[Durham INC] FW: DRAFT July minutes

[Pat Carstensen]

There are a couple minor corrections (in red).

From: tom-miller1 at nc.rr.com
To: inc-list at durhaminc.org
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:03:25 -0400
Subject: [Durham INC] FW:  DRAFT July minutes



 Dear neighbors: Below is a draft of the July minutes. Please read carefully and bring a copy with you.  Note that the housing resolution is included in these minutes. Thanks, Tom From: inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org] On Behalf Of Pat Carstensen
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 6:37 PM
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Subject: [Durham INC] DRAFT July minutes Please let me know about any additions or corrections.  Regards, pat  July Delegate MeetingFirst Presbyterian ChurchJuly 27, 2010 Attending the meeting were:
Delegates and Alternates
Burch Avenue – Jennifer Skahen Cross Counties – Pat Carstensen Duke Park – Bill Anderson Long Meadow NA – Chuck CliftonOld North Durham – Peter Katz Old West Durham – Brett Walters Parkwood – Mike Brooks Watts Hospital Hillandale – Tom Miller  VisitorsJim Wise – News and ObserverLorisa Seibel – Durham Affordable Housing CoalitionJack Preiss – DAHCStephen Hopkins – Campaign for Decent HousingDarius Little – Organizing Chadsford subdivision Tom Miller opened the meeting.  Delegates introduced themselves.   Housing IssuesLorisa reported that the city is making progress on lien collection; the list is longer but the average amount owed is lower and they are doing smarter targeting on of collection efforts.  Also, city has continued to fund special needs housing, not enough but pretty good in a tough budget year. In other news, the city is looking to put all its federal community grant eggs for years into the future (from CDBG and HOME) into one Rolling Hills/Southside basket, leaving nothing (OK maybe promises) for other areas and for services such as weatherization, Teen Court, and community kitchens.  Also, this flies in the face of long-time community efforts to develop 5-year plans based on looking at needs across the entire community.  Everyone agrees that Rolling Hills/Southside desperately needs to have something done on it, but we need to find a bigger pot of money (like from the developer?) or scale the work down.   A proposed resolution:Whereas historically the City and County have used federal HOME and Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to house the homeless, feed the hungry, and improve the quality of neighborhoods, and Whereas the InterNeighborhood Council of Durham (INC) supports continued funding for affordable housing and for community services needed by families, youth, disabled, homeless, and residents of working class neighborhoods, and Whereas the INC believes in honoring plans developed by citizen committees, and Whereas the City has proposed to redirect most of the federal HOME and CDBG funds to the redevelopment of Rolling Hills/Southside, Therefore, the INC asks that before committing more funds to the Rolling Hills / Southside redevelopment, City Council and County Commissioners commit to continued funding of affordable housing and community services across Durham. BillboardsThere was an energetic discussion of the PAC meeting that discussed the Billboard Ordinance.  The dates to remember are August 2 at City Council and August 9 at the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). 751 Assemblage Rezoning ReportTom gave a summary of where we are; we could have had INC meeting in the lobby of the BOCC meeting because so many neighborhoods were represented at the hearing.  It’s important that the process works right (in spite of the vigorous attempts of some to mess it up) because no-one will be able to afford appealing the unfairness or blatant illegal aspects of the process because of the cost of the appeal bond. Other business and neighborhood reports:·      The August meeting will look at forming a committee to do neighborhood awards that celebrate a new class of heroes (eg. maybe public employees)·      The August meeting will have a presentation on assessing how the UDO is doing for neighborhoods.·      Old North Durham got great press from working with a realtor and Calvary United Methodist Church to try to find a buyer for the historic McCracken-Mize house, which has been vacant but has great potential.  The neighborhood had a historic water balloon fight as part of an open house for the property.  The meeting was adjourned.  
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