made more prominent.
>>
>> http://www.swdurham.org/process/p-comm.html
>>
>> http://www.swdurham.org/
>>
>> Just thought I'd pass this info on to you, in case you
>> weren't already aware of these websites.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Melissa
>>
>>
>>
>>
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